German report cards use six grades. Their definitions are written into state school law, for example in North Rhine-Westphalia. Each grade measures the work against die Anforderungen, the requirements. Sehr gut (1) means the work meets them to a special degree. Gut (2) means it meets them fully. Befriedigend (3) means it meets them in general. Ausreichend (4), sufficient, is the lowest pass. It is work that zwar Mängel aufweist, aber im Ganzen den Anforderungen noch entspricht, that has defects but still meets the requirements as a whole. Mangelhaft (5), defective, means that the requirements are not met. The grade names go back to a resolution of the Conference of Education Ministers of October 3, 1968.