Academic grading in Israel

In Israel two grading scales are used: 0-10 (usually for small quizzes, surprise quizzes etc.) and 0-100 (usually for exams).

The 100-point grading scale is as follows:

* 10 or 95-100 = rtl- _he. מצוין (excellent)
* 9 or 85-94 = rtl- _he. טוב מאוד (very good)
* 8 or 75-84 = rtl- _he. טוב (good)
* 7 or 65-74 = rtl- _he. כמעט טוב (almost good)
* 6 or 55-64 = rtl- _he. מספיק (sufficient)
* 5 or 45-54 = rtl- _he. מספיק בקושי (hardly sufficient)
* <4 or <44 = rtl- _he. בלתי מספיק/נכשל (insufficient/failed)

In secondary school (grades 7-12), any grade below 55 is considered a failing grade.

It may be worth mentioning that the Israeli education system does not employ curved grading at any stage (including at the academic level). To compensate for this, most academic institutions require that candidates undergo a psychometric exam, which in Israel provides examinees with an overall score of 200-800, the average being 535 [According to the results of the [http://www.nite.org.il National Institute of Scoring and Evaluation] 's report of 2005]

As previously mentioned, though, the vast majority of Israeli academic institutions also refrain from grading on a curve. Only certain law faculties use curved grading, and one management faculty recently announced its intention to gradually introduce curved grading at the undergraduate level as well.