The phrase "a pass mark" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used in educational contexts to refer to the minimum score or grade required to pass an exam or assessment.
Example: "To successfully complete the course, students must achieve a pass mark of at least 60%."
Alternatives: "passing grade" or "minimum score".
High stakes examinations have a pass mark ("cut score" or "passing score"), and, although little discussed in the literature, a key question concerns the validity of that pass mark.
Overall it was a pass mark and we have to improve against Fiji next weekend".
Seila is angry that he wasn't allowed the cheating privileges long enjoyed by Cambodian students at these exams, a pass mark from which is required for university entrance.
Of the ten topics mentioned in the poll, he scored a pass mark on only two: education, where he has taken tentative steps to promote autonomous "charter" schools and the environment.
The intention is to benchmark what counts as a pass mark in a GCSE exam in England against high performing global rivals, such as Finland, which rank well above England in international comparisons.
Having successfully negotiated his way to 32, a pass mark for any self-respecting park cricketer, discussion in the Nine box turns to how magnificent he looks out there.
A recent Gilbert column, summarizing the results of a poll, said, "Less than 30percentnt could manage a passing mark on a grade-school-level Bible test".
JAL had earlier submitted its own draft reconstruction plan, which included cuts of 6,800 jobs, or about 14percentt of its workers, but it failed to get a passing mark from Mr. Maehara.
Testifying in the trial of a health department official who was convicted of extorting money or meals from restaurant owners in exchange for a passing mark, Mr. Vassilakos said he had given that official "loans," which were never repaid, on behalf of the restaurants he represented.
