"grade exam" is correct and usable in written English.
You can typically use it in any context where you are discussing the assessment of an exam. For example, "The teacher is responsible for grading the exam next week."
And he'd become confident enough in his skills through practice, that he's decided to skip the 7th grade exam and has begun studying for the 8th grade exam.
He'd just passed his 6th grade exam with the Royal Conservatory of Music.
"Our punitive and single-minded focus on C grade exam passes does indeed deserve a share of the blame for this summer's re-grading fiasco.
After the Games, Palankandy will return to India, where he has spent only one day in recent months and has a major 12th grade exam awaiting him at boarding school.
For the fourth straight year, Westchester students performed better than the state average on the fourth grade exam, where nearly 62percentt of the state's fourth graders met state standards.
In 2016, the Harvard students arrived in Mkutani as community partners for the first time to assess future project work, and last year, they built a residence so teachers could live near the school and spend more time helping students prepare for their seventh grade exam.
I am convinced that these four interactive strategies help my students develop their own techniques to master course material in a way that matches their individual learning style, increases their comprehension, and thereby reduces 40% of the grade exam-day anxiety.
Grade exams are primarily designed for young children who enjoy climbing ladders.
Grade exams are not the be all and end all of piano study.
How sad to read Hugh Muir's sense of failure as a late-starter of piano-playing taking grade exams.
He has a student who has taken a number of grade exams, but can't "swing" a piece, jazz-style.
