JMC Standards and Benchmarks User Manual

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STANDARDS AND BENCHMARKS

ELEMENTARY REPORT CARDS

Table of Contents

Elementary Report Card Guide for Teachers Pgs. 2-4
Tying Assignments to Benchmarks to Calculate Results Pgs. 5-8
Printing Elementary Report Cards Pg. 9

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Elementary Report Card Guide for Teachers

This is a brief introduction to JMC elementary report cards. For complete instructions
please visit http://www.jmcinc.com/videos/videos.html and watch the instructional video
“Teacher Elementary Report Card Entry.”

1. Go to File: Office to Teacher. This updates your GradeBook with any information
that has been updated in the office. There is no need to do this daily.

2. Go to Edit: Edit Assessments for a Student if you are a:

• Grade level teacher i.e. Kindergarten Teacher or 2nd Grade Teacher.

• Specialist teacher i.e. Art, Music, PE, Computer, etc. who assesses students in

more than one Standard or Benchmark. For example, if you are an Art teacher
who gives an overall course grade and also assesses benchmarks called
“effort” and “works well with other students.”

Go to Edit: Edit Assessments for a Course or Grade if you are a:

• Specialist, Special Ed, or non-grade level teacher who assesses each student in

only one area i.e. you are the Phy Ed teacher who gives an “effort” grade to
each student.

3. A pop-up item may appear stating – “This appears to be… of the screen.” Click OK.

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5. Choose your Grade Level if:

• You are a grade level teacher who has all of the Standards and Benchmarks

instanced to your grade level.

Choose the Course(s) you teach if:

• You are a specialist, special ed, or other teacher who does not teach all of the

classes a student takes.

• You are a grade level teacher whose Standards and Benchmarks are instanced

to the courses you teach.

6. If necessary, choose your subject area from the Subject Area pop-up menu.

7. Click on the “Add” or “Add Initial Assessment Set” button on the top of the screen.

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10. Click OK.

11. Start entering assessments and comments (if applicable). Please refer to the screen

guides on the next page to guide you through this process.

On the top of the screen click on the
“Course or Grade” pop-up menu.

Choose the Assessment Date per
the instructions on the screen.

Choose the Assessment Term per
the instructions on the screen.

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15A. If you have a spot on your report card for “hand-typed”
comments they will be entered only in the comment area for
benchmarks named “Comment Line” or something similar.

Edit Assessments for a Student Screen

12A. Choose the student you want to assess.

Please Note: Hand-typed comments can only be placed in areas that have been designed
to display on your report card form. If you put hand-typed comments into areas that
have not been set up to display those comments, those comments will not display on the
report card forms.

Edit Assessments for a Course or Grade Screen

12B. Choose the Standard. 13B. Choose the Assessment you want to assess.

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13A. Click on
the result that
the student has
earned for the
Standard or
Benchmark
where the
cursor is
displayed.

14A. Enter in
hand-typed
results in the
comment area
to the right of
the result box.
For example,
this teacher
hand enters the
result for “Can
count to__.”

14B. The students
you are assessing are
listed on the left ­hand side.

15B. Click on the
result that the
student has earned
for the Standard or
Benchmark where
the cursor is
displayed. For
“hand-typed”
comments refer to
14A and 15A.