The phrase "a grade was" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the outcome or result of an evaluation or assessment, typically in an academic context.
Example: "After the exam, I was relieved to find out that a grade was assigned to my performance."
Alternatives: "a score was" or "a mark was".
For Roshone Ault, the principal of South Bronx Academy, the A grade was a vindication: "It was a big deal to see that there is a system to finally recognize us".
Since the minimum for an A grade was 90 points, inspectors might have decided to cut restaurants some slack and up their scores a few points to ensure them the better mark not unlike professors who reward hard-working students with a better grade than they may really merit.
City Manager Scott Ochoa said the "A" grade was a validation of the work the City Council has done over the years in promoting good health.
Though the overall success rate was higher (100 %) during the academic year of 2009/2010 when compared to that of 2010/2011 (98.6 %), the percentage of students who received an A grade was significantly higher in (2010/2011).
For example, only a few years ago the policy of making failing students repeat a grade was thought to be beneficial.
My parents were educated in the Turkish system and went straight from high school to medical school; my mom, who had skipped a grade, was dissecting corpses at age seventeen.
A student with three grade As at A-level, where an A grade is worth 120 points, scores just 360.
Their A grades are purely down to me most of the time".
Students must realize that a grade is earned for achievement and not for the effort expended.
Moreover, the production of a grade is often constrained by customer delivery time requirements.
The enrollment is expected to expand to some 600 students as a grade is added each year for the next four years.
