An Achievement Level Table (ALT) contains the levels (grades) that teachers will use to measure students’ progress towards mastering indicators.
Set the Default Achievement Level Scale
- Click Standards > Achievement Level Scales.
- Next to the Achievement Level Scale used by the majority of courses using standards-based grading, click Set Default.
- To create a new Achievement Level Scale, do one of the following:
- Click Add, set the Lowest Level & Highest Level, set the rounding interval, click Next, and then click Save.
- To edit an Achivement Level Scale, click
, and then proceed to step 4.
- In the Edit Achievement Level Scale dialog box, define the following settings for each Achievement Level.
Setting Column | Definition | Requirement |
Achievement Level | The range and rounding interval set when the Achievement Level Scale was created. | Mandatory |
Rubric Score | Select the check-box to set the numbers teachers can enter as a score. | Mandatory |
Shortcut for Rubric Score | Enter a shortcut for entering each Rubric Score. (For example, 35 could be used for 3.5). | Optional |
Traditional Score to Rubric Score | Set the percentage used to estimate the indicator scores based on the assignment score. Teachers can change the estimated indicator score as needed. | Optional Only used if the course grade is based on assignment scores with possible points. |
Value | Set the number used in calculations. | Mandatory |
Cut-off for Rounding | Set a number at which a calculated value is rounded to an achievement level. | Mandatory |
Course Grade Based on Standards | Enter the course grade to be used on report cards for courses assigned to the Course Grade comes from Standards grade scale. | Optional |
AP Skill Grade Linked to Standards | Enter the skill grade to be used on report cards when standards have been linked to AP Skills using. | Optional |