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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It is still technically a rolling gradebook but they just changed the view so you can isolate the grades from each quarter. The way you can tell is that Q2 now basically has the same percentage (or very similar ) as Q1 but little to no grades have even been entered for Q2 so they are obviously going off of Q1.[/quote]

Parent of a 7th grader here - can someone explain rolling grade book to me? Do the kids not get separate Quarter 1, Quarter 2, etc. report cards? Is the final score a culmination of all scores or is it an average of the four quarters?[/quote]

They still get a report card for each quarter, but think of Quarter 1, Quarter 2, and Quarter 3 grades as being a snapshot of their progress.

The assignments and assessments just keep getting added throughout the year. The grade updates in real time as new scores are added, giving a constantly evolving picture of student performance.

[b]How It Works[/b]
- Each assignment is weighted and added to the total grade pool.
- The overall grade reflects the average of all completed work, not just recent assignments.
- Students can recover from early low scores by improving over time, since later work contributes to the same overall grade.

[b]Benefits[/b]
- Encourages growth: Students aren’t penalized permanently for early struggles.
- Reflects long-term learning: Shows how well students master content over time.
- Reduces grade inflation: Prevents artificially high grades from short-term performance spikes.
- Promotes accountability: Every assignment counts toward the final grade.

[b]Challenges[/b]
- Can feel unforgiving if students fall behind early and don’t catch up.
- Requires consistent effort: There’s no “fresh start” each quarter.
- Needs clear communication: Students and families must understand how grades evolve.

This is how the rolling grade book it supposed to work. It's how it worked for my kid at Carson years ago and is that way currently at his high school. At Carson currently, the gradebook in SIS does not reflect this methodology. It shows quarter 2 grades as being brand new starting this week, and no longer shows any of the material from last quarter. TO me, this seems to indicate that it is not using a rolling gradebook as it has done in the past. 
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