Grading Setup Guide. For information about the field Withdrawn student/dropped class import grades cutoff:_days, see "Specifying Grades to be Imported from PowerTeacher" in the PowerTeacher 2.2.2+ Installation & Setup Guide for Chancery SMS.Setting up a school involves the School Administrator defining standard comments, grading tables and grading periods, and grade items and courses for secondary schools.
A standard comment is a re-usable comment that teachers can add to students' progress reports and report cards. A grading table [>>] defines the format and meaning of the grades that students receive on their report cards. A grading period specifies the date range covered by a report card or progress report, and thus is significant to their timing. Typical grading periods are 6-week periods, trimesters, and quarters. Secondary schools use grade items to describe the way a school measures student performance; for example, "Semester Grade", "Semester 1 Exam", "Conduct", and "Effort".
Note: This section is incomplete. For complete information on grading setup, refer to the Grading Setup Guide. For information about the field Withdrawn student/dropped class import grades cutoff:_days, see "Specifying Grades to be Imported from PowerTeacher" in the PowerTeacher 2.2.2+ Installation & Setup Guide for Chancery SMS.
Table 38: Permissions pertaining to grading
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To |
You need this permission |
Set to |
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Specify standard comments |
School Setup > Standard Comments |
Delete |
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Create grading tables |
School Setup > Grading Tables |
Delete |
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Define grading periods |
School Setup > Grading Period Sets |
Delete |
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School Setup > Define Report Card Periods |
Yes |
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School Setup > Define Progress Report Periods |
Yes |
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Set up report cards and progress reports |
School Setup > Report Card Setup |
Delete |
Note: Where a student gets grades for a grade level at another school that is not supported at her home school, PowerSchool SMS calculates how to best present that grade; for example, if student in grade 8 at her home school of Miller Middle School, but she is taking grade 7 courses at Paradise Elementary School, which does not support grade 8, then PowerSchool SMS would use a grade 7 report card setup.
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