Academic grading in the Czech Republic
In the Czech Republic, primary and secondary schools use a 5-point grade system, with 1 as the best and 5 as the worst. They correspond to the following ratings: 1 = výborně, 2 = chvalitebně, 3 = dobře, 4 = dostatečně, and 5 = nedostatečně. Only whole numbers appear on report cards, but tests or oral exams are often marked with additional distinctive signs: 3+ is slightly better than 3, 2− is slightly lower than 2, 1-2 or 1/2 means halfway between 1 and 2, and 1* means exceptionally excellent.
Some universities use a 4-point grade system, in which 1 is the highest and 4 indicates failing.
They might also use the textual form of the grades in addition to the numerical form:
1 = výborně,
2 = velmi dobře,
3 = dobře,
4 = neprospěl.
In recent years, many universities adopted another system, with the grades A to F. It maps to the previous classification in the following way:
| New classification | Old classification | Orientation percentage |
| A | 1 | 90 - 100 |
| B | 1.5 | 80 - 89 |
| C | 2 | 70 - 79 |
| D | 2.5 | 60 - 69 |
| E | 3 | 50 - 59 |
| F | 4 | 0 - 49 |
Some Czech universities, such as University of Economics, Prague, map points acquired throughout the course using a different ratio:
| Textual classification | Numeric classification | Points acquired |
| excellent | 1 | 90 - 100 |
| very good | 2 | 75 - 89 |
| good | 3 | 60 - 74 |
| 4 | 50 - 59 | |
| fail | 5 | 0 - 59 |
4+, or 50 - 59 points, may enable the students retake an exam to try to get above the 60 points cutoff. If the student fails to do so, it gets changed to 4 automatically at the end of the semester. First day of the next semester the grades from each subject also get converted to the ECTS scale for international use like this:
| ECTS classification | Portion of students |
| A | q10 - top 10% successful students |
| B | q35 - next 25% successful students |
| C | q65 - next 30% successful students |
| D | q90 - next 25% successful students |
| E | q100 - last 10% successful students |
| F | students graded 5 |
Private high schools or Gymnasiums may use different academic grading. A 10-point grading scale consisting of 1, 2, 3 ... 10 has been used in some private schools in the Czech Republic.