Types of Scores
In PowerGrade, you can work with different types of scores, such as citizenship
grades and letter grades.
Citizenship
Record citizenship grades on the class spreadsheet. This entry becomes available
for parents to view when they use PowerSchool to check their child's progress.
Each final grade column, such as Q1 or Q2, has a citizenship grade
column next to it with a default grade already on the spreadsheet.
To change citizenship grades, click in the column until the appropriate
citizenship grade appears. Continue clicking to rotate through the
codes.
Special Scores
You can use PowerGrade Preferences to create unique grade codes,
or use the system's default grade codes. For more information on
setting preferences, see the section "
Scores Preferences."
Exempt Scores
Use the PowerGrade Exempt code to record that a student is exempt
from a specific assignment or test. Alternatively, enter an equal
sign (=) followed by the code if you
created a special code for exempt scores when you set your preferences.
In either case, you can change the score later if the student completes
the work or if the grade is changed to a zero.
Unrecorded Scores
Enter the PowerGrade default code U
or UN to display a grade as unrecorded.
Alternatively, enter an equal sign (=)
followed by the code if you created a special code for unrecorded
scores when you set your preferences. In either case, you can change
the score later if the student completes the work or if the grade
is changed to a zero.
Custom Score Codes
Use PowerSchool to customize classroom codes to fit your needs
and grading practices. Set up special codes either to indicate that
a student has not turned in an assignment or to give an assignment
a grade of zero until the absent student completes it. For more
information on creating custom codes, see the section "Scores
Preferences."
Letter Grades
Record letter rather than number grades. For example, you may want
to display a letter grade of "B" in your gradebook, though
it must count as 85% when calculating final grades. For more information
on this process, see the section "Grade
Scales."
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