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5. Grading

Out each of the following words into its correct place in the text.

achievements

adjustment

admit

attitude

average

colleges

common

failure

grade

letter

marking

method

minimum

occasionally

pass

percentage

perfect

progress

record

reports

school

teacher

Grading

Grading is a … used in schools to … student achievements. Almost every …keeps a record of each student’s … in order to have some basis for measuring his … . The record supplies information for … to parents. Universities and … often use this information to help determine whether they should … a student.

For a long time, the most … method of recording achievements was by …, with a mark, or …, of 100 per cent representing … achievement. The … mark for a … was usually 70 per cent, and for … work, about 80 per cent. Today, the letters A, B, C, D, E, and … F, are much more commonly used. The mark A stands for exceptional achievement, and E or F means … .

A few schools use no … system at all. Instead, each … writes a detailed … to the parents. Such letters report the student’s progress, …, activities, and social … .

L esson 37.

  1. Stages in a person’s education

Here are some names that are used to describe the different types of education in Britain.

p lay-school

nursery school

p re-school

(2-5 years old)

mostly play with some early learning

i nfant school

junior school

p rimary

(5-11)

basic reading, writing, arithmetic, art, etc.

c omprehensive

school or

g rammar school

s econdary

(11-18)

wide range of subjects in arts and sciences and technical areas

college or

polytechnic or

university

f urther/higher

(18+)

degrees/diplomas in specialized academic areas

Note:Comprehensive schools in the UK are for all abilities, but grammar schools are usually by competitive entry. Public schools in the UK are very famous private schools. Polytechnics are similar to universities, but the courses tend to be more practically-oriented. Colleges include teacher-training colleges, technical colleges and general colleges of further education.

  1. Exams and qualifications

take/do/sit/resitan exam

pass/do well inan exam

fail/do badly inan exam

Some schools give pupils tests every week or month to see if they are making progress. The school-leaving exams are held in May/June. In some schools, colleges and universities, instead of tests and exams there is continuous assessments, with marks, e.g. 65%, or grades, e.g. A, B+, for essays and projects during the term. If you pass your university exams, you graduate (get a degree), then you’re graduate.