O.W.L.s

[Karen Barker]

No: HPFGUIDX 132437

The number refers to the number of courses in which you achieve an 
OWL.  They are the same as the GCE 'O' levels exams in RL Britain (now 
called GCSEs).

You take a subject in school for 2 years and then you sit a public 
examination.  This may consist of 1, 2, or more separate papers (which 
usually took place on separate days, but you knew which aspect of the 
subject was covered within each paper) each comprising one OWL.  There 
are various grades available depending upon the percentage mark that 
you achive.  In RL 'O'levels the grades were A - E and also U - 
Ungraded (Troll!), where A-C were passes and D and E were fails.

In OWLS O(utstanding) E(xceeds expectations) and A(cceptable) were the 
grades which classed as passes.

Karen

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "davenclaw" <daveshardell at y...> 
wrote:
> Does anyone understand how O.W.L.s work?  I can't figure out if the 
number refers to the number of courses in which you achieve O.W.L. (as 
if they are all pass/fail), or if it refers to the levels you attain 
overall in your tests, like a GPA (not sure if it would be a total or
> an average).
> 
> 
> -davenclaw