Talk:Academic grading in Norway

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There are multiple issues with the facts in this article, which I will list out here. Given time, I will look for sources and change the things as needed, but I'll list out the things which I think are incorrect now.

First: The list of university grades gives the impression that grades are handed out on a rank-based system, with the best 10% getting "A", the next 25% getting "B" and so on. This is in one way, and in some cases fairly true, but it is definitely not the whole story. The issue of whether the grades should be rank-based rather than merit based has been the topic of wide discussion in academic institutions, for example discussions are here, here and here. Each grade also has a merit-based description attached to it. Although the grade distribution at an entry level "101" course may well nearly fit in with a 10-25-30-25-10 system, that is simply not the case on a high level course, where the number of "A"s and "B"s, outnumber the "D"s and "E"s, largely because the students taking these courses are among those who did best at the lower level courses.

Second: The article states "The formerly most common system of grades used at university level was based on a scale running from 1.0 (highest) through 6.0 (lowest), 4.0 being the lowest passing grade. However, the grades from 1.0 to 1.5 were rarely used, de facto reducing the grade range from 1.6 to 6.0." This is true mainly for social sciences, history and language arts. Law students and medical used different scales. Natural sciences and mathematics used the 1.0-6.0 scale as well, but 1.0 to 1.5 were most definitely in use, de facto as well. If students answered all the math questions correctly, and there was nothing which objectively could be better, they would get a 1.0. 1.5 was a very good grade, but it was hardly an outstanding one at maths and natural sciences. (A 1.5 was a brilliant result at social sciences however.)

Third: Regarding high school grades the article states "Lower levels of education (secondary school) use a scale running from 1 to 6, with 6 being the highest and 2 as the lowest passing grade. For non-final tests and mid-term evaluations, the grades are often postfixed with + or − (except 6+ and 1−), and it is also common to use grades such as 5/6 or 4/3 indicating borderline grades. Finals, and the final grades for each subject, are graded with whole numbers." First, I think the scale goes 0 to 6. The chromatic variations (2+, 5/6, 4-, etc.) are not official. I believe that for unofficial tests and mid-terms, the teacher can choose to give these unofficial chromatic grades, but I have not seen any source that these grades are used in any other way than the unofficial.

Sjakkalle (Check!) 10:43, 9 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I have to take part of that back, the grade "0" doesn't exist anymore, "1" is the lowest. The stuff on the chromatics stands. Sjakkalle (Check!) 14:42, 9 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

(Not OP) You can receive 0, but only if you turn in a blank test or don't show up. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.113.158.186 (talk) 15:08, 8 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]