diff --git a/mod/assign/locallib.php b/mod/assign/locallib.php
index 3ae3cb9e4c1..ad92865e562 100644
--- a/mod/assign/locallib.php
+++ b/mod/assign/locallib.php
@@ -77,6 +77,9 @@ class assign {
     /** @var stdClass the assignment record that contains the global settings for this assign instance */
     private $instance;
 
+    /** @var stdClass the grade_item record for this assign instance's primary grade item. */
+    private $gradeitem;
+
     /** @var context the context of the course module for this assign instance
      *               (or just the course if we are creating a new one)
      */
@@ -1085,6 +1088,29 @@ class assign {
         return $this->instance;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Get the primary grade item for this assign instance.
+     *
+     * @return stdClass The grade_item record
+     */
+    public function get_grade_item() {
+        if ($this->gradeitem) {
+            return $this->gradeitem;
+        }
+        $instance = $this->get_instance();
+        $params = array('itemtype' => 'mod',
+                        'itemmodule' => 'assign',
+                        'iteminstance' => $instance->id,
+                        'courseid' => $instance->course,
+                        'itemnumber' => 0);
+        $this->gradeitem = grade_item::fetch($params);
+        if (!$this->gradeitem) {
+            throw new coding_exception('Improper use of the assignment class. ' .
+                                       'Cannot load the grade item.');
+        }
+        return $this->gradeitem;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Get the context of the current course.
      *
@@ -1200,13 +1226,15 @@ class assign {
                 $o .= '<input type="hidden" name="grademodified_' . $userid . '" value="' . $modified . '"/>';
                 if ($grade == -1 || $grade === null) {
                     $o .= '-';
-                    return $o;
                 } else {
-                    $o .= format_float($grade, 2) .
-                          '&nbsp;/&nbsp;' .
-                          format_float($this->get_instance()->grade, 2);
-                    return $o;
+                    $item = $this->get_grade_item();
+                    $o .= grade_format_gradevalue($grade, $item);
+                    if ($item->get_displaytype() == GRADE_DISPLAY_TYPE_REAL) {
+                        // If displaying the raw grade, also display the total value.
+                        $o .= '&nbsp;/&nbsp;' . format_float($this->get_instance()->grade, 2);
+                    }
                 }
+                return $o;
             }
 
         } else {