To mark tests, reports and oral presentations the numbers 1 to 10 are used. The marks 1 to 5 are unsatisfactory marks and 6 or higher is a pass. The theoretical subjects like math or chemistry only give marks for written work while language teachers now and then also give marks for oral presentations as well. The report the students get at the end of term shows the average of their marks for each subject. The number of marks students get during a term is about three to seven.
Some teachers only give three large tests during one term, which results in three marks.
Others give several smaller tests, what results in more marks. It depends on these final marks whether a student fails or passes the school-year. Most of the students, who fail, resit the same school-year again. The MAVO and HAVO examinations include 6 or 7 subjects. VWO candidates take seven or eight subjects.