SchoolWise SIS Knowledge Base

  The standards-based gradebook and report card system is for use primarily in elementary schools using Common Core Standards.  The standards which will be...

The standards system is based on skill sets, which are groups of skills similar to the Common Core.   Skills are the standards on which students are asses...

The setup for standards-based gradebooks is slightly different from that of letter-grade gradebooks.  Courses and sections need to be created in the desktop...

Best Practice Don't start from scratch.  SchoolWise has 70 or more districts using standards based gradebooks and report cards.  Ask us for recommendati...

From the Skill Sets page     Click on the gear button.   Click on Manage Skills in Set     The Skill Set opens: . There are various hierar...

SchoolWise includes a number of calculation methods to determine a student's mastery level average within a particular skill.   •Arithmetic Mean: stra...

Click on the gear to the right of a Group header.   Click on Edit Group Properties.  This opens up the Group Header dialog.     Skill Group C...

To add a new skill, first select a group header from which you wish to add a skill and then click on the gear button.   Click Add New Skill:     ...

Add New Skill Group will open the list of group headers. Select the group from which you wish to add a skill and then click on the gear button.    ...

Click on the Administration menu and choose Manage Skill Sets.     Clicking on the gear in the main skill set page, we see the following menu:     ...