This week, we received a question from Eric, a teacher in China.I am at a loss about how to use the following words correctly: score, mark, point, and grade.For example, if a student answers my question correctly in class, should I say, "I will give you two points for your success" or should I say, "I will give you two marks?"Another question: How should we call the numeral that we put on students' test papers? Is that a mark? Or grade? Or point? Or score?And can I say, "In this test, student A's grade is two points higher than student B's"?Or should I use "mark" or maybe "score" instead of "grade" in this situation? Eric, China.Dear Eric, These are good questions.It is easy to mix up the many similar words connected to measuring student performance.First, I will give the meaning of each word.Then, I will answer your individual questions.A score is the total number of points that a student earns on a test or other schoolwork.For example, suppose you are telling your students about an upcoming test.You could say this: Each section is worth 25 points, for a total score of 100.
本周，我们收到了中国的老师埃里克的提问。我不知道如何正确使用以下单词：score， mark，point，和grade。比如，当学生在课堂上正确回答了问题，我应该说：“我要为你的优秀表现给你加2分（points）” 还是说：“我给你2分（marks）？”另一个问题：我们应该如何称学生试卷上的数字？是 mark? grade? point? 还是score？而且我可以说：“这次考试中，学生A的分数（points）比学生B的要高2分吗”？还是在这种情况下，我应该用mark，或者可能是score，而非grade？――埃里克，中国。亲爱的埃里克：这些是好的问题。在衡量学生表现方面，我们很容易混淆许多相似的单词。首先，我将给出每个单词的含义。然后，我将回答您的个人提问。“score”（分数）是学生在某一门考试或其他功课中获得的总分。例如，假设您要告诉学生临近的一场考试。您可以这样说：各部分占25分，总分是100分。”
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