E is skipped because it can stand for Exceeds, Excused, Excellent or something of that sort.

NOOB

this happened to me before. they probably did it to get you to be like wtf my friend copied and look at his score? in anger ofcourse

Stop with the "my country knows the alphabet better than your country." Stop assuming you are better than us "dumb" Americans. At least we don't have Op as one of our future workers. I don't care what the grade percentage is in other countries, we can logically assume since she is Australian then they use a different scale. I don't care. It only furthers my fears that education all over the world fails people. We didn't invent the system, for all I care we could have Z as failing grade, or pictures of unicorns. It doesn't matter. Op, you are stupid.

Well, you did write "my friend got a A..." not "an A" :) :)

YDI for giving away your work! It's still cheating. Sucks that they got an A, but that doesn't mean you deserved one. Have a backbone and tell them to do their own work. You're lucky you didn't get kicked out, man, that stuff can destroy your life if it happens after you graduate!

It's hard to find a place to begin. Your English is poor. Your grammar is worse. Your knowledge (or lack thereof) of your own countries grading scales is embarrassing. All Australian states use the same grading system by legislation. Clearly you are a secondary school student, so the following applies: * Bands 1 through 6 * - 1. Failure - 2. Unsatisfactory - 3. Below Average - 4. Average - 5. Good - 6. Excellent These are a reflection of the students overall mark in a specific subject/topic. * A through E * - A. Top 7% of the grade/course/subject/school/state - B. Top 17-8% of the grade/course/subject/school/state - C. Top 27 - 18% of the grade/course/subject/school/state - D. Top 37 - 28% of the grade/course/subject/school/state - E. In the lower 62% of the grade/course/subject/school/state These are not a reflection of the students actual mark, rather the student position within a predetermined collection of students. For example; There are 43 students in a class. 8 students get a mark of 12/15 13 students get a mark of 10/15 19 students get a mark of 9.5/15 2 students get a mark of 8/15 1 student gets a mark of 5/15 The gradings would be as follows; Bands - 0 students are given Band 6 8 students are given Band 5 0 Students are given Band 4 31 Students are given Band 3 2 Students are given Band 2 1 Student is given Band 1 Letters - 8 students are given an A 0 students are given a B 13 students are given a C 0 students are given a D 22 students are given an E This is why the dual grading system is used in Australia, it gives the students, parents and teachers a measure of each individuals marks as well as their standing within a specified group such as the grade/course/subject/school/state.

cozzies, isnt that only with the NAPLAN, formerly known as the AIM test? :S Im pretty sure that different states have different ways of marking the end of school score... Like vic has the VCE and nsw has the HSC along with other states... And i thought they were doing something to fix up the inbalance of marking systems around the country :S Orrrr i could be totally wrong :P My school changed from A+'s to outstandings and B's to excellents, etc in 2007

Cozzies, Bands only apply to tests not made by your teachers or your school. E.g SC, NAPLAN, Basic Skills Test, etc. My school doesn't use the letter grading system, we just stick to percentages.

the **** is an "E" grade? some typo I hope but holy shit who let that error through?