Standards Grading Method

From the Admin menu, select Standards Grading Method. The Standards Final Marks Method screen displays.
Select the Weighted Mean option.

OR

Select the Mark Definition Matrix option.

Define the Mark Matrix

Select the Student Final Grade Score Type (rows). These are the district defined Report Card Book Score Types. This final score appears on the student’s report card. A separate matrix can be defined for each Student Final Grade Score Type, if needed.
Select the Standards Score Type (columns). These are the district defined Report Card Book Score Types. The student received these scores on the standards.

Click in the cell you want to edit. The cell is active and the criteria displays in the Criteria column

Set a percentage of total marks required and then define this by choosing Or More, Or Less, or Exactly from the list. This defines the minimum scores needed for students to earn this grade.

NOTE: If you want the criteria to apply to more than one cell in that row, click the arrow icon, and the criteria are added to the adjacent cell.

Click Update.
Repeat in all necessary cells to define the matrix.

NOTE: The lowest Mark row’s criteria should be set at 100% and Exactly should be selected. Upon clicking Update, the bottom row should contain the message: 100% Exactly of the total marks must be a 4 or 3 or 2 or 1. (This will vary depending on your Standard Score Type setting.)

Run the Mark Matrix Analysis

After a Matrix has been set up, it can be tested by using the Final Mark Setup Analysis. Running the Final Mark Setup Analysis generates a report containing randomly generated marks for sample students. This analysis contains a breakdown of each sample student’s percentage of marks obtained, which are used to determine the grades from the matrix.
Enter the number of sample standards in the Standards field.
Click Run Analysis. The report is generated.

Modify the scores in a student’s column to determine the effect different marks have on the student’s final grade.

Standards Grading Method

Understanding Standards Final Mark Methods

From there, the individual standard results can be either:

Averaged to determine an overall class grade (Weighted Mean).

OR

Passed to the Standards Mark Definition Matrix to determine an overall class grade (Mark Definition Matrix).

Weighted Mean

Weighted mean averages standards performance across all standards to determine overall grade.

Allows standards to have different weights. Weighting is a multiplier that allows some standards to contribute more to the overall grade.

Category weighting and term weighting are NOT factored into the overall grade.

Allows standards to be assessed with different score types.

EXAMPLE:

Consider the following example of a student’s overall proficiency on eight standards and the effects of Weighted Mean methods of determining an overall grade.

How this student’s overall grade was determined:

The student’s Overall Grade is 3.11 (Weighted Average (28) / Standard Weight (9)). Based on the Report Card Score Type shown previously, the mark for a 3.11 is a B.

Mark Definition Matrix

When using the Standards Mark Definition Matrix to determine overall grades (using a 4-point Rubric standards as an example), the percentage of 4’s, 3’s, 2’s, and 1’s a student earns on assessed standards is passed to a district-defined matrix.

Mark definition matrix uses the criteria defined in the grid to determine overall grade. To get a particular grade the student must match the criteria defined in that row.

Marks are processed according to their sequence. The first mark criteria matching the student’s performance will be the mark given.

Category weighting and term weighting are NOT factored into the overall grade.

Allows standards to be assessed with different score types.

Final grade configuration settings do not control the mark given.

All teachers who have their final grades calculated from standards will use this setting.

EXAMPLE:

Consider the following example of a student’s overall proficiency on eight standards and the effects of Mark Definition Matrix methods of determining an overall grade.

How the student’s overall grade was determined:

Tasks

Set Standards Grading Method

From the Admin menu, select Standards Grading Method. The Standards Final Marks Method screen displays.

Select the Weighted Mean option.

OR

Select the Mark Definition Matrix option.

Define the Mark Matrix

Select the Student Final Grade Score Type (rows). These are the district defined Report Card Book Score Types. This final score appears on the student’s report card. A separate matrix can be defined for each Student Final Grade Score Type, if needed.

Select the Standards Score Type (columns). These are the district defined Report Card Book Score Types. The student received these scores on the standards.

Click in the cell you want to edit. The cell is active and the criteria displays in the Criteria column

Set a percentage of total marks required and then define this by choosing Or More, Or Less, or Exactly from the list. This defines the minimum scores needed for students to earn this grade.

NOTE: If you want the criteria to apply to more than one cell in that row, click the arrow icon, and the criteria are added to the adjacent cell.

Click Update.

Repeat in all necessary cells to define the matrix.

NOTE: The lowest Mark row’s criteria should be set at 100% and Exactly should be selected. Upon clicking Update, the bottom row should contain the message: 100% Exactly of the total marks must be a 4 or 3 or 2 or 1. (This will vary depending on your Standard Score Type setting.)

Run the Mark Matrix Analysis

Enter the number of sample standards in the Standards field.

Click Run Analysis. The report is generated.

Modify the scores in a student’s column to determine the effect different marks have on the student’s final grade.

Related Topics