JMC Standards and Benchmarks - Instructional - Manual (Page 7)

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Step 2: Go to Scores: Standards and Benchmarks to verify assignment
weighting within a Benchmark. This screen will show you, in list order, which
assignments are attached to which benchmarks. This screen will also show how
the benchmarks are weighted for calculating a standard.
A. Choose the Course and Standard with which you want to work.
B. If calculating only benchmarks this screen is used to:
• Review which benchmarks are attached to which assignments.
• Review/change how the assignments are weighted when attached to a
benchmark. Within each benchmark you can set the “Assignment Weights.” By
default the Assignment Weights will be “Equal,” which means each assignment
attached to that benchmark will have equal weight when the benchmark result is
calculated. This can be changed to “By Points,” which means the more points an
assignment is worth the more influence it has when the benchmark is calculated,
or “User Defined.” You can edit the assignment weighting by clicking here.
C. If you are using this screen to calculate standards, please note the
following items. Continue on to Step 3 if you are not calculating a standard.
• Many elementary report cards created in JMC do not print calculated
standard results. They instead print Course Grades (Under Edit: Course Grades).
If there is a question about whether you should calculate Standard results or use a
course grade, you can either go to Edit: Edit Assessments for a Student and see
if there is a box in the results column for the standard in question, or you can
contact your school’s office professional.
• Each benchmark must have “Weight” designated. By default each
weight will be 1 (one) which will make each benchmark equal to the other
benchmarks. You can weight the benchmarks in any way you would like.
• A standard will not calculate unless each benchmark has at least one
assignment attached to it.