As a district admin, you can view all available standard proficiency calculation options in the Proficiency Calculation Settings page. You can select which calculation methods are available for schools at your institution.
As a school admin, you can view standard proficiency calculation options selected by your district admin in the Proficiency Calculation Settings page. You can select which calculation methods are available for your teachers.
Proficiency calculation settings determine which standard proficiency calculation options are available to use for specific standards or in trackers. You can choose to allow calculation of student mastery by most recent, mode, maximum value, decaying average, average, or power law. Learn more about proficiency calculation options.
Notes:
- Updating the Proficiency Calculation Settings does not affect the calculation methods for any trackers currently in use.
- If a tracker uses a calculation method that you recently removed, it continues to use that method until the teacher changes it. The removed calculation method can only be removed from a current tracker if the teacher updates the tracker calculation method.
Open Admin Menu
In the Global Navigation menu, click the Admin drop-down menu [1]. Then, select the Manage option [2].
Open Proficiency Settings
In the Manage list, click the Proficiency Settings link.
View Proficiency Settings
Available calculation settings display in the Proficiency Calculation Settings page.
By default, the Most Recent calculation checkbox is selected [1]. Additionally, the Most Recent calculation is selected as your institution's Default Calculation method [2]. Learn more about the available proficiency calculations.
Notes:
- As a district admin, the Proficiency Calculation Settings page displays all available calculation methods. You can manage all calculation methods for schools at your institution.
- As a school admin, the Proficiency Calculation Settings page displays only the calculation methods selected by your district admin. You can manage the available calculation methods for your school.
Select Available Calculations
As a district admin, you can select the calculation methods available to your district. As a school admin, you can view the calculation methods the district selected, and you can limit those options for your school.
To manage available proficiency calculations, click the checkbox next to the calculation method.
Available calculation methods display a Selected checkbox [1].
Calculation methods that you have not made available display a Not Selected checkbox [2].
For more information about an available calculation method, hover over the Information icon [3].
View Additional Calculation Options
The Decaying Average, Average, and Power Law calculation methods display additional calculation details.
The Decaying Average calculation method displays a Decay Rate [1]. By default, the decay rate is set at 65%. However, as a district admin, you can set a custom decay rate between 50% and 100%.
The Decaying Average, Average, and Power Law calculation methods also display Cut Scores [2]. By default, the following cut scores are used:
0-1.5 = Remediation
1.5-2.4 = Near Mastery
2.5-3.0 = Mastery
As a district admin, you may choose to set custom cut scores. However, altering the default cut scores is not recommended.
Allow Cut Scores Override
For calculations that use cut scores, you may choose to allow teachers to set their own cut scores. To allow teachers to set their own cut scores, click the Allow teachers to set their own cut scores toggle [1]. When turned on, the toggle displays a YES label [2]. When turned off, the toggle displays a NO label [3].
Note: Allowing teachers to set their own cut scores is not recommended. By default, the option is turned off.
Set Default Calculation
Click the Default Calculation drop-down menu and select a calculation method from the list. The list displays all your selected calculation method options.
New trackers automatically use your selected default calculation method.
Note: Unless made unavailable to schools, the Most Recent calculation option is automatically selected as the Default Calculation.
Allow Calculation Override
To allow teachers to override the Default Calculation method, click the Allow Teachers to Override Calculated Status toggle [1]. When turned on, the toggle displays a YES label [2]. When turned off, the toggle displays a NO label [3].
Save Proficiency Settings
Click the Save Settings button.
Notes:
- Updating the Proficiency Calculation Settings does not affect the calculation methods for any trackers currently in use.
- If a tracker uses a calculation method that you recently removed, it continues to use that method until the teacher changes it. The removed calculation method can only be removed from a current tracker if the teacher updates the tracker calculation method.
