My Take
I see how the teacher is rating my child on the given standard. What I don't see is the connection to the assignment leading them to that score. So in chemistry, one of the standards is I can defend my claim.... However, when I look at the assignments in google classroom, I can't tell which assignment(s) pertain to that skill. Is there a way to link those? I want to be able to help my child and if they are not linked I can't Also, the words for the 4.0 grading scale don't make sense. Do schools get to choose them? 1.0-1.5 is "Not Yet" which is kind of mean. 4.0 is integrating. Not exactly sure what this means, but it is not very precise.
How I Use It
I am a parent and I use the school assigned account to keep track of my child's progress.
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Mari T.
Teacher
January 30, 2020
False Advertising
Jumprope is a scam as a data mine for big business and doesn't actually help inform teaching or learning. a four point scale is too broad: 4-point rubrics are detrimental to understanding learning of a concept or assignment. It doesn't allow teachers to dive deeper and go beyond the standards, so the teaching can become stale. It does not allow for teaching accountability even with the HOWLS. it is not user friendly and takes away a visual element of graphics that is needed. Teachers have so much work to grade (especially English) that to data mine the 25 standards in one assignment and grade all of them is a time waster. Plus, students and parents do not always understand the standards' use of language.
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Donna M.
Teacher
Vista, CA
August 16, 2014
Track students' mastery of standards, attendance and behavior for free!
Standards-based gradebooks are popping up all over, but few of them have all of the features of JumpRope or are free. It is not a teaching tool, but rather a teacher's tool, to help with lesson planning and tracking of progress. The ability to log comments and then share them is unique to other online grade programs I have seen. If teachers are required to show evidence of students progressing toward or meeting the Common Core State Standards, this tool is a good resource and worth the time to learn the setup and navigation.
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Denis K.
District 75 Special Education Science Instructional Coach
New York, NY
August 15, 2014
Finally, an Online Progress Tracker Tool that Works.
This takes a few minutes to set up, but it's painless and easy as there is a guide that makes the process fluid. You pick how the grading scale is formatted, percentage or rubric, then off to the races. Adding students will be a bit time consuming (you can choose to import them in bulk), but once that is done you can comment and it even keeps track of attendance. A wonderful tool to keep track of student progress + extras.
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