Sentence examples for just below a grade from inspiring English sources

Examiners carrying out reviews of marking will be aware that students are often just below a grade boundary and so are more likely to give students the benefit of the doubt and award additional marks".

In a report issued alongside the statistics, Ofqual said: "Changes as a result of post-results inquiries are more likely to be upward because schools are much more likely to challenge results that are just below a grade boundary than other results.

This definition satisfied both the affinity between humans and monkeys and the animal's local status just below grade.

In addition, state officials have known for years that many more students score just at or above a passing grade on Regents tests than just below a passing grade, a sign that graders are helping to push some students over the bar.

Unlike previous years, teachers were not allowed to rescore tests with scores just below a passing grade.

State schools were more likely to challenge marks that were just below a C grade in key subjects such as English and maths, while private schools appealed against results at the A-level A/B and A*/A thresholds in an attempt to secure university places.

The report says some teachers have admitted using the system speculatively if their pupils' results fall just below an important grade boundary.

The initial loan package itself will most likely carry a credit rating just below investment grade, these people added.

Bond credit rating agency Moody's cut the credit rating of Sony from Baa3 to Ba1 with a stable outlook — Ba1 is also just below investment grade.

In one sign of Brazil's economic health, as the subprime credit crisis was roiling the United States a few weeks ago, Brazil's bonds were raised to just below investment grade.

The agency now rates the Philippines BB+ for foreign-currency debts, just below investment grade.