Academic grading in Australia
- Academic grading in Australia
This article is a summary of academic grading in Australia.
Schools
Australian primary and secondary schools are currently migrating to a common reporting and assessment format. Primary and secondary education is the responsibility of the states in Australia. However, in 2005 the Federal Government introduced a universal common assessment and reporting standards legislation which all states had to adhere to in order to receive federal funding for their schools. The grading system is now structured as follows, though the percentages are only an approximate guide:
University of Melbourne
The University of Melbourne follows a more traditional marking system.
Where a course result is a Non-Graded Pass, the result will only be included if the GPA is less than 4, and will be assigned the grade point of 4, otherwise NGP results will be disregarded. The term "course unit values" is used to distinguish between courses which have different weightings, for example between a full year course and a single semester course.
Some universities, such as the Australian National University, do not use GPAs, even though they use the High Distinction, Distinction, etc grading system.
University of Western Australia
The University of Western Australia uses the same formula as above, but the following weightings: [" [http://72.14.205.104/u/uniwa?q=cache:jpa304hkOzsJ:www.meddent.uwa.edu.au/download.cfm%3FDownloadFile%3D41CB4DA2-96BA-5DAE-BD409B39ADF4B9BA&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&ie=UTF-8 How to Calculate Your Faculty GPA] " "Link verified 2007-08-15"]
References
See also
*Education in Australia
*High school
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