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Show families the mark, not the percent
A screen recording of Pearspark doing exactly this in a sample school, and the same 7 steps written out below in the labels you'll see on screen.
How to show families the mark, not the percent
- 1Click Academics in the Learning section of the sidebar
- 2Open the Grade scales tab and click the pencil on the scale your classes use — the "Edit {scale}" dialog opens
- 3Untick "Families and students see the percent" — the note beneath explains families will see the mark ("S", not "84%") on the family portal, the family app, report cards and the transcript they open
- 4Click Save — the scale's card now reads "· families see the mark only"
- 5On a parent's screen, each class on that scale shows its mark instead of a percent and the Overall average tile is gone; a class on another scale keeps its percent, and staff still see every percent in the gradebook
- 6If the scale's bands have no Min %, a warning says families of a points-graded class would see no grade at all — give the bands a Min % or leave the percent on
- 7To show the percent again, open the scale, tick the box, and click Save
Part of Gradebook, report cards & transcripts
Enter grades in a spreadsheet-style grid, post them once, and watch report cards and transcripts assemble themselves — plus the What-If views families use on their side.
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