Grades from fixed bands, not from the curve
Some world language exams are graded on an absolute scale: the grade depends only on the raw score, with fixed bands set in advance, so nothing changes with how the rest of the cohort did. Scales like that are described by three numbers, the cutoff for the top grade, the width of each band and how many grades there are, and those three numbers differ from exam to exam. Enter them along with your raw score and the maximum, and this page reports your grade, the band you sit in and how far you are from moving up.
How the grade is worked out
Grade 1 starts at the top cutoff. Each grade below it starts one band width lower, so grade 2 runs from one width under the cutoff up to the cutoff itself, and so on. The lowest grade covers everything under the minimum of the grade above it. A score sitting exactly on a cutoff takes the higher grade. The page also shows the points needed for the next grade up and for grade 1, and the table lists every band with your own row marked.
What this page does not do
It does not produce a percentile or a curved score, because an absolute scale has neither. It does not convert the grade into college admission points and it does not compare one language against another. If your settings would push a band below zero the page stops instead of inventing one. The Korean version of this page covers an exam scale specific to Korea.
Frequently Asked Questions
Absolute grading scales differ from one exam and one district to another: the top cutoff, the band width and the number of grades are all set by whoever writes the exam. Fixing them here would give a wrong grade to anyone using a different scale, so the page reads them from you.
Yes. Cutoffs are read as "this score or above", so a score sitting on the top cutoff is grade 1 and the distance to grade 1 is shown as 0 points.
Every grade except the last has a minimum, stepping down from the top cutoff by the band width. The last grade covers everything under the minimum of the grade above it. If the settings would push that minimum below zero, the page stops and asks you to adjust them.