Administrator's Plus Report Cards Manual - Rediker Software, Inc.

Updating and Resetting GPAs & Credits
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Updating and Resetting GPAs & Credits
The following section describes the options on the Update/Un-Update GPAs/Credits
window devoted to reversing or “undoing” the update process. See “Update/Un-update
GPA's & Credits” on page 8-27. Keep in mind that these options are rarely used and
should be used only after doing a backup of the school year data.
Un-Update GPAs & Credits
This option on the Update/Un-update GPAs/Credits window will undo the last
updating that you have performed. Normally, you do not need to use this option, as the
Update GPAs & Credits program automatically un-updates before performing a new
update. There may be times however, when you need to undo your last update without
performing a new update, as for example, if you have just performed a semester update
and wish to restore the student’s GPA and credits to what they were at the beginning of
the school year. The Un-Update program subtracts the LAST UPDATE numbers from
the CAREER totals to determine what the CAREER totals were before they were last
updated.
As an example, in a school using number grades, assume that a student has the following
six figures stored in his report card record following his SOPHOMORE year of high
school:
CAREER CREDITS : 8.50 LAST CREDITS UPDATE : 0.00
CAREER ADJUSTED QP : 700.00 LAST ADJUSTED QP UPDATE : 0.00
CAREER WEIGHT : 10.00 LAST WEIGHT UPDATE : 0.00
CAREER SIMPLE QP : 680.00 LAST SIMPLE QP UPDATE : 0.00
This student's career adjusted GPA is currently (700/10) or 70.00 and his career simple
GPA is (680/10) or 68.00. At the end of the student's junior year, the Update GPAs &
Credits program is used, which calculates the following based on the student's junior
year grades:
JUNIOR YEAR (CURRENT) CREDITS : 4.00
JUNIOR YEAR (CURRENT) ADJUSTED QP : 400.00
JUNIOR YEAR (CURRENT) WEIGHT : 5.00
JUNIOR YEAR (CURRENT) SIMPLE QP : 390.00
The current credits of 4.00 are added to the previous career credits of 8.50 to give a new
career credits total of 12.50. The current adjusted quality points of 400 are added to the
previous career adjusted quality points of 700 to give a new career adjusted quality
points total of 1100. The current simple quality points of 390 are added to the previous
simple quality points of 680 to give a new career simple quality points total of 1070.
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