How to say "marks" in Japanese

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点数てんすうJLPT N2approx.Common
nounCovers 'marks' as points or a score: the concrete number awarded for a test answer or piece of work, when you are talking about how many marks were earned.
彼女かのじょは英語えいごの点数てんすうがよい。↗
She gets good marks in English.
成績せいせきJLPT N3approx.Common
nounCovers 'marks' as grades or academic results: overall performance at school and the record of it, as on a report card, rather than the points from one test.
学校がっこうの成績せいせきは普通ふつうでしたよ。↗
My school grades were average.

Use 点数 for marks as points or a score on a test or piece of work, and 成績 for marks as grades or academic results, meaning overall performance and its record.

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Japanese equivalents

点数てんすうmarks
成績せいせきresults

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