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Southgate Schools
Standards - Based Report Cards
Our website
southgateschools.com
Diane Kell
[email protected]
Wendy Nowak
[email protected]
Overview
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The Process - Using PowerSchool Teacher or PowerGrade
Standards - Excel
Conversion Scales
Creating the Report Card
a) Design
b) Background pictures
c) Pictures on server
d) Create Report Card in Designer
e) Designer Tips
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Get file ready for import
g) Object Report
Teacher Entry/Web Assignments
Storing Grades
Generating the Report Cards (timelines)
Printing Report Cards
Changing Report Cards (semesters)
Elementary Process
Grades K through 2/3
No Grades
Enter Standards in PowerSchoolTeacher
Enter comments in PowerSchool Teacher
Grades 3 through 5
Grades (A,B,C, etc.)
Are entered in PowerGrade for all subjects
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Enter Standards in PowerSchool Teacher
Enter Comments in PowerSchool Teacher
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Tie standards to assignments in PowerGrade
(this will automatically populate PowerSchoolTeacher
page for teacher review. Here you can edit and add
standard grades missed or disagree with. Enter
comments in PowerGrade - much easier to do here.
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Standards
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Conversion Scales
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Create The Report Card Design
Create, complete with all logos,
pictures, lines, shading and type in all
the labels (standards) so proofreading
on the teachers’ part is possible. This
will ensure correct placement of all
standards and codes. (Yellow Side B)
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Create Background Picture
 Using Filemaker, duplicate the completed file, strip all
labels and text. Rename as “stripped report cards”.
 Open the stripped page (screen) in Filemaker, copy it into
the computer memory (control C), open up Appleworks
and paste the copy, save this file in the correct format for
PS import.
 Save the picture in three parts, logo, linetop, body (this
will save tons of time later )
(Green Side A)
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Create the .pst file
 Create a new file and place the stripped
appropriate picture from Appleworks onto the
page. Type all labels and place all codes on each
report card using the program “Designer”.
Include the picture for placement (will be
deleted and exchanged with the picture on the
server after it is imported)
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Using Designer - Placing Standards
Place all standards and/or grades. Each standard will have the
following five parts
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Grade or Standard label or name, i.e. “Can tell time”
Standard/grade output code for Q1
Standard/grade output code for Q2
Standard/grade output code for Q3
Standard/grade output code for Q4
^(*Std.stored.transavg;1G.MA.TT;Q1)
^(*Std.stored.transavg;1G.MA.TT;Q2)
^(*Std.stored.transavg;1G.MA.TT;Q3)
^(*Std.stored.transavg;1G.MA.TT;Q4)
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Helpful Tips
 When placing codes example “B2G.RE.AC;Q1” put a character
after it i.e. “x, y, z” ie. ^(*Std.stored.transavg;B2G.RE.AC;Q1)x
so you can confirm the correct placement. Use one character for
quarter 1 and a different one for quarter 2 etc.
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Helpful Tips
 Place text and codes from the right to the left, there are too
many codes on the page, you cannot work from left to right.
Helpful Tips
 Use group tool with copy and paste functions, saves tons
of time.
 When using Designer, it automatically adds a layer for
each object and Powerschool only accepts layers up to 20
you must adjust these accordingly, when assigning layers,
group objects and layer by categories so they can be
located once in Powerschool.
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Get Designer file ready for import
Delete all pictures (background, logo, linetop) from report
(Green Side B)
Combine pages into one file
Designer copy and resave file for import into PowerSchool.
(menu > export xml, create a .pst file)
i.e. from KGPg1, KGPg2 to KGReportCard
Put Pictures on Server
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On PowerSchool Server
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Locate PowerSchool Pro folder > Data Folder
> Pictures Folder > General Folder > Drop
Jpg’s into this folder
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Use appropriate and consistent names for easy
identification, i.e.
1pg1pict.jpg - 1pg2pict.jpg
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Import the report card into PowerSchool
 Breadcrumbs
System > import record template
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In PowerSchool
 Open each report card and choose the correct pictures and
layers for pictures.
• Remember: pictures are in three separate parts,
• Picture 1 is logo,
• Picture 2 are lines,
• Picture 3 is background.
This makes placement possible.
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Teacher Entry/Web Assignments
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Storing Grades
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Generating Reports (timelines)
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Printing Report Cards
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Changing Report Cards (semesters)
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There are two ways to handle/reflect different
quarters on the report cards
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Have four different copies of each report card, one
for each quarter
Have one copy and change it after/before each
quarter
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More Information
 Our website - southgateschools.com
 For Print Outs
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This PowerPoint Presentation
Report Card Procedure
Web Assignment Initial Setup
Web Assignment Semester Import
Semester Changes for Report Cards - Grid Set up example
Other requests that may be requested after this presentation
 Diane Kell regarding designing report cards [email protected]
 Wendy Nowak - regarding standards, PowerGrade i.e., teacher
input - [email protected]
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