Student Assignment Grades: Skills-Referenced

The Student Assignment Grades: Skills-Referenced page allows you to view and enter a student's scores in a particular course section for a semester/cycle.

To view a student's scores:

1. You can access the page in either of the following ways:

2. From the Grades menu, select Student Assignment Grades.

3. From the Grades menu, select Assignment Grades.

• The skills-referenced Assignment Grades page is displayed allowing you to select the course section for which you want to enter scores.

• Retrieve a skills-referenced course, and then click a student's name.

The Student Assignment Grades: Skills-Referenced page is displayed allowing you to view and enter a student's data.

2. If you arrived at the page from the skills-referenced Assignment Grades page, the Semester, Cycle, Student, and Course Section fields are set to the values entered on the previous page. Otherwise, use the following fields to retrieve the semester, cycle, student, and course section:

3. The Semester field displays the current semester by default. Click to view another semester.

4. The Cycle field displays the current cycle by default. Click to view another cycle.

5. In the Student field, click to select the student.

6. In the Course Section field, click to select the course section for which you want to enter scores.

Note:  If you marked the course as ready to post on the Cycle Grades page, the message "[READY]" is displayed in the Course Section drop-down list next to the course.

3. Click Retrieve Data. The following data is displayed:

2. The student's data for the semester/cycle is displayed; however, skills and skillsets are listed if they were part of any of the student's assignment during the semester. For example, a skill that was only assigned to an assignment in cycle 1 is displayed in the list for later cycles; however, the assignments and their related scores for previous cycles are not displayed.

3. Each assignment for the semester/cycle is displayed in a column. If a skill is assigned to the assignment during the cycle, an input field is displayed. Existing scores are displayed; otherwise, the field is blank. You can add or update the score fields.

The score must be within the range of the rubric grid, as defined by the district. You can enter whole numbers or a number with one decimal place (e.g., 3.5).

If you click a skill, the Assignment Skill Grades Trend dialog box opens. This displays line chart depicting the student's progress for the skill. The vertical line represents the rubric scores as established by the district, and the horizontal line represents the assignments that are associated with the selected skill. The data is display only. Click Close to close the dialog box.

2. The Score column displays the student's overall score for the assignment for all cycles in the semester. The score is either the higher score of the average (Avg column) and the power law average (PL column) or the override score if it exists. The override score is always displayed if it exists in any cycle in the semester.

2. The PL (power law) column displays the student's average for the assignment based on the power law formula, which is described on the Calculating Averages page.

3. The Avg column displays the student's current average for the skill, which is calculated by adding scores for all assignments associated with the skill, and dividing by the number of assignments.

Note:  The average displayed will reflect scores from all assignments associated with the skill, including previous cycles in the semester. For example, if it is currently cycle 3 of the semester, and the skill was associated with assignments in cycles 2 and 3, the average will reflect scores for the entire semester, even though only cycle 3 is displayed.

2. In the Override field, you can type an override score for the skill. If an override score is entered, it overrides the scores in the PL and Avg columns, and it will always be displayed in the Score field.

3. The override score must be within the range of the rubric grid, as defined by the district. You can enter whole numbers or a number with one decimal place (e.g., 3.5).

4. If an override score was entered in a previous cycle in the semester, the score is carried over to the later cycles in the semester. However, if you enter an override score after cycle 1, it only applies to the current and later cycles for the semester.

Note:  If you want to dismiss an override grade for the entire semester, it must be cleared in all cycles of the semester.

2. For each skillset, the Skill Set Score row displays the average of all overall skill scores for each skillset.

3. The average does not include scores of 0, unless a 0 exists in the rubric grid. It is rounded to one decimal place.

4. This average is cumulative for all cycles in the semester.

5. The Total Score row at the bottom of the table displays the average of all Skill Set Scores.

6. The Conversion Grade row at the bottom of the table displays the standard 100%-based grade, which is a conversion from the Total Score. The conversion scale is determined by the district.

4. The averages are updated every time you access the page, click Calculate Averages, and/or save the scores.

5. To add comments or indicators associated with an assignment (e.g., excluded, late, redo, or missing), click next to the assignment grade. The Grade Properties dialog box opens allowing you to enter additional information about the student's assignment.

Enter comments and/or select the appropriate indicator(s), and then click Ok.

9. If there is no grade for the assignment, it cannot be marked as late or redo.

10. If you want the indicators and/or comments to print on the student's IPR and display in the parent access Web site, txConnect, select Print comment.

11. If the assignment grade is excluded (e.g., for a transfer student), the icon is displayed. The grade will continue to be displayed in the field.

12. If the assignment grade is marked as late, redo, or missing (but not excluded), the icon is displayed.

13. If the assignment grade has comments but is not marked as excluded, late, or redo, the icon is displayed.

14. Click Cancel to close the Grade Properties dialog box without saving changes.

Note:  Your comments and/or selections are not actually saved until you type your PIN and click Save to save all data on this page. When you click Ok, it only saves your notes until you save all data on this page.

To view the comments or indicators for an assignment, click the icon. The Grade Properties dialog box opens and displays comments and indicators that were previously entered.

13. Make any changes, if necessary, and then click Ok.

14. To close the Grade Properties dialog box without making changes, click Cancel.

6. Before you leave the page, you must save the data. Any data that has changed since the last time you saved your scores is indicated by gray shading in the table cell.

• In the PIN field, type your four-digit PIN. The field is disabled for inquiry-only users.

• Click Save Grades.

• If your changes were saved successfully, the page reloads, and a message is displayed indicating that the grades were saved successfully.

• If you typed your PIN incorrectly, the system notifies you that you provided an invalid PIN. You must provide the correct PIN to continue.

• If you change any data on the page and then attempt to leave this page without saving the changes, a warning message is displayed. This includes attempting to change the Semester, Cycle, Student, or Course Section fields before you save changes.

• Click Continue to leave this page without saving your changes.

• Click Cancel to return to the page and save your changes.

7. You can change the Semester, Cycle, Student, and Course Section fields to retrieve data for another semester/cycle and student.

8. Click Back to the Assignment Grades to return to the skills-referenced Assignment Grades page.