Assess Standards Index  

Standards-based grading is when you grade students on several objectives for each subject, rather than just one grade per subject. (See an example of a standards-based report card.) First your admin must customize standards for your classes.

Note: If you want just numeric rubrics, not multiple objectives, that's rubric-based grading, not standards-based. See Grade Scales & Rubrics.

You may assess standards on each assignment throughout the grading period, or you may simply fill in the report card at the end. Both approaches are described below.

Simple Assessment

To grade standards at the end of the grading period, go to the page, click each student, and type their grades for each standard. These grades appear directly on the report card; it does not calculate anything for you. (It is not necessary to check any objectives on the page. In fact, you don't need any assignments at all. This is very common when grading things like character & study skills.)

Ongoing Assessments

To assess standards for each test and assignment throughout the grading period:

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Go to the page to add or edit a test or assignment.

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Check one or more checkboxes for the objectives that apply to this particular test or assignment. (If you don't see any objectives on the page, the setup is not correct.)

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If you select more than one objective, check "Score objectives separately" to score each selected objective separately. Otherwise leave it unchecked to give a single score that applies equally to all selected objectives.

Notes:

If you want each objective to be worth a different number of points, you must enter it as multiple assignments — e.g., a 10-point assignment for "Quiz 1: Reading fluency" and a separate 5-point assignment for "Quiz 1: Vocabulary".

The number of objectives selected for an assignment does not increase its weight — e.g., a 10-point assignment with one objective has just as much influence on the grade as a 10-point assignment with two objectives, so it's as if those two objectives are worth 5 points each. If that's not what you want, then change the two-objective assignment to be worth 20 points.

See Standards Grading Options for different ways to calculate standards-based grades.

Analyze Student Progress

To monitor your students' progress toward standards, go to the page.

Click a student to see their grades for each objective in each grading period. It also shows the Class Average for each objective for comparison. Click any objective to see all the student's grades related to that objective, and a distribution graph of grades.

Click "Show Class Average" to see the class average in detail. Click any objective to see which assignments are aligned with that objective.


See also: Standards Grading Options, Setup Standards, Report Cards
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