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ASCENDER Standards-Based Grading, Set-Up and Use
Standards-Based Grading is a system of reporting student proficiency as specific learning goals (i.e., standards). If a course uses standards-based grading, assignments are associated with one or more standards. The standards are grouped together into standard sets. An assignment may be associated with more than one standard, and may be associated with multiple standard sets.
With standards-based grading, a student’s score may reflect the average for the standard, which is calculated by adding all scores for all assignments associated with the standard, and dividing by the number of assignments. Or, the student’s score may be calculated using the Power Law computation. The higher of the two is displayed as the student’s standard score unless the instructor has entered an override score. If an override score is entered, it is always displayed as the student’s average.
The Power Law Computation is based on the idea that a student’s later scores should have more weight than his earliest scores, because later scores are more reflective of the student’s accumulated knowledge. See the Power Law Computation chapter at the end of this guide for more information.
This guide covers the steps used by instructors to set up and use Standards-Based Grading.
Prerequisites
- This guide assumes you are familiar with the basic features of TeacherPortal and have reviewed the TeacherPortal guide.
- You must be a registered TeacherPortal user and be logged on to a campus that allows standards-based grading.
- Standards-based grading must already be set up at the administrative level before an instructor can set up courses.
Checklist Overview
The following steps are covered in this guide:
❏ Set up the course.
• Designate a course as standards-based.
• Select the standards for each course.
❏ Enter scores throughout the cycle.
❏ View a student's scores as needed.
❏ Print IPRs as needed.
I. Set Up a Standards-Based Course
Designate a Course as Standards-Based
Designate a Course as Standards-Based
The Manage Courses page allows you to set course-wide information, such as whether a course uses category-based (i.e., regular) or standards-based grading. Data entered on this page affects only the selected course section. You must specify a course as standards-based before continuing.
Settings > Manage Courses
❏ In the Course Section field, select the course section for which you want to add data. You must select a course that has been set up to allow standards-based grading, as described in the TeacherPortal Administrator - Set Up Standards-Based Grading “How To” guide.
❏ In the Assessment Type field, select Standards-Based Grading.
- The field is only displayed if both the campus and the course are set up to use standards-based grading. It is not displayed if the campus has disabled the teacher’s ability to determine the assessment type for the course.
- You must continue to use the same assessment type for the remainder of the year. You cannot use standards-based for only one semester.
❏ Click Save
The Administer Courses page allows you to set course-wide information, such as whether a course uses category-based (i.e., regular) or standards-based grading. Data entered on this page affects only the selected course section. You must specify a course as standards-based before continuing.
B. Update blank, incomplete, and N/G cycle grades for students.
B. Update blank, incomplete, and N/G cycle grades for students.
Grades can be updated for students individually or as a group (same instructor-course).
Individual Students:
Grade Reporting > Maintenance > Student > Individual Maint > Grd Update
❏ Update blank, incomplete, and N/G grades with information provided by the instructor.
The updated cycle grade field will then be posted in TeacherPortal, which allows the system to calculate a current working semester average in TeacherPortal system prior to running the Grade Posting From ASCENDER TeacherPortal utility.
❏ Verify these updated fields are displayed and calculating correctly in TeacherPortal.
Group of Students:
Grade Reporting > Maintenance > Student > Group Maint > Post Grades
❏ Update blank, incomplete, and N/G grades with information provided by the instructor.
C. Run SGR1000 again.
Grade Reporting > Reports > Grade Reporting Reports > Report Cards > SGR1000 - Blank, Failing and Incomplete Grades
The report should have no data if all blanks, incompletes, and N/G grades have been corrected.
NOTE: There are some situations where you may not be able to correct all grades. For example, a student may be sick for an extended period at the end of a cycle. You will need to follow up for that student. It is recommended that you retain a list of any blank, incomplete, or N/G grades that could not be updated before posting end-of-semester grades.
D. Run the SGR0450 - Attendance Percentage by Course report.
D. Run the SGR0450 - Attendance Percentage by Course report.
This report is used to determine if a student meets the 90% attendance rule for awarding or denying credit. For each period, the report displays course, instructor, and attendance information, including the course number and section, total absences, percentage the student was present for the course based on the course entry date, and percentage the student was present for the entire course based on days the course was taught.
The absences listed are for the days the class meets. If not correct, verify in the section record that the days of the week the class meets are accurate.
TIP: This report can be used by teachers who choose to exempt students from taking exams if they meet a certain attendance requirement.
Be sure to review district policy regarding Absence Types.
II. Enter Grades for a Standards-Based Course
The following fields are likely already set correctly, but a quick check is recommended.
A. Review campus control option tables.
A. Review campus control option tables.
Grade Reporting > Maintenance > Tables > Campus Control Options > Ranges & Conversions
❏ Review Highest/Lowest grade allowed.
Grade Reporting > Maintenance > Tables > Campus Control Options > Parameters
❏ Confirm that the Current Semester, Current Cycle, and Track End Dates fields are correct.
IMPORTANT:
Pay particular attention to Track End Dates if you have had any unplanned campus closure dates.
❏ Be sure to verify that track end dates are correct for each track.
Grade Reporting > Maintenance > Tables > Campus Control Options > Posting
❏ Verify that all fields are set correctly. Pay particular attention to the following:
| Allow Semester Grade |
Select if semester grades can be posted from TeacherPortal or external grade book files. |
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NOTE: The following are only necessary for campuses that do not use TeacherPortal:
| Allow Absence |
Select if absences can be posted from external grade book files. |
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| Allow Tardy |
Select if tardies can be posted from external grade book files. |
| Allow Credit |
Select if credits can be posted from external grade book files. |
NOTE: The semester grade will come from TeacherPortal (as long as previous cycles are not blank) and semester exam grades will be calculated according to the settings in ASCENDER.
The final grade, if applicable, will be calculated when the Grade Computation and Credit Assignment or Grade Computation - Elementary utility is run.
B. Review tables for elementary campuses.
B. Review tables for elementary campuses.
Grade Reporting > Maintenance > Tables > Elementary > Elem Grade
❏ Verify that all fields are set correctly. Pay particular attention to the following:
| Comp Cum Avg |
Select if the system computes the cumulative year-to-date (YTD) average for students. If selected, the YTD average is calculated with cycle grades until the end of the school year. At the end of the school year, the final grade can be calculated in one of two ways:
• If you are not computing the semester average, the following formula is used to calculate the final grade: (Cycle 1 + Cycle 2 + Cycle 3 + Cycle 4 + Cycle 5 + Cycle 6) / 6
• If you are computing the semester average, the following formula is used to calculate the final grade: (Semester 1 + Semester 2) / 2
• If there is only one cycle grade and the Grade Computation - Elementary utility is run, no calculations are performed. |
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❏ If using exam grades for any grade level:
| Incl Exam |
Select if you want to include the exam grade in the semester average and display the Exam column in TeacherPortal. If selected, you must indicate the weight of the exam in the semester average in the Exam Wgt and Tot Wgt fields to calculate the weighing percentage. IMPORTANT: If selected, you must also select Include Exam in Semester Average on Maintenance > Tables > Campus Control Options > Computation. |
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| Exam Wgt |
Type the two-digit number indicating the weight assigned to the exam grade when calculating the semester average for the grade level. |
| Tot Wgt |
Type the three-digit number indicating the total weight to use to calculate the semester average. |
C. Review report card comments.
D. Review TeacherPortal options.
C. Review TeacherPortal options.
Grade Reporting > Maintenance > TeacherPortal Options > Campus > Options
❏ Set Open for Grade Posting to Open so that instructors can post end-of-semester grades.
❏ Select Allow Semester Override if you wish to include the Semester Override field on the TeacherPortal Cycle Grades page allowing an instructor to override a working semester average.
For example, if a student's working semester average is 69, the instructor will be able to enter 70 in the Semester Override field. When the Grade Posting From ASCENDER TeacherPortal utility is run, the override grade from TeacherPortal will be posted as the student's semester grade in Grade Reporting (rather than calculated).
Clear the field if instructors are not allowed to override a semester grade.
Be sure to check district policy about semester override grades.
❏ Update the Campus-wide Message as needed.
Grade Reporting > Maintenance > TeacherPortal Options > District > Options
❏ Update the District-wide Message as needed.
III. View a Student's Scores
A. Instruct teachers to post grades.
B. Instruct teachers to post grades.
TeacherPortal > Grades > Cycle Grades
Instructors should mark grades as ready to post.
In TeacherPortal on the Cycle Grades page, the Select courses to mark grades as Ready to Post link is displayed for current cycles that are open for posting, as determined by the campus.
The instructor does the following:
❏ Enter all semester grades for the course, review the grades carefully, and save all changes.
❏ Click Select courses to mark grades as Ready to Post.
A pop-up window opens allowing the instructor to select the course-sections that are ready to post.
All eligible courses are listed. Select the course(s), and then click Select.
The window closes, and the selected course(s) are listed below the PIN field.
❏ Type the four-digit personal identification number (PIN) in the right-most PIN field and click Continue.
The page reloads, and a message is displayed indicating that the cycle grades were successfully sent to be posted. The message “[Ready]” is displayed in the Course Section drop-down list next to the course.
NOTE: Instructors can submit grades more than one time if they make a change shortly after marking the grades as ready to post; however, once the data is posted on Grade Reporting > Utilities > Grade Posting From ASCENDER TeacherPortal, the teacher can't change data and mark ready to post again.
B. Check current cycle averages.
A. Check current cycle averages.
The report displays working cycle averages from TeacherPortal.
❏ Review the list to identify instructors who still have blank or incomplete working cycle averages.
NOTE: If an assignment grade is I, the working cycle average will calculate as I.
❏ As an alternative to running SGR1155, TeacherPortal administrators can run TeacherPortal > Admin Reports > Missing Averages, which lists instructors who have students with no working cycle average, and can be sorted by teacher and course-section.
C. Instruct teachers to check for missing exam grades and enter missing grades.
B. Instruct teachers to check for missing exam grades and enter missing grades.
If exam grades are calculated and imported, as specified on Grade Reporting > Maintenance > Tables > Campus Control Options > Computation and Posting tabs, the exam grades cannot be blank in TeacherPortal.
The following steps should be completed by teachers using TeacherPortal to ensure that there are no blank exam grades in TeacherPortal.
NOTE: This can be completed by a TeacherPortal administrator by selecting the Across Campus report option. The Run Group Report option must be selected for the user on Grade Reporting > Maintenance > TeacherPortal Options > Campus > Administrative Users (or on the District > Administrative Users tab).
TeacherPortal > Reports > Missing Exam Grades
❏ Each teacher should run the TeacherPortal Missing Exam Grades Report and ensure that there are no missing exam grades. If any exam grades are missing, the grades should be updated as described next.
TeacherPortal > Grades > Cycle Grades
❏ Teachers must enter an exam grade for each student (or X for an exempt exam grade); otherwise, the semester average will not post from TeacherPortal.
D. Monitor teacher posting status.
C. Monitor teacher posting status.
This page produces a report of classes by cycle that indicates if the teacher's cycle grade posting status is Posted, Ready to Post, or Not Ready to Post.
❏ Run all three reports.
| Status |
Select the posting status for the report:
Not Ready to Post - View course-sections where the teacher has not indicated via TeacherPortal that the cycle grades, comments, or citizenship are 'Ready to Post.'
• If the teacher has entered comments and/or citizenship for at least one student in the course-section for the semester-cycle being run in TeacherPortal, the course-section is included.
Posted - View course-sections where cycle grades, comments, or citizenship have been posted (Grade Posting From ASCENDER TeacherPortal utility).
• If the teacher has entered comments and/or citizenship for at least one student in the course-section for the semester-cycle being run in TeacherPortal, and the course-section is marked Posted, the course-section is included.
Ready to Post - View course-sections where the instructor has indicated via TeacherPortal that the cycle grades, comments, or citizenship are marked as 'Ready to Post.' These grades will be post in Grade Reporting the next time the Grade Posting From ASCENDER TeacherPortal utility is run.
• Teachers on this list may still change grades, save the changes, and mark grades as 'Ready to Post' again.
NOTES: A teacher may be listed on more than one list. |
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IV. Print IPRs
A. Post grades from TeacherPortal to ASCENDER Grade Reporting.
A. Post grades from TeacherPortal to ASCENDER Grade Reporting.
Grade Reporting > Utilities > Grade Posting From ASCENDER TeacherPortal
This utility posts the working cycle average, citizenship grade, and report card comments from TeacherPortal, as well as the exam and semester grades when applicable, to the student grade-course record in ASCENDER. Students who were not enrolled in the course or campus on the grade reporting cycle end date are excluded.
Processes performed by the utility
- Any numeric cycle and exam grades that are higher than the highest grade allowed are converted to the highest grade allowed.
- Any numeric cycle and exam grades that are lower than the lowest grade allowed are converted to the lowest grade allowed. Blank grades are bypassed (i.e., not converted nor posted).
NOTE: Numeric semester grades are not converted based on the highest or lowest grade allowed.
- If an exam grade is X, and the campus does not allow exempt exam grades, the exam grade and the semester average are not posted.
- If the campus allows exempt exams, and if an auto-graded course has a semester grade posted and a blank exam grade, an X (exempt) is posted for exam grades if an exam grade is required.
- Grades from TeacherPortal are converted according to the Rpt Card Grd Typ field in the campus master schedule.
- The exam, semester, and cycle grades are posted if the cycle selected is the highest cycle offered for the semester (e.g., cycle 2 for a two-semester nine-week campus), and the exam-semester pattern indicates an exam-semester grade is given this semester.
- If the cycle grade is blank, the utility only posts the exam grade (if applicable) and the semester grade if an override semester grade exists.
For secondary courses (i.e., credit level is not E):
- Grades are converted according to the campus options.
- The utility does not convert a P or F if posted for a course with a numeric report card grade type. A warning message is displayed on the error report.
- If the exam grade is blank from TeacherPortal, the exam grade and semester average are not posted if either Include Exam in Semester Average or Expect Exam Grade is selected on the Maintenance > Tables > Campus Control Options tabs.
- The semester average is posted if How will Avg be Computed is set to Computer on Maintenance > Tables > Campus Control Options> Computation.
- If Allow Semester Override is selected on Grade Reporting > Maintenance > TeacherPortal Options > Campus > Options, and the override semester grade is not blank, the override semester grade is used.
For elementary courses:
- Grades are converted according to the core course code and the elementary conversion tables.
- The exam grade and semester average are posted if Incl Exam and Comp Sem Avg are selected on Maintenance > Tables > Elementary > Elem Grade. If Incl Exam is not selected, an exam grade is not posted.
- If Comp Sem Avg is not selected, the semester average is not posted.
- The override semester grade is only posted if it has a value and if Allow Semester Override is selected on on Grade Reporting > Maintenance > TeacherPortal Options > Campus > Options.
- If the exam grade is blank for an auto-graded course that require an exam grade, the semester grade is posted.
- If a citizenship grade is blank for a course-cycle posted from TeacherPortal, and Auto Citizenship is selected on Maintenance > Tables > Campus Control Options > Posting, the citizenship grade is posted according to the campus options.
- If the cycle grade is blank for a course-cycle posted from TeacherPortal, the grade from the Auto Grd field in the district master schedule is posted.
NOTE:
- Semester grades are never posted with an auto grade.
- Even if all students will receive the auto grade, the course must still be marked as “Ready to Post” in TeacherPortal.
- If the working semester average or override semester average is an I (incomplete) and the campus expects an exam grade, the correct semester average is posted if the campus allows semester grades, even if the exam grade is blank.
- The citizenship from TeacherPortal is not posted if citizenship grade already exists in ASCENDER for the cycle being posted.
NOTE: This utility can be run more than once; however, only grades that have not already been posted to ASCENDER Grade Reporting, and are marked as 'Ready to Post' are posted.
| Campus | The campus to which you are logged on is displayed. | ||||||||
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| Grade Posting for |
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❏ Click Execute.
- A message is displayed indicating that the posting is successfully completed.
- Grades are posted to the student grade-course record.
- The Grade Ready column is reset from “Ready to Post” to “Posted.”
| View Error List | Click to view the error list if errors are encountered.
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| View Fail List | Click to view the list of students with blank, failing, or incomplete grades, if applicable.
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❏ Print both reports before exiting the page.
The Error Report will reflect only errors generated for a particular grade posting, as well as the details of any Override cycle grades entered by the instructor.
B. (If needed) Reset a teacher's posting status.
B. (If needed) Reset a teacher's posting status.
Grade Reporting > Utilities > Clear Grades, Comments, Credits, or Citizenship
This utility allows you to reset an instructor's course-section so that instructor can mark grades as 'Ready to Post' again, AFTER the course-section grades have been posted. Rarely will you reset the entire campus.
CAUTION: Use this utility carefully. If in doubt, contact your regional service center for assistance.
❏ Select to Clear by Course.
❏ Select to Clear Cycle Grades.
Remember to clear all fields that need to be re-posted from TeacherPortal. You can only clear one field at a time. For example, if you need to clear both cycle grades and comments, you must run the utility twice.
❏ Select Reset Teacher Gradebook 'Ready to Post' Flag.
❏ Specify the Course, Section, Sem, and Cyc.
❏ Click Execute.
C. Compute attendance.
For attendance to print on teacher class rolls, report cards, and IPRs, you must run the SGR1800, which computes attendance from the attendance application for the student grade-course records. The report should be run before printing report cards, IPRs, and SGR1000 - Blank, Failing and Incomplete Grades.
The following absence types are posted to the absence categories on the Grade Reporting reports.
- Excused: S, R, M, A, D, C, V, G, L
- Unexcused: U
- School-related: F, E
- Tardies: T
D. Assign No Credit due to absences if needed.
D. Assign No Credit due to absences if needed.
Before running the Grade Computation and Credit Assignment utility which assigns credit to courses, you must update the credit field for any students who should not receive credit for a high school credit level course due to excessive absences.
When the Grade Computation and Credit Assignment utility is run, any student with Crdt/Credit set to NC will not receive credit for the course.
If the student makes up the absences at a later date, you can then remove the NC from the Crdt field and update that field with the credit earned.
There are two options for assigning NC (No Credit) to a course:
Option 1:
Grade Reporting > Maintenance > Student > Individual Maint > Grd Update
❏ Retrieve the student.
❏ Select Sem 1.
❏ In the Crdt (Credit) field for all applicable courses, type NC.
The period is automatically inserted between the two characters.
Option 2:
Grade Reporting > Maintenance > Student > Individual Maint > Grd/Crs Maint
❏ Retrieve the student.
❏ Select the Course, Section, and Semester.
❏ In the Credit field type NC.
The period is automatically inserted between the two characters.
NOTE:
TREx uses the Pass/Fail indicator to show credit removal. If a student has been denied credit due to excessive absences, when that student's transcript is sent through TREx, it does not pick up the asterisk from the transcript which indicates that credit was denied due to excessive absences.
Any students who lose credit due to excessive absences should have their Pass/Fail indicator updated manually at the time NC is entered.
D. Assign auto grades.
Grade Reporting > Utilities > Auto Assign Grades and Citizenship
Only districts with courses that have an Auto Grd set in the district master schedule or Auto Citizenship grade set on the Posting tab should run this utility.
The utility assigns course or citizenship grades for all active students enrolled in courses with no withdrawal date. The same grade is assigned to every student taking the course.
NOTE: In TeacherPortal, auto grades are automatically displayed on the Grades > Cycle Grades page, even if the utility is not run. If the instructor marks grades as 'Ready to Post for a course-section, the auto grade will be imported when the Grade Posting from ASCENDER Gradebook utility is run. If these grades are not imported from the ASCENDER Gradebook utility because the instructor does not mark grades as 'Ready to Post', you must run the Auto Assign Grades and Citizenship utility to assign auto grades and/or auto citizenship for the course-section.
❏ Select to post Grades or Citizenship.
• If you select to post Grades, the Auto Grd field in the district master schedule is automatically used. The grade-course record for students enrolled in courses with an auto grade are updated, if the grade field is blank for the specified semester-cycle.
• If you select to post Citizenship, the Auto Citizenship and Citizenship Grade on Grade Reporting > Maintenance > Tables > Campus Control Options > Posting are used. If Auto Citizenship is selected and a valid Citizenship Grade exists, all blank citizenship grades for the selected semester-cycle are updated for all students.
❏ Select the Semester to be updated. The Cycle fields appear.
❏ Select the Cycle to be updated. The Execute button is enabled.
❏ Click Execute. The Print Report button is enabled once the utility is executed.
F. Compute grades and assign credit.
F. Compute grades and assign credit.
Different utilities are for secondary and elementary campuses.
• Secondary campuses: Grade Reporting > Utilities > Grade Computation and Credit Assignment
• Elementary campuses: Grade Reporting > Utilities > Grade Computation Elementary
Secondary campuses:
Grade Reporting > Utilities > Grade Computation and Credit Assignment
This utility calculates and assigns semester grades, final grades, and course credits for secondary grade levels.
- Numeric grades and pass/fail grades (i.e., report card grade type P) are calculated.
- Students in elementary grade levels are excluded.
- Semester Average and Final Grades for Self-paced courses are excluded.
❏ Under Options:
| Include Withdrawn Students |
Select to include withdrawn students in the process. The utility does not consider the withdrawal date, only if the student is withdrawn.
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| Include Withdrawn Courses |
Select to include withdrawn courses in the process. |
❏ Select the process(es) to be performed:
| Compute Semester Average |
Select if you are not using TeacherPortal, or if you are calculating blank semester grades when Allow Recomputation is not selected on Maintenance > Tables > Campus Control Options > Computation. |
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| Compute Final Grades |
Select to calculate final grades. If selected, the fields under Exclude Final Grade Computations are enabled. |
| Award Credits |
Select to award credits. |
| Award Credits Self Paced |
Select to award credits to self-paced courses. If selected, credits are assigned if the course has a semester grade. |
| Track |
(Required) Select a track number, or select A to calculate grades and assign credits for all tracks. |
| Reset Non-Graded Courses |
Select to clear any grades that have been entered or posted for a student in a non-graded course, or if a graded course is changed to a non-graded course and at least one grade exists for this course. If selected, and a course with grades assigned is changed to a non-graded course, the grades are deleted in ASCENDER only, not in TeacherPortal. |
| Semesters |
Select the semesters to be updated. You must select at least one semester. IMPORTANT! Select all semesters that should be updated; semesters are considered when awarding grades or credits. |
| Grade Levels |
Select one or more specific grade levels to be updated (e.g., 12th grade only). Or, click All Grade Levels to update all grade levels.
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| Campus Control Information |
Settings from several Maintenance > Tables > Campus Control Options tabs are used when the utility is run. The settings are displayed for your reference. The Allow Partial Credit and Credit Sequence fields in the district master schedule are also considered in processing. |
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| Exclude Final Grade Computations |
The section is enabled only if Compute Final Grades is selected. Select any options to be excluded from final grade computation. The options only apply to courses that were not taken for all semesters of the course. |
❏ Click Execute.
A progress bar displays the progress of the student IDs being processed.
If the following conditions exist, the process is stopped, and a message is displayed:
- Compute Semester Average is selected.
- Allow Recomputation is selected on Grade Reporting > Maintenance > Tables > Campus Control Options > Computation (recalculate all grades).
- The campus is using TeacherPortal.
You must clear either Compute Semester Average or Allow Recomputation.
If the following conditions exist, the process is interrupted, and a message is displayed:
- Compute Semester Average is selected.
- Allow Recomputation is selected on Grade Reporting > Maintenance > Tables > Campus Control Options > Computation (recalculate all grades).
- The campus is not using TeacherPortal.
You are prompted to continue the process. Click Yes to recalculate all grades, or click No to stop the process.
- If errors are encountered, an error report is generated at the bottom of the page.
Review, save, and/or print the report.
Review the report using the following buttons:
Click
to go to the first page of the report.
Click
to go back one page.
Click
to go forward one page.
Click
to go to the last page of the report.
The report can be viewed and saved in various file formats.
Click
to save and print the report in PDF format.
Click
to save and print the report in CSV format. (This option is not available for all reports.) When a report is exported to the CSV format, the report headers may not be included.
Click
to close the report window. Some reports may have a Close Report, Exit, or Cancel button instead.
NOTE: Warnings may indicate that semester records were bypassed for students who retook failed courses.
| Print Excl List | If students and courses were excluded from final grade computation, click to print the Exclusion list.Review, save, and/or print the report.
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| Print Partial | If any course was not taken for all semesters of the course, but was included in final grade computation, print a list of students who only took part of the course. Review, save, and/or print the report.
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Elementary campuses:
Grade Reporting > Utilities > Grade Computation Elementary
This utility calculates and assigns semester grades and final (year-to-date cumulative) grades for all elementary grade levels set up on the Grade Reporting > Maintenance > Tables > Elementary > Elem Grade. The process calculates alphabetic and numeric grades.
If there are blank semester grades or if a cumulative average must be calculated, run this utility.
| Campus Control Information |
Settings from the Maintenance > Tables > Campus Control Options tabs are used when the utilities (secondary and elementary) are run. The settings are displayed for your reference.
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| Elementary Grade Level Table Information |
Settings from the Grade Reporting > Maintenance > Tables > Elementary > Elem Grade tab are used when the elementary utility is run. The settings are displayed for your reference. |
| Include WD Students |
Select to include withdrawn students in the process. |
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| Include WD Courses |
Select to include withdrawn courses in the process. |
| Track |
(Required) Select a track number, or select A to calculate grades for all tracks. |
| Grade Lvl |
Select the grade level, or select AL to computer grades for all grade levels. |
| Reset Non-Grd Courses |
Select to clear any grades that have been entered or posted for a student in a non-graded course, or if a graded course is changed to a non-graded course and at least one grade exists for this course. |
| Semesters |
Select the semesters to be computed. If you select 2, both semesters 1 and 2 are computed. |
| Cycle |
Select the cycle to be updated.
• If a grade level is set to compute cumulative averages (i.e., Comp Cum Avg is selected for the grade level on Maintenance > Tables > Elementary > Elem Grade), the final grade is calculated as the average of the two semester grades.
If a grade level is set to compute both semester average and cumulative average the final grade is calculated as the average of the two semester grades. |
❏ Click Execute.
A progress bar displays the progress of the student IDs being processed.
If the following conditions exist, the process is stopped, and a message is displayed:
- Comp Sem Avg is selected on Grade Reporting > Maintenance > Tables > Elementary > Elem Grade.
- Allow Recomputation is selected on Grade Reporting > Maintenance > Tables > Campus Control Options > Computation (recalculate all grades).
- The campus is using TeacherPortal.
You must clear either Compute Sem Avg or Allow Recomputation.
If the following conditions exist, the process is interrupted, and a message is displayed:
- Comp Sem Avg is selected on Grade Reporting > Maintenance > Tables > Elementary > Elem Grade.
- Allow Recomputation is selected on Grade Reporting > Maintenance > Tables > Campus Control Options > Computation (recalculate all grades).
- The campus is not using TeacherPortal.
You are prompted to continue the process. Click Yes to recalculate all grades, or click No to stop the process.
| Preview Errors | Click to view the error list if errors are encountered.
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V. Power Law Computation
A. Print class rolls and get signed by teachers.
A. Print class rolls and get signed by teachers.
It is recommended that you distribute the class rolls to instructors as proof sheets for grade verification. If an instructor makes any changes, the instructor should initial or sign next to the grade change. All instructors should sign and date these forms, and the forms can be filed as the official grade sheets for the reporting period.
REMINDER: If an instructor updates an incomplete grade or changes a cycle grade for a student, the instructor should also provide a semester average if possible; otherwise, semester/final averages will need to be computed again.
The following reports can be used as a check-off list for instructors:
- Grade Reporting > Reports > Grade Reporting Reports > Instructors > SGR0350 - Student Counts by Teacher
This report provides more details.
B. (If needed) Change verified grades.
B. (If needed) Change verified grades.
Grades can be updated for students individually or as a group (same instructor-course) using information from the instructor's class rolls.
NOTE: If any grades are changed, the Sem and/or Final and Credit field must also be updated; otherwise, you will need to re-run the grade computation utilities (secondary or elementary).
REMINDER: When you update grades in ASCENDER Grade Reporting, the corrected grades will appear in the instructor’s TeacherPortal as an Override grade for that cycle.
Individual Students:
You can make grade corrections for an individual student on either of the following tabs.
Grade Reporting > Maintenance > Student > Individual Maint > Grd Update
Grade Reporting > Maintenance > Student > Individual Maint > Grd/Crs Maint
Group of Students:
Grade Reporting > Maintenance > Student > Group Maint > Post Grades
C. Print/save final verification for teacher to approve (if grades were changed).
C. Print/save final verification for teacher to approve (if grades were changed).
Grade Reporting > Reports > Grade Reporting Reports > Instructors > SGR0900 - Class Rolls (Student Grade Information)
❏ If any grades were changed, it is recommended that you print/save the final version. Some districts may choose to print the final version and have it signed by the instructor.
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B. Review report card comments.
Grade Reporting > Maintenance > Tables > Grade Reporting Tables > Rpt Card Comments
This tab allows you to set up instructor comments for student report cards and interim progress reports (IPRs). Instructors can select from these comment codes in TeacherPortal to assign codes to individual students. The comment descriptions are printed in the Explanation of Comment Codes Used Below section of the report card or IPR (or Explicación de Código de Comentario Utilizado Debajo if Spanish) when the corresponding code is selected for the report card/IPR.
Comments should be set up in both English and Spanish. If a comment code does not have a corresponding Spanish comment, the corresponding English comment will be printed on the Spanish language report.
It is recommended that these be set up at the beginning of the year and not changed during the year.
❏ Update the comments as needed.
NOTE: If a report card comment code does not have a corresponding Spanish comment, the corresponding English comment will be printed on the Spanish language report card.
Secondary report cards (SGR1300 and SGR1350) use only codes A-N.
Elementary report cards (SGR1400) use codes A-Z and 1-9.