ProgressBook v12.0 System Manager Guide - Swoca

Report Cards and Interims
• YTD Highest Achieved – The highest mark achieved on an assignment from the
beginning of the school year to the end of the current grading period. If points are
used as the mark type, GradeBook translates the point value into a percentage for
each assignment to determine the highest mark. If letter grades are used as the mark
type, the letter grade with the highest point value will be used. Missing assignments
will not be included.
• YTD Last Achieved – The last mark achieved on an assignment based on the
assignment due date, not including missing assignments, from the beginning of the
school year to the end of the current grading period. If points are used as the mark
type, GradeBook translates the last mark achieved point value into a percentage to
display as the student's grade.
Note: If you are creating standards-based report cards and your school district
does not want GradeBook to automatically calculate grades but instead wants
teachers to manually enter grades on the Report Card Entry screen, you must
select None in the Default Calculation list. This also applies for attendance
assessments. This same condition applies in traditional report cards, but you
must select No in the Calc Mark? list.
Default Calculation and Pull Mark? Columns on the Assessments Tab
7. If you are creating a standards-based report card and you previously selected Use Basic
Calculations on the General tab in the Pull Mark? list, select one of the following options.
If you previously selected Use Advanced Calculations on the General tab, the Pull Mark?
column does not display.
• Yes – The assessment mark is automatically populated when grades are
automatically calculated on the Report Card Entry screen. This mark is based on
assignment marks entered on the Assignment Marks screen, Grade Book Grid and
Standards Based Grid.
• No – The assessment mark is not automatically populated when grades are
automatically calculated on the Report Card Entry screen. Teachers will have to enter
assessment marks manually.
Or, if you are creating traditional report cards and you previously selected Use Basic
Calculations on the General tab in the Calc Mark? column, select one of the following
options. If you previously selected Use Advanced Calculations on the General tab, the
Calc Mark? Column does not display.
• Yes – The mark type selected is a calculated mark type, such as grading scales,
points and percentages.
• No – The mark type selected is not a calculated mark type.
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