Overview

The School Loop Gradebook is optimized to support traditional, point-based or percentage-based grading.

This article offers suggestions based on the ways some of our teachers are using our system to approximate a mastery-based or standards-based grading system.

Environment

School Loop Plus

Information

Using Standards and a 4 Point System

1. Make all your assignments worth 4 points and assign each to the appropriate Standard category.
2. Score your assignments using 1 through 4 as you would with a 4 point rubric with 1 being the lowest and 4 being the highest.
   
   
   • Alternatively, you could use Custom Codes. (See the next section for more details).
     
   • Here is an example of what the resulting Progress Report looks like once you have published your grades:
     
     
     
     
   • Assignments can be sorted by standards by clicking the Assessment label at the top of the first column.
   • Your custom message appears under NOTES/COMMENTS. This message can be an explanation of how to read the progress report.

Alternative Use of Custom Codes

• Even though School Loop's Gradebook can only function on a points-based system, you can further approximate a standards-based system by using Custom Codes to represent the point value of the grades you award for assignments.
• Assuming that you will be using a 5 point system, the following Custom Codes will allow you to award standards-based Grades.
  
  
  1. Set the value for each code to a percentage of 5 points possible as desired.
     
     
     
     
  2. While the system is still calculating grades based on points, enter the scores such as Advanced or Basic rather than 5 or 4.
     
     • A legend for your Custom Codes will be included in the Progress Reports for students and parents.

Mastery-Based Progress Reports

• To further enhance the mastery style of grading, we offer a couple of different ways to present your published Progress Reports to students and parents.
• See our article on Mastery-Based Progress reports.