Academic grading in France  From Wikipedia, the free
encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search  The French grading
system is based mostly on a 20-point grading scale: it is used
above all in secondary schools and universities.  The French
high school diploma baccalauréat uses the 20-point scale, with
the following mentions (honors):    • 14–15.9: good (bien: B)
• 12–13.9: satisfactory (assez bien: AB)   • 0–9.9: fail
(insuffisant)  Primary schools generally use a 10-point grading
scale or a letter grade like the ECTS grading scale. French
universities traditionally use the 20-point grading scale,
generally in a stricter way than secondary schools, which means
that students are unlikely to receive marks as high as they did
in secondary school. The case of the classe préparatoire aux
grandes écoles is particular in the sense that class ranking
rather than marks usually reflect the student performance. An
average mark of 7 can therefore be considered as a satisfactory
grade if the student performs to be in the