The Standard Tab
The Standard tab is used to create and view standards. Standards are concise and specific descriptions of an organization’s expectations of and goals for its students. Standards can be aligned with rubrics to allow correlations to be made between these defined expectations and student performance. A standard set contains a section of standards that are related to each other. To create a standard, a standard set must first be created to contain individual standards.
To create a standard set:
1. Go to the Hierarchy in your administrator account
2. Click on the Hierarchy node in which the standards will be added
3. Click the Standard tab
4. Click the Create New Set button.
5. In the Set Title text field, type in a title for the standard set.
6. In the Set Abbreviation text field, type in an abbreviation for the set.
7. Click the Save button.
To create a standard:
1. Go to the Hierarchy in your administrator account
2. Click on the Hierarchy node in which the standards will be added
3. Click the Standard tab
4. In the standard set list, click the Create New Standard button below the title of the set to which a new standard
will be added.
5. In the Standard Title text field, type in a title for the standard.
6. In the Standard ID text field, type in an ID for the standard.
7. In the Standard Description text field, type in a description of the standard.
8. Click the Create button.
9. Repeat the above steps for each standard.
