pass mark
Lowest acceptable score
A pass mark is the minimum score required to succeed on an exam or assessment.
Students who reach the pass mark move forward; those who fall short must retake the test or face other consequences.
The term is more common in British than American English, where passing grade is often preferred.
The pass mark for the certification exam is 70 percent.
- thresholdPoint of beginning
- gradeClassification by rank
- minimumSmallest possible quantity
- bare minimumSmallest acceptable quantity
- examFormal knowledge assessment
final exam · cutoff · borderline · scrape · scrape through · just barely · succeed · make the cut · percentage · fifty percent · score · bare · requirement · meet the standard · standard · hurdle · benchmark · clear
- standardsstandard, standards, norm, norms, criterion
- metricsKPI, metric, KPIs, metrics, statistics
- passesguest passes, lift ticket, access card, member card, membership card
pass markfailing grade
Unsatisfactory academic mark
fail · failure · F · insufficient · unsatisfactory
pass markdistinction
Notable difference or honor
top marks · honors · A+ · perfect score · highest grade
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