When you edit a published standard, from a bank, which students have already been scored on, JumpRope asks how the change should apply. This article explains the two choices -- All Time and This Year & Forward -- what each one does to your data, and which to pick in common situations.

What you'll see

When you edit a child standard in a published bank, JumpRope checks whether the standard has any scores attached to it. If it does, the editor opens a confirmation dialog before saving:

This Standard Has Scores

This standard has been scored. How should your changes to [bank name] be applied?

  • ◯ All Time -- Changes apply to all years, including historical data. Use for cosmetic fixes (typos, descriptions).
  • ◯ This Year & Forward -- Creates a new version in [bank name], used from this year onward. Current-year scores, assessments, and class alignments move to the new version. The original is archived with prior-year data preserved (no longer appears in [bank name]). Other banks are not affected. Use for substantive changes (calculation method, weight).

The dialog only appears when the standard has scores from prior school years. If you're editing a brand-new standard or a current-year-only successor, the save will go through immediately with no prompt.

All Time -- when to use it

Pick All Time when the meaning of the standard isn't changing -- you're fixing a typo, clarifying the description, adjusting the weight slightly, or otherwise making a cosmetic update.

What All Time does:

  • The standard itself is updated in place.
  • Every score on this standard, in every year, points at the new title/description/etc.
  • Historical reports and gradebooks show the updated version, even for past years.
  • The standard stays in its current bank -- no new version is created.

Good examples:

  • "Numbers and Operatons" -> "Numbers and Operations" (typo fix)
  • "Identifies main idea" -> "Identifies the main idea of a passage" (description clarification)
  • Adjusting weight from 1.0 to 1.25 (scoring tweak; no semantic change)

When to be careful:

If the change is substantive -- for example, you're changing the calculation method, dramatically rewriting the descriptor, or making the standard mean a different thing -- All Time is usually the wrong call. Historical scores were earned against the old standard; relabeling them retroactively can mislead reports that compare year over year. Use This Year & Forward instead.

This Year & Forward -- when to use it

Pick This Year & Forward when the standard's meaning is genuinely changing for the new year, but you want to preserve the historical record exactly as students earned it.

What This Year & Forward does:

  • A new version of the standard is created in the current bank (we call this a "successor").
  • Current-year scores, assessment alignments, and class alignments move from the original to the new version.
  • The original standard is removed from this bank's hierarchy and archived with all prior-year data intact.
  • Teachers and students see only the new version in their gradebook going forward.
  • The original is still queryable from the Archived Standards view, where its history (and the link to its successor) is preserved for audits.

Good examples:

  • You replace "Understands basic addition" with "Adds and subtracts within 1000" because the curriculum shifted.
  • You're switching the calculation from "Weighted Average" to "Most Recent" mid-year. Prior years should keep their averages; this year should use the new calculation.
  • You're consolidating two old standards into a single new one with a different scope.

What stays exactly the same:

  • Prior-year scores remain on the original standard, with their original score values and section alignments.
  • Prior-year reports still resolve against the original standard -- your historical record is intact.
  • Other banks that share this standard are not affected. The split happens only in the bank you're editing from.

What happens to teachers and students

You don't need to do anything -- JumpRope handles the transition for everyone:

  • Teachers see the new version in their gradebook the next time they open the class. Existing scores remain attached, just now under the new standard's name.
  • Students see the new standard's title on their progress reports going forward.
  • Past report cards and transcripts continue to reference the original standard exactly as it was when scores were entered.

There's no scheduled job, no recalculation window -- the change is live as soon as you click Proceed.

Multi-bank standards

If the same standard exists in multiple published banks (for example, a district-wide bank shared with several school banks), This Year & Forward only affects the bank you're editing from. The other banks keep the original standard. This lets districts roll out new versions one bank at a time.

If the same standard exists in a published bank and an archived/historical bank, the historical bank's membership is preserved unchanged -- those archives stay accurate to the year they reference.

Frequently asked questions

Why doesn't the dialog appear every time I edit a scored standard?

The dialog only appears when the standard has scores from previous school years. If a standard was first scored this year and you edit it again, there's no historical data to preserve, so the dialog stays out of your way and the edit saves in place.

Can I undo a "This Year & Forward" edit?

You can edit the archived original from the Archived Standards view (Admin -> Standards -> Archived Standards) and restore its title, but the successor that took its place will remain in the bank with the current-year data.

Will my old reports break?

No. Reports that filter by school year use the year's actual scoring records, which still reference the original standard for prior years. The new version only owns the current school year's data going forward.

What about non-District Edition customers?

The "This Year & Forward" option is part of District Edition. On non-District Edition tenants, editing a scored standard still asks you to confirm via a simpler "Confirm Changes" dialog, and all edits apply All Time. No new version is created.

Where can I see what was changed?

The Archived Standards view (Admin -> Standards -> from the Standard Bank list) shows every standard that's been replaced, with a "Successor" column linking to the version that took its place. This is your audit trail for substantive standard edits.

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