Standards User Guide PowerSchool Student Information System Released June 2017 Document Owner: Documentation Services This edition applies to Release 11.x of the PowerSchool software and to all subsequent releases and modifications until otherwise indicated in new editions or updates. The data and names used to illustrate the reports and screen images may include names of individuals, companies, brands, and products. All of the data and names are fictitious; any similarities to actual names are entirely coincidental. PowerSchool is a trademark, in the U.S. and/or other countries, of PowerSchool Group, LLC or its affiliate(s). Copyright © 2005-2017 PowerSchool Group LLC and/or its affiliate(s). All rights reserved. All trademarks are either owned or licensed by PowerSchool Group LLC and/or its affiliates. Standards User Guide Contents Introduction ............................................................................................................................ 5 Standards Grades Entered by Teachers .............................................................................. 5 Final Grade Entry Options ..................................................................................................... 5 Working with Standards in PowerTeacher Pro ................................................................... 6 Display Settings ............................................................................................................................. 6 Grade Calculation Types .............................................................................................................. 7 Standards Grades Calculations ................................................................................................... 8 Standards Calculation Examples .......................................................................................... 9 Calculation Methods ............................................................................................................ 10 Assignments ................................................................................................................................ 13 Auto-Calculate Assignment Standards Scores ....................................................................... 15 Standards Grades ...................................................................................................................... 17 Student Standards Progress ..................................................................................................... 19 Student Standards Progress Graph .................................................................................. 20 Quick Lookup - Standards ......................................................................................................... 21 Standards Grades Progress ...................................................................................................... 22 Professional Judgment Indicator ............................................................................................. 23 Work with Standards in PowerSchool ................................................................................ 25 Grading Methods ....................................................................................................................... 25 Standard Conversion Scales ..................................................................................................... 25 Custom List ................................................................................................................................. 26 Standards Data Access Tag (DAT) Formatting ....................................................................... 28 Manage Next Year ...................................................................................................................... 29 Standards Import and Export ................................................................................................... 29 Standards: District List ........................................................................................................ 30 Standards: Course Weights ................................................................................................ 31 Standards: Final Grades By Class ...................................................................................... 32 Enter Standards .......................................................................................................................... 33 Single Student Standards .......................................................................................................... 35 Introduction 3 Standards User Guide View Standard Grade Rollup .............................................................................................. 37 Quick Lookup Page .................................................................................................................... 38 Edit Course Information ............................................................................................................ 41 Reports ................................................................................................................................... 43 Standards Objects................................................................................................................ 43 Standard Object Filter Examples ....................................................................................... 49 Introduction 4 Standards User Guide Introduction PowerSchool provides an easy way for a district, school or teacher to keep track of each student’s progress on standards and other measures. Teachers can continue to use traditional grading procedures on assignments—evaluating by percentage, points and/or letter grades such as A, B, and C—while addressing district- or state-mandated standards grades on the appropriate standards alpha or numeric grade scale. PowerSchool can also align sets of district, state, and national standards to each other. For each assignment in PowerTeacher Pro, teachers can associate an unlimited number of course standards. These standards are assigned to the course by the district. Having these standards in PowerTeacher Pro helps the teacher align classroom assignments to standards. From the various standards scores on assignments, PowerTeacher Pro automatically calculates final standards grades. PowerTeacher Pro, in turn, passes the final standards grade on each standard on each reporting term to PowerSchool. PowerSchool can then report on the standards grades student-by-student or by group. If the same standard is assessed for a student by more than one teacher, PowerSchool can also report on the average grade or highest grade that the student received on the standard. This document focuses on using Standards with PowerTeacher Pro. Standards Grades Entered by Teachers In PowerTeacher Pro, teachers select the appropriate standards to be assessed on each assignment. When they enter student scores for the standards on that an assignment, PowerTeacher Pro automatically calculates a standards final grade. The calculation method is configurable, and there are a variety of grading options available, derived from best practices in standards-based grading. At any point, the teacher can also manually override the calculated standards final grade when appropriate. PowerTeacher Pro sends those standards final grades back to PowerSchool, and inserts them in the standards grades tables. There is NO need for a district using PowerTeacher Pro to store standards grades. PowerTeacher Pro inserts the standards final grades in the proper location for use in PowerSchool with report cards and other items. Final Grade Entry Options Teachers using PowerTeacher Pro should NOT use the PowerTeacher Portal to enter final grades. You do not need to do any setup in the Final Grade Entry Options within the School Setup section of PowerSchool. This was only for the old portal area, and does not apply to PowerTeacher Gradebook. Introduction 5 Standards User Guide Working with Standards in PowerTeacher Pro Display Settings Choose how you want information to appear in PowerTeacher Pro. 1. On the charms bar, select Settings, and then select Display Settings. • Open pop-up menus by selecting . • Select a box to add a checkmark and activate the setting . 2. Use the Display and Sorting menu to sort the class names. 3. Check Show Standards Pages and Links to use the standards grading features. 4. Check Show Standards on Assignments to show standards aligned to assignments. 5. Use the Auto-Calculate Assignment Standards Scores menu to determine the default setting for new assignments. Select New Assignments Start Checked to have the setting checked by default for all newly created assignments. 6. Use the Navigation Links Sort Order menu to change the sort order of the Traditional and Standards navigation links in the Grading menu and Quick Menu. The default setting is Traditional, Standards. 7. Check the pages on which you want the Professional Judgement Indicator to appear. 8. Check Show Traditional Grade on Pages to display traditional grades in the gradebook. 9. Use the Values to Show in the Traditional Grades Column menu to select the grade values you want to appear. 10. Under Student Names, use the Display menu to define how students’ names will appear, such as by first, then last name. 11. Use the Sort Students by menu to choose how to sort the lists of students, such as by first name. 12. To view new students’ names at the bottom of class lists, check