Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index O.W.L. is the fictional abbreviation for Ordinary Wizarding Levels in the Harry Potter series, to be intended as the magical equivalent of British O levels; they are the tests that all Hogwarts students are required to take in their fifth year. The tests are spread out over a couple of weeks, and each subject has a theory as well as a practical part (except for History of Magic, which is only theory, for obvious reasons). The different marks students can achieve are: O for Outstanding, the highest grade E for Exceeds Expectations A for Acceptable P for Poor D for Dreadful T for Troll (we aren't sure if this mark really exists) This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.