Academic grading in Portugal

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In Portuguese middle-schools, a five-point grading scale is used, where:

5 (very good or excellent) is the best possible grade (90-100%),

4 (good) (70-89%),

3 (satisfactory) indicates "average" performance (50-69%),

2 (unsatisfactory) (20-49%),

1 (poor) is the lowest possible grade (0-19%).

In high-schools and universities, a 20-point grading scale is used. When it is the case of the final grade of an academic degree, each grade is assigned a qualitative mark by degree:

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