| Feature |
Benefits |
| Seamlessly connect to Skyward's web-based Student Management Suite |
- Teachers no longer have to spend valuable time creating or entering basic demographic data
- Teachers have access to the most current information
- No third-party applications need to be installed
- The system is not platform-specific (Internet Explorer, Foxfire, Safari)
|
| Direct posting of grades for report cards, progress reports, and Family Access |
- Saves teachers time; easy to use
- Family Access can increase parent involvement and improve communication between the community and school district
|
| Centralized setup |
- Option of having standardized grade marks and categories
- Teachers can relax on the first day of school knowing that their gradebook is set up and ready to go
|
| Verify attendance and access detailed student information such as test scores, attendance history, academic history, and discipline |
- Centralizes teacher functions and eliminates the need for multiple passwords in different applications
|
| Email progress reports directly to parents and post assignments to Family Access |
- Centralized maintenance of email addresses allows all teachers to use current information
- Shows upcoming assignments and student progress.
|
| Custom report card builder |
- Build a custom report card or create one from a template
- Use different layouts based on grade level
- Print report cards at a building level or by a teacher directly from his/her Standards GradeBook
|
| Unlimited academic areas such as reading, math, and language arts |
- True elementary structure specific to the needs of elementary teachers who use skill and standards-based grading
|
| Unlimited skills for each academic area |
- Every grade level and teacher can use a different skill bank, which is completely customizable to your district
|
| Behavior tracking across all academic areas |
- Make behavior recording more efficient, and simplifies parent communication, avoiding the need to open separate records to track behavior in class
- Consolidates report card behavior for simple communication
|
| Evaluate skills directly or create "activities" to track skill completion or performance |
- Allows teachers to track a student's progress toward mastery or certain skills or a set of skills, all from one simple screen
|
| Accessible through Skyward's Family Access module |
- Keeps parents up-to-date on their student so there are no surprises at conference time
|
| Student Quick Score entry screen |
- All student scores can be entered from one screen, individually, or by class
|
| Teacher log |
- Maintain individual anecdotal items on each student
- Teachers can choose if they wish to post these to Family/Student Access
|
| Seamlessly connect to Skyward's web-based Student Management Suite |
- Teachers no longer have to spend valuable time creating or entering basic demographic data
- Teachers have access to the most current information
- No third-party applications need to be installed
- The system is not platform-specific (Internet Explorer, Foxfire, Safari)
|
| Direct posting of grades for report cards, progress reports, and Family Access |
- Saves teachers time; easy to use
- Family Access can increase parent involvement and improve communication between the community and school district
|
| Centralized setup |
- Option of having standardized grade marks and categories
- Teachers can relax on the first day of school knowing that their gradebook is set up and ready to go
|
| Verify attendance and access detailed student information such as test scores, attendance history, academic history, and discipline |
- Centralizes teacher functions and eliminates the need for multiple passwords in different applications
|
| Email progress reports directly to parents and post assignments to Family Access |
- Centralized maintenance of email addresses allows all teachers to use current information
- Shows upcoming assignments and student progress.
|
| Custom report card builder |
- Build a custom report card or create one from a template
- Use different layouts based on grade level
- Print report cards at a building level or by a teacher directly from his/her Standards GradeBook
|
| Unlimited academic areas such as reading, math, and language arts |
- True elementary structure specific to the needs of elementary teachers who use skill and standards-based grading
|
| Unlimited skills for each academic area |
- Every grade level and teacher can use a different skill bank, which is completely customizable to your district
|
| Behavior tracking across all academic areas |
- Make behavior recording more efficient, and simplifies parent communication, avoiding the need to open separate records to track behavior in class
- Consolidates report card behavior for simple communication
|
| Evaluate skills directly or create "activities" to track skill completion or performance |
- Allows teachers to track a student's progress toward mastery or certain skills or a set of skills, all from one simple screen
|
| Accessible through Skyward's Family Access module |
- Keeps parents up-to-date on their student so there are no surprises at conference time
|
| Student Quick Score entry screen |
- All student scores can be entered from one screen, individually, or by class
|
| Teacher log |
- Maintain individual anecdotal items on each student
- Teachers can choose if they wish to post these to Family/Student Access
|
| Gradebook Tracker |
- Monitor teachers' gradebooks to verify that teachers are entering assignments and grades
|
| Student search |
- Search within one entity or the entire district
- View Demographic, Attendance, Discipline and Schedule information
|
| Reporting |
- Athletic Eligibility Tracking Report
- Grade and Attendance Summary Report
- Progress Reports and Report Cards
- Gradebook Analysis Report
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