Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
double compensation
English translation:
double compensation
French term
double compensation
Bilan de la double compensation sur les 9 disciplines: 3.5
3 | double compensation |
Jean-Louis S.
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Proposed translations
double compensation
http://www.vs.ch/public/public_lois/fr/LoisHtml/frame.asp?li...
a) le double de la somme de tous les écarts vers le bas par rapport à la note 4,0 n'est pas supérieur à la somme simple de tous les écarts vers le haut par rapport à la note 4,0 (principe de la double compensation)
http://www.collegedusud.ch/eleves/conditions-promotion.html
Reference comments
http://blogs.epfl.ch/article/14312
Sites on Swiss education:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_in_Switzerland
http://www.about.ch/education/index.html
(The example given in the reference site is that if the bilan is set at 4 and the student receives a 3, they will need to have either two 5s or one 6 to make up for it- double compensation.)
Le principe de la double compensation impose qu'une note inférieure à la moyenne soit compensée par le double de points supérieurs à cette moyenne. Un 3 doit être compensé par deux 5 ou un 6, si la moyenne est de 4.
http://www.news.ch/Grand+Conseil+vaudois+Les+gymnasiens+verront+leur+sort+allege/42684/detail.htm
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