In Ontario the primary/secondary school report cards have been somewhat like this for a while. Your 'grade' is based almost completely on your academic performa

In Ontario the primary/secondary school report cards have been somewhat like this for a while. Your 'grade' is based almost completely on your academic performance (supposedly). Of course, if you miss evaluations, then your mark will suffer a bit. And some (or many) teachers will still wrap a participation mark into the course (usually something like 5-10%). I can't speak for everyone, but in my experience, these are typically in language courses where participation is crucial (apparently... I just sucked at languages period) for learning. Depending on grade/place, these were given percentage or normal letter grades. Homework was wrapped into this mark depending on the teacher. On the side, you have a series of other 'grades' on the side. I can't remember their names now, but they broadly mapped to how disruptive you were, your initiative, how much of your work you completed (marked and unmarked) etc etc. These were marked as excellent, good, satisfactory, or needs improvement. From what I remember, it's actually not possible to fail as a result of having a lot of N's. Though in my case, I got a talking to from my parents whenever an N (or a few S's) showed up. I remember thinking that those marks were kinda bullshit. And to an extent they are, since they are subjective and easily colored by how much a teacher likes you. I also knew some teachers who really hated dealing with that stuff and just gave everyone Gs, except for the trouble makers who got Ss.