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Set up grade scales and the standards catalog
A screen recording of Pearspark doing exactly this in a sample school, and the same 8 steps written out below in the labels you'll see on screen.
How to set up grade scales and the standards catalog
- 1Click Academics under Learning in the sidebar, then open the Grade scales tab
- 2On the Grade scales tab, click Add scale to build your own (a brand-new school sees Add starter scales for sensible defaults)
- 3In Add grade scale, enter a Scale name, then either pick a preset under Start from a preset and click Load bands, or fill in your own bands — a Mark, the lowest Min % that earns it, and its GPA — and click Add scale
- 4Click Default on the scale that every class without a scale of its own should use
- 5Open the Standards tab, click Add standard, and enter a Code (optional — one is made from the wording if you leave it blank), Description, Subject, and Grade level, then click Add standard
- 6Open the subject's section on the Standards tab to see its skills
- 7Or click Import CSV to load a whole standards catalog at once — a "skill" column is required; section, code and grade level are optional, and re-importing a corrected file updates in place
- 8In a subject's section, click Deactivate on a standard that already has ratings to retire it without losing history
Part of Standards-based grading & mastery
Tag assignments with standards, rate mastery where the latest evidence wins, and report skills to families — separate from GPA transcripts.
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