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Posts with Topic: Assessment Archives - Page 2 of 4 - Modern Pen

Inform: Measuring Student Growth with MAP

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Always start a new query by clicking first on the “Reports” tab and then clicking on the “Create” button as pictured below. Next, as pictured below, you will complete these four steps: (Steps are below the picture!) Select either “Reading” or “Mathematics” from the Subject pull-down menu. (The year should already appear as the current […]

Inform: Measuring Student Growth with Aprenda

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Always start a new query by clicking first on the “Reports” tab and then clicking on the “Create” button as pictured below. Next, as pictured below, you will complete these six steps: (Steps are below the picture!) Select “Reading” from the Subject pull-down menu Select “Display results by Proficiency Levels” Select “General Growth Scale 2012” […]

Inform: Measuring Student Growth with MAP for “At Grade Level” Students

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Always start a new query by clicking first on the “Reports” tab and then clicking on the “Create” button as pictured below. Next, as pictured below, you will complete these five steps: (Steps are below the picture!) Select “Reading” from the Subject pull-down menu Choose the group “Meets/Exceeds Reading-MAP & Aprenda” from the Student Group […]

PowerTeacher Gradebook: Fill Down-Efficiency & Communication

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Over the years of PowerTeacher Gradebook use and training, teams and teachers in District 21 have become quite proficient with creating assessments, entering scores, and even analyzing student performance within the PowerTeacher Gradebook. One facet of being highly proficient with the Gradebook is to know and be able to use the time-saving tricks that can […]

Inform: Measuring Student Growth with MAP for “Below Grade Level” Students

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Always start a new query by clicking first on the “Reports” tab and then clicking on the “Create” button as pictured below. Next, as pictured below, you will complete these five steps: (Steps are below the picture!) Select “Reading” from the Subject pull-down menu Choose the group “Below Reading 3-Year MAP & Aprenda 09-10” from […]

PowerTeacher Gradebook: Entering Middle School comments

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Middle school teachers have entered comments in the Gradebook in the same manner since PowerSchool launched the Gradebook. Middle school teachers are able to provide up to two comments per area of assessment. Areas of assessment include both academic grades and the Learner Qualities for both core teams and exploratory classes.   Comment Bank Rather […]

PowerTeacher Gradebook: Entering elementary school Learner Quality marks

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In the elementary schools, rather than receive an overall grade for each Learner Quality, students in grades 1-5 receive a mark for the specific Learner Quality descriptors.   Learner Quality Marks scale Students who are performing according to expectations receive no mark, so most students should have a mostly blank sheet for the Learner Quality […]

PowerTeacher Gradebook: Entering elementary school comments

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Elementary school teachers in School District 21are able to “free-write” Report Card Comments for each of their students. (There are no comments on Power Standards Summary Reports.) Report Card Comments are one important element of our system of communication with families about student progress. Before entering any Report Card Comments in the Gradebook, it is […]

PowerTeacher Gradebook: Overriding grades

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The Gradebook greatly enhances the efficiency of teachers and teams in collecting and organizing data, grouping and re-grouping students, and differentiating assessments and instruction. Additionally, when teachers use the Gradebook throughout the trimester, there are only a few tasks that remain to be completed at the end of the trimester or end of the year. […]

PowerTeacher Gradebook: Self-verifying before report cards

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To allow teachers additional time to assess students and enter scores over the traditional verification process as well as to make the process significantly more efficient for school secretaries, teachers self-verify core academic grades, exploratory/special area grades, Learner Quality grades, Power Standards (end of the school year only), and comments. As pictured below, there are […]



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