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Germany uses a 6-point grading scale (GPA) to evaluate the performance of school children: * 1 (''sehr gut'', very good) is the best possible grade and is given for outstanding performance * 2 (''gut'', good) is the next-highest and is given for performance that meets the standard completely and is above-average * 3 (''befriedigend'', satisfactory) indicates "average" performance. * 4 (''ausreichend'', sufficient) is the lowest passing grade and is given if the standard has been met but with a number of notable errors. * 5 (''mangelhaft'', deficient) is the higher of two failing grades and is given if the standard has not been met but the basics have been understood. * 6 (''ungenügend'', insufficient) is the lowest possible grade and is given if the standard has not been met and the basics have not been understood. ==Details of the German system== "5" and "6" are both considered to be failing grades, although in earlier years students are not required to repeat classes with 5 grades if they perform well in other classes. Grades 1 to 5 can be suffixed with + and -. To calculate averages of suffixed grades, they are assigned fractional values, where 1 is 1.0, 1- is 1.3, 2+ is 1.7, 2 is 2.0, 2- is 2.3 and so on. As schools are governed by the states, not by the federal government, there are slight differences. Often a more granular scale of "1-" (equal to 1.25), "1-2" (= 1.5), "2+" (= 1.75), etc. is used; sometimes even decimal grading (1.0, 1.1, 1.2 and so on) is applied. In end-of-year report cards, only unmodified integer grades may be used; in some regions they are written in text form. "In-between" grades such as 1-2, 2-3, 3-4 etc., which used to count as 1.5, 2.5 and so on, have largely been discontinued due to ambiguities when converting the averages back to integer values. In the final classes of Gymnasiums the grades are converted to numbers ("points") in order to calculate the average for the Abitur. In this case a "1+" exists (and counts as 15 points. 1 is 14, 1- is 13, 2+ is 12, etc. up to 5- (1 point) and finally 6 (0 points). Since "1+" exists in this system, the final Abitur grade can be 0.7 if one has received a "1+" in every subject. When the point system is used, a grade of 4 (5 points) is the lowest passing grade, and 4- (4 points) the highest failing grade. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Academic grading in Germany」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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