This tool computes the term score of a single high school course. You enter written and applied exam scores, performance work scores, the project score where present, and workshop/service scores for vocational applied courses. The tool takes the mean of each group separately and then the mean of those group means.
How the term course score is calculated
Article 51/1 of the Secondary Education Institutions Regulation defines a course term score as the arithmetic mean of the scores obtained from the arithmetic mean of each of: the exam scores, the performance work scores, the project score where present, and additionally the service and/or workshop scores in applied courses taught in vocational and technical secondary schools.
The calculation therefore has two layers. Each score group is averaged within itself, and then the mean of those group means is taken. A group you leave entirely empty is excluded rather than counted as zero.
- Group 1 — Exams: written and applied exam scores together.
- Group 2 — Performance work scores.
- Group 3 — The project score, where present.
- Group 4 — Workshop and/or service scores, only in vocational applied courses.
With two groups filled, each determines half of the result; with three, each determines a third. A single project score can therefore carry as much weight as all six written exams combined.
Why an applied exam is not its own group
Article 45 of the regulation is titled "Written and applied exams". An applied exam is defined within the exam category alongside the written one, and Article 51 names the group as "the exam scores". Applied exam scores are therefore averaged inside the same group as the written ones.
Treating an applied exam as a separate group gives one applied exam as much weight as all six written exams. For written scores of 70 and 80, an applied score of 90 and a performance score of 60, the correct result is 70.0000 while the separate-group reading gives 75.0000.
How many exams are held?
Under Article 45/1-a, two written exams are held per course per term. For courses of six or more weekly hours, a third exam may be held if the provincial subject board decides so. Which courses have applied exams, and their form, number and duration, are set by the school subject boards.
To match whatever your school recorded, the tool offers 6 written, 3 applied, 3 performance, 1 project and 2 workshop/service boxes. Boxes you leave blank are excluded.
Decimal places and rounding
Under Article 51/1-e the division is carried to four decimal places when the arithmetic mean is taken. Unlike the middle school rule, there is no rounding of the high school term score to a whole point, so the tool reports four decimals.
In ortaokul the term grade is rounded to a whole point and the project and participation scores form a single combined component. High school has neither that combination nor that rounding. Use the course grade calculator for middle school.
Worked example
A student has the following scores in one course: first written 60, second written 80, performance work 90, project 70.
- Exam group mean: (60 + 80) / 2 = 70.
- Performance group mean: 90.
- Project group mean: 70.
- Term score: (70 + 90 + 70) / 3 = 76.6667.
That is 50.00 or above, so the course is passed for the term. To pass the course at year end, the mean of the two term scores must be at least 50, or the second term score at least 70.
Common mistakes
- Taking a flat mean of every score: the calculation is a mean of group means.
- Treating an applied exam as a separate group: an applied exam is an exam.
- Counting an empty group as zero: an empty group is excluded.
- Filling the workshop and service boxes in a general high school: that group is only for vocational applied courses.
- Rounding the term score to a whole point: that rule belongs to middle school, not high school.
How this differs from nearby Hesapstan tools
- Course grade calculator: computes the ortaokul (grades 5-8) term grade with a different formula.
- High school YBP calculator: turns course year-end scores into the year-end achievement score.
- High school promotion calculator: goes from term scores to the promotion decision.
- High school average calculator: looks across several courses rather than one course term score.
What this tool does not calculate
- The course year-end score, the YBP or the promotion decision.
- The term score for workplace skills training and the skills exam assessment.
- Merging scores carried from a previous school after a transfer.
- Assessments made under a BEP for students in inclusive education.
- School-specific situations such as an exam count changed by a subject board decision.
The result is informational. The official term score belongs to the school record and the e-Okul system.
Frequently Asked Questions
How is the high school term course score calculated?
Each score group is averaged first: exams, performance work, the project where present, and workshop/service scores in vocational courses. The arithmetic mean of those group means is then the term score, with the division carried to four decimals.
Does my applied exam count separately?
No. Article 45 defines written and applied exams together as exams, and Article 51 names the group as "the exam scores". An applied exam score is averaged inside the same group as the written exams.
If I leave a group empty, is it counted as zero?
No. A group with no scores is excluded and lowers the group count. If you entered only exams and performance work, the result is the mean of those two groups.
Can a single project score really move the result that much?
Yes. Because the project forms its own group, it determines a third of the result in a three-group calculation, while six written exams together count as one group.
Why does the term score have four decimals?
Article 51/1-e requires the division to be carried to four decimal places when the arithmetic mean is taken. There is no whole-point rounding rule for the high school term score.
Should I fill the workshop and service boxes?
Only for applied courses taught in vocational and technical secondary schools. Leave that group empty for general high school courses.
How many written exams are held?
Two written exams per course per term. A third may be held for courses of six or more weekly hours if the provincial subject board decides so.
Does this score mean I passed the course?
A term score of 50.00 or above passes that term. To pass the course at year end, the mean of the two term scores must be at least 50, or the second term score at least 70.