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The Standards-Based Courses (SBR) table allows courses to be linked with standards for “pull-out” teachers in an Elementary with Master school and also for schools using Flex Scheduling, Section Staff or Primary Class Tracking. 

Courses used in the Master Schedule must be linked to standards used in the Standards Based Report card to ensure that the section teachers are assigned to are linked to standards that are associated with the course that they teach. Best practice when associating standards to courses is to ensure that for a typical student's schedule each standard that is on the student's report card is associated with only 1 course that the student is taking. This will ensure that the appropriate teacher will be able to enter grades for the standards that they are teaching according to the course's section number in the Master Schedule. For example, if all 4th grade students in an elementary school have a "4th Grade" course and a PE course, then the "4th Grade" course would include all of the 4th grade report card standards except for PE, and the PE course would only include the 4th Grade PE standard.

Below is an example of a school using Flex Scheduling and Primary Class Tracking. In order for the teachers to enter Standard Based Grades for the students in the courses they teach, the courses need to be linked in the Standards-Based Courses (SBR) table.  The Primary Teacher will be assigned to standards not linked.

Linking The Standards To Courses

The Standards tab in the Courses screen is used to define which standards apply to each course and if they display on the report card. Standards assigned to courses at one school or at the District level will apply for all schools. Users will need full permissions to Course Data (CRS) to associate a standard to a course. See the Standards Based Grade Tables and Security article for more information about the security settings.

Best practice when associating standards to courses is to ensure that for a typical student's schedule each standard that is on the student's report card is associated with only 1 course that the student is taking. This will ensure that the appropriate teacher will be able to enter grades for the standards that they are teaching according to the course's section number in the Master Schedule. For example, if all 4th grade students in an elementary school have a "4th Grade" course and a PE course, then the "4th Grade" course would include all of the 4th grade report card standards except for PE, and the PE course would only include the 4th Grade PE standard.

To define a standard for a course enter enter the Course Name or Course ID into the Search box and click on Go. Select the course to view it. Click on the Standards tab. Click on Add Standard(s).

The following screen will display.

To search for a standard enter a key word or the first few letters to filter for in the Search box. Select the Type of Standard to choose. The options are either a Local standard or a state standard. These standards must already be defined in the Standards table in order to choose them.  Enter the Grade level of the standard to limit the number of standards that appear in the list. Click on Go.

A list of all of the standards that meet the selection criteria will come up. Click on the standard that will be associated with the course to select it. If the standard has sub-standards and you wish to also associate those standards to the course leave the Include Related Standards option selected. Click on OK to complete this process.

Please refer to the Defining Standards for a Course section of the Setting up Standards for Secondary Standards Based Grade article for more information on how to add standards to a Course.

NOTE: To add only the higher level standard to a course without its' sub-standards, de-select the Include Related Standards option before clicking on OK to add the standard.