Question:
"How can I adjust my form settings to display strand averages and overall rubric scores?"
Watch the Video:
This short clip demonstrates how to configure form settings to show strand averages on drafts and overall scores on finalized observations.
Summary / Key Takeaways
During our September 2025 Grow Office Hours, a participant shared challenges with displaying average scores for each strand and the overall rubric in their state-provided form. The discussion clarified how form settings can be adjusted to show strand averages and overall scores without affecting existing scoring.
Steps Covered in the Video:
- Adjust Form Settings for Strand Averages
- Go to the form settings.
- Toggle on “Display strand averages on draft” and “Display overall score on finalized observations”.
- Save your changes.
- Understanding Competency Forms vs. Strand Averages
- Strand averages calculate averages for groups of rows within each strand.
- Competency forms add individual rows together to create a total score, which requires creating a new form.
- If total averages across all strands are desired, a new competency-based form may need to be created.
- Alternative / Workaround
- If current form settings do not meet needs, averages can be manually calculated in Excel.
Tip: Adjusting strand averages and overall scores in settings does not affect previously entered scores, so these changes can be made safely at any time.
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