Set Student Cap and At Risk:

The Student Cap provides you with a way to notify parents that their child is working below grade level and is At Risk. The Grade Entry screen appears and a single percentage can be entered next to each student. This percentage can perform two functions:

1. The student will have an * beside the grade for the subject. If any subject is capped, "*=At Risk" appears on the All Grades grade square.

2. If Student Cap On is checked the final average is capped at the level set. If Student Cap Off is checked in Preferences, then only the * appears next to the letter grade.

Note that only the final average is affected by the cap. While capping grades may not be desirable, it you may find it useful to print All Grades with Cap On and Cap Off and compare the two. Many teachers are struggling with how to handle new retention laws. Grade inflation has taken grades to the point where it is possible for a student to get B's and C's and yet be facing retention due to scores on Achievement Tests.