Anonymous
11/11/2025 14:26
Subject: Carson no longer using rolling gradebook?
I would contact student services and ask them.
Anonymous
11/11/2025 13:31
Subject: Carson no longer using rolling gradebook?
Anonymous wrote:They changed grade book so that now there is a drop down to see Q1, Q2, and Semester 1. Semester 1 would be the rolling, I think?
The Semester 1 drop down menu does not show all the grades, but shows QTR1 grade and QTR2 grades as both being weighted 50%. So, that's no how a rolling gradebook is supposed to work. I am confused because at Back to School Night I seem to recall teachers discussing how Carson used a rolling gradebook. I could be mistaken, but can't find anything about how final grades are calculated on any of the class syllabi or on the school website.
Anonymous
11/11/2025 09:14
Subject: Carson no longer using rolling gradebook?
They keep trying to standardize grading criteria across a very large school district, yet not every school does this rolling Gradebook. Which schools use it?
Anonymous
11/11/2025 09:06
Subject: Carson no longer using rolling gradebook?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote: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.
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?
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.
How It Works
- 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.
Benefits
- 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.
Challenges
- 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.
Anonymous
11/10/2025 22:06
Subject: Carson no longer using rolling gradebook?
Anonymous wrote:Thank you, so the report cards are cumulative - it's really Q1 grade, then Q1+2, then Q1+2+3, then Q1-4 for the report cards?
Yes. However, only the final grade will be on the transcript and it’s an average of all the grades throughout the year. Teachers have said grades usually up being the same or even better than if a traditional gradebook was used.
The nice thing is if your child is absent at the end of the quarter and misses test, they can just make up the tests when they return and the grade can instantly be updated as soon as the info is entered. There are no hard deadlines to get it in by a certain date as in a traditional gradebook which closes by a certain time.
Anonymous
11/10/2025 22:00
Subject: Carson no longer using rolling gradebook?
Thank you, so the report cards are cumulative - it's really Q1 grade, then Q1+2, then Q1+2+3, then Q1-4 for the report cards?
Anonymous
11/10/2025 21:53
Subject: Carson no longer using rolling gradebook?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote: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.
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?
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.
How It Works
- 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.
Benefits
- 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.
Challenges
- 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.
Anonymous
11/10/2025 20:56
Subject: Carson no longer using rolling gradebook?
Anonymous wrote: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.
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?
Anonymous
11/10/2025 20:15
Subject: Carson no longer using rolling gradebook?
Anonymous wrote:Gradebook is really annoying, I don't know why they have those stupid useless bar charts. It should default to the grid view.
I like the bars - I can quickly see formative vs summative percents and understand the total grade easier.
Anonymous
11/10/2025 20:15
Subject: Carson no longer using rolling gradebook?
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.
Anonymous
11/10/2025 19:51
Subject: Carson no longer using rolling gradebook?
Gradebook is really annoying, I don't know why they have those stupid useless bar charts. It should default to the grid view.
Anonymous
11/10/2025 19:51
Subject: Carson no longer using rolling gradebook?
They changed grade book so that now there is a drop down to see Q1, Q2, and Semester 1. Semester 1 would be the rolling, I think?
Anonymous
11/10/2025 19:41
Subject: Re:Carson no longer using rolling gradebook?
Anonymous wrote:It looks the same to me as it did last year when DS was in h grade. I have no idea how it all effects the grades in Q2 but Q2 had it’s own list of grades.
So they don't use a rolling gradebook anymore? Where does SIS show the current grades based on the rolling gradebook?
Anonymous
11/10/2025 19:36
Subject: Re:Carson no longer using rolling gradebook?
It looks the same to me as it did last year when DS was in h grade. I have no idea how it all effects the grades in Q2 but Q2 had it’s own list of grades.
Anonymous
11/10/2025 18:46
Subject: Carson no longer using rolling gradebook?
The updated SIS is now reflecting quarter 2 grades as being a clean slate, not including grades from quarter 1. When my older son was there, the grades literally just continued into the next quarter, so quarter 2 grades would include the entire gradebook up until that point. Is this just an error within SIS? If so, hopefully it will be addressed soon so we know what the current grades actually are.