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GRADESPEED: The BeginningThe Basics including new district procedures and recommendations for 2010-2011 Grades 3-5
Updated Summer 2010
Reporting Student Progress to a World of Stakeholders
Just In Time for Grades 3-5
•Agenda for Just In Time GRADESPEED BasicsIncluding district recommendations
Where to Find GradeSpeed, First Login, and profileOn campus and Off campus
Attendance and Home Access Center
AssignmentsCreating, Being descriptive of the TEKS, Assess All strands, Requirements, Timely
GradingCodes
Initial
Grades
Starting
Recording
Setting Up CategoriesGrade level team decisions, school or grade level policies, Language Arts Composite
New Progress Reports and Report CardsNew Information
Daily
Work and Home•Ways to Access GRADESPEED
You can logon to GradeSpeed as soon as your campus registrar has your class scheduled and setup.•First Time Login
Leave the password field blank at the beginning of every school year!
•Edit Your Profile for Direct AccessNecessary for Direct Access to CMTools/ARRC
1)2) Click “Return Home”
3) 4)
•Grade Level Teams: Setting Up Categories including TAG specialists, Special Education, and others that support grade level
Schools will now have to report annually each team’s grading policy, including categories, weighting method,and number of grades that can be dropped (if any).
•Review of Weighting OptionsUsing the “Percent” method
“Method of weighting grades”must be set to “Percent”
ALWAYS!
Dropping grades is not required and must be consistentacross your grade level.
Total of numbers in “weight”column must equal 100
•Review of Weighting OptionsUsing the “Multiple” method
“Method of weighting grades”must be set to “Multiple”
ALWAYS!
Dropping grades is not required and must be consistentacross your grade level.
Do not use numbers greaterthan 3
• This grade is now calculated 50% Reading and 50% Written Composition.
• Spelling is no longer listed as a subject on the report card.
• Spelling considerations are expected to be included with writing grades.
A Note About “Language Arts Composite”
Teachers should strive to carefully name assignments and give feedback in a timely manner.•Creating Assignments
3rd Grade math: 3.12B Tells time on analog clock4th Grade LA: 4.6A Sequence the plot’s main events5th Grade Science: 5.10C Accurate Venn diagram of metamorphosis
It is up to the schools to diligently work towards:•Schools
What to Enter Description Shows up as Counts as
M Missing Msg Zero
E Excused Exc Ignored in average
I Incomplete Inc Ignored in average
Use “1st Retake” field
Re-test/Retake Ex. “80R” Regular grade
Use check box Late Late Regular grade
<blank> Field left blank Ignored in average
•Review of Letter Codes for Grading
If you use any of these letter markings in lieu of a standard grade, it is good practice to put a “Note” in to explain it. Remember that parents can see these notes.
•“Show Math” for Home Access CenterSelect Progress Report Tab.
Click on “options”.
For Home Access, specify “Show Math” and “Assignment Detail”
These settings directly determine what information parents can see in the HAC!
With “Show Math”
With Assignment Detail
Default Settings(without details)
Progress Report and HAC Views with and without Details
District IPRs• Are used only by secondary
campuses at this time.
Teacher Generated Progress Reports
• Teachers may at any time generate a progress report for a student
• They may use all five columns for this
• They can choose to use district/school codes or use the “my comment codes” tab to create their own (“my comment codes will not be translated into Spanish)
•Progress ReportsThere are district IPR and teacher requested progress reports
New Spanish comments are available
Spanish Progress ReportsAll of the steps need to be used to create Spanish Progress Reports
Click on “Grades” on the menu bar and then the student’s name to access his/her profile
Check the box next to “Print ProgressReports in Spanish” and then click“Update”
STEP 1
Spanish Progress Reports
STEP 2
• All of the steps need to be used to create Spanish Progress Reports
Set “Hide Spanish Category Names” to Noand click Update
Enter Spanish version of categories in “Spanish Name” column
Enter Spanish version of assignmentTitles in “Spanish Name” field whencreating new assignments
Spanish Progress Reports
STEP 3
• All of the steps need to be used to create Spanish Progress Reports
Select “Spanish” radio button undercomment codes column and then entercomments for each student in each subject,clicking “update” on each screen
Select students who need Spanish Progress Reports andthen click “Generate”
• Comments selected from district or school codes are to be posted in columns 4 or 5 only. (No “My comments” allowed)
• Teachers can select two comments per subject.• Teachers will be given a deadline for verifying grades.• Your campus registrar/student records specialist will notify
teachers when the GradeSpeed is available again for them to use after verification.
• Report Cards for Grades 3-5 are printed by MIS and delivered to the campuses.
• New Guideline: Teachers should print a “progress report” in Spanish to attach to the traditional report card for Spanish-speaking parents.
These are created in the STuPlus system•Report Cards