The Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation has established a score-rating system to assess the achievement quality within academic disciplines. The word "rating" is a foreign-language term, literal translation into Russian means "assessment". The second meaning of the word "rating" is a numerical measure; it characterizes performance of a student, pupil, etc., during a certain period of training, usually by the 20-point scale, or 100-point scale. This article highlights the history of formation and implementation of a score-rating system into the curriculum. Due to development of advanced technologies, there is a need for training highly qualified personnel to solve increasingly complex problems in professional activities. In our opinion, pedagogical assessment of student's knowledge in the form of score-rating system is a key role for preparing highly qualified personnel. The authors study processes of training skilled professionals in the course of academic education in technical universities of our country. Key words: score-rating system (SRS), competence, student, progress, credit, rating, factor.