Use the standards-based gradebook (instructors)

After materials are aligned to objectives and submissions are graded, use the standards-based gradebook to evaluate students based on skill mastery and measure student learning while assessing the efficacy of instruction.

• Mastery is not supported in courses containing more than 10,000 members.

• The number of learning objective levels available depends on your district's custom mastery setup.

• The mastery grading scale is set at the system level. Contact support for more information on the grading scale set at your school.

Use the standards-based gradebook

1. Select Courses and choose a course.

2. Select Mastery to display the Class Overview.

3. Review the highest-level parent learning objectives to which course materials are aligned along with average student mastery scores.

4. Optionally, select a parent objective to display overall student mastery details.

5. From the details, review the individual learning objectives aligned with the parent objective and the student’s mastery scores for each objective. Optionally,

   • Choose a learning objective to display a list of course materials aligned to that objective. Course materials are listed in the order graded. Materials cannot be reordered.

   • Select View Details to display the class average mastery score and a breakdown of students based on their mastery achievement level.

   • Choose a course material to review the details.

     • You cannot sort course members in an alternative order.

     • A blank cell indicates the student has not been graded for that item.

     • The student’s point values or proficiency levels for each objective are based on the mastery grading scale set at the system level.

If you used materials aligned with Mastery in another course, you can copy them to a new course. However, any learning objectives and rubrics that don’t match the new course’s mastery library will be removed. After copying, you must align the learning objectives with the new library.

Mastery achievement level calculations

The standards-based gradebook calculates mastery achievement levels using the district-level mastery grading scale. The student’s proficiency score for each learning objective is based on this scale.

The traditional gradebook calculates a total score by averaging the mastery points and converting them into a number score.

Course materials with multiple submissions

For course materials that accept multiple submissions, you can determine which score is used in the standards-based gradebook from the material's settings.

Assessments

Choose whether the highest score or the last score determines the grade.

Tests and quizzes

Choose whether the highest score, the last score, or the average score determines the grade.

Student Mastery Details is currently not supported for organizations using Standards Grade Passback. Also, the final grade calculation differs between District Mastery and PowerTeacher Pro. PowerTeacher Pro calculates the grade for each objective and associated grading period or reporting term. District Mastery calculates each objective's grade for the entire course. As a result, the final grade in District Mastery and PowerTeacher Pro may not match. Direct students and parents to the PowerSchool SIS portal to review final grades or direct students to review scores for each learning objective via the rubric grader on the material's page.

Enable course mastery for students and parents

For students and parent to access their mastery within the course, you must enable the View received mastery grades permission at the system level. Contact support to confirm if this permission is enabled for your district. After activating that permission, enable the Allow members to view student mastery details permission from the Grade Setup area of your course.  \Students can access Mastery from the course menu. Parents can review their child's mastery when they access their child's course via Child Activity.