Standards Shawna Stewart - NC SIS
Standards
Shawna Stewart
Standards Shawna Stewart Senior Product Trainer PowerSchool LLC
PowerSchool 9.x Standards Changes Many changes have been made concerning standards, including: • Standards available by year • An enhanced List Standards pages • New and renamed Standards fields • A new Standard object to use in object reports • An enhanced Standards student page • New Standards tables and data sets • Three Standards tables being removed from DDE/DDA • The new Standards tables and data are available in Data Export Manager and Data Import Manager
Key Decisions for Implementing Standards • Grade Scale (Conversion Scale) for Standards Grades – this is the Rubric • Subject Areas where Standards will be used • Which Standards will receive grades • How will Standards Grades be entered • How many report cards do you need
Grade Scale or Conversion Scale • Setup at the District • Alphanumeric – Grades with no decimal place calculation needed: O,S,NI, or E,M,A,B or 4,3,2,1 • Numeric (two decimal places)-–GPA type grades: 4.00,3.50, 2.75 • Numeric (zero decimal places) Rubric-type grades • Cut-off-The minimum a student must earn on an assignment to receive the grade entered • Grade Value–The percentage used for calculations when this grade is entered as an assignment score
Conversion Scale A Conversion Scale
Grade Label
Description
Cutoff
Grade Value
4
Exceeds
76
100
3
Meets
51
75
2
Approaches
26
50
1
Below
0
25
District Standards Setup Standards are: • Setup in the District Office Mode • Can be used Globally at many schools • Have several optional fields • Must use a structured “leveled” hierarchy
Standards Organization Standard Identifier Level 1
Level 2
Standard Topic
Sort Order Within Parent
Level 3
M
Math
0
Division
1
M1.1
Dividing by one digit
1
M1.2
Dividing by two digits
2
Multiplication
2
M2.1
Multiplying by one digit
1
M2.2
Multiplying by two digits
2
M1
M2
Enabling Standards in PowerTeacher Administrator
Understanding Grade Calculations • Final Grade calculations can be based on several calculations: (35,80,80,80 and 95) Mean 74
Median Mode 80 80
Highest 95
Most Recent 95
Average score
Middle score
Highest score (might not be the last score)
Most recent scores (choose how many scores count)
Most common score
Standards Grades • • • •
Are entered in the Gradebook You can enter just a Final Grade Or, you can use Assignment with Standards Or, you can setup the Gradebook to produce GPA traditional grades in the Final Grade
Final Grade Mode in the Gradebook
Student View Mode in the Gradebook
Weighting Standards and Final Grades • Use the standards weights method to calculate a students course final grade based on final grades from one standard or multiple standards
Two Important Calculations • Auto Calculate Higher Standards – Select this setting to calculate the higher-level standards final grade from the lower- level standards in the gradebook automatically. • Enable Push – Select this setting to push the assignment scores to the standards assignment score. Note: This option will auto-calculate the higher-level standards by default in the gradebook, but teachers can disable this setting on the Preferences window in the gradebook.
Viewing Standards Grades The Quick Lookup Page
Standards Student Page
Any Questions?
Shawna Stewart
Standards Shawna Stewart Senior Product Trainer PowerSchool LLC
PowerSchool 9.x Standards Changes Many changes have been made concerning standards, including: • Standards available by year • An enhanced List Standards pages • New and renamed Standards fields • A new Standard object to use in object reports • An enhanced Standards student page • New Standards tables and data sets • Three Standards tables being removed from DDE/DDA • The new Standards tables and data are available in Data Export Manager and Data Import Manager
Key Decisions for Implementing Standards • Grade Scale (Conversion Scale) for Standards Grades – this is the Rubric • Subject Areas where Standards will be used • Which Standards will receive grades • How will Standards Grades be entered • How many report cards do you need
Grade Scale or Conversion Scale • Setup at the District • Alphanumeric – Grades with no decimal place calculation needed: O,S,NI, or E,M,A,B or 4,3,2,1 • Numeric (two decimal places)-–GPA type grades: 4.00,3.50, 2.75 • Numeric (zero decimal places) Rubric-type grades • Cut-off-The minimum a student must earn on an assignment to receive the grade entered • Grade Value–The percentage used for calculations when this grade is entered as an assignment score
Conversion Scale A Conversion Scale
Grade Label
Description
Cutoff
Grade Value
4
Exceeds
76
100
3
Meets
51
75
2
Approaches
26
50
1
Below
0
25
District Standards Setup Standards are: • Setup in the District Office Mode • Can be used Globally at many schools • Have several optional fields • Must use a structured “leveled” hierarchy
Standards Organization Standard Identifier Level 1
Level 2
Standard Topic
Sort Order Within Parent
Level 3
M
Math
0
Division
1
M1.1
Dividing by one digit
1
M1.2
Dividing by two digits
2
Multiplication
2
M2.1
Multiplying by one digit
1
M2.2
Multiplying by two digits
2
M1
M2
Enabling Standards in PowerTeacher Administrator
Understanding Grade Calculations • Final Grade calculations can be based on several calculations: (35,80,80,80 and 95) Mean 74
Median Mode 80 80
Highest 95
Most Recent 95
Average score
Middle score
Highest score (might not be the last score)
Most recent scores (choose how many scores count)
Most common score
Standards Grades • • • •
Are entered in the Gradebook You can enter just a Final Grade Or, you can use Assignment with Standards Or, you can setup the Gradebook to produce GPA traditional grades in the Final Grade
Final Grade Mode in the Gradebook
Student View Mode in the Gradebook
Weighting Standards and Final Grades • Use the standards weights method to calculate a students course final grade based on final grades from one standard or multiple standards
Two Important Calculations • Auto Calculate Higher Standards – Select this setting to calculate the higher-level standards final grade from the lower- level standards in the gradebook automatically. • Enable Push – Select this setting to push the assignment scores to the standards assignment score. Note: This option will auto-calculate the higher-level standards by default in the gradebook, but teachers can disable this setting on the Preferences window in the gradebook.
Viewing Standards Grades The Quick Lookup Page
Standards Student Page
Any Questions?
