The Standards View of the gradebook gives educators a comprehensive picture of how students are performing on each standard assessed. This guide walks through every filter available so you can zero in on the data that matters for your students.

🎯 Purpose

Filters let you control which standards, assessments, and calculations appear in the Standards View. Applying them correctly means you see accurate, focused performance data for the exact students, standards, and time frame you care about. These filters are available in every account type: admin, teacher, student, and family.

🔑 Key Functions

Grading Period filter: Focus the gradebook on standards assessed during a specific segment of the school year.
Grading Scale filter: Switch which scale is used to display overall standard performance.
Mastery Setting filter: Change how overall standard performance is calculated.
Filter Standards: Isolate one or more individual standards to view their performance only.
Filter Assessments: Isolate one or more assessments to view the standards attempted on those assessments only.

✅ Prerequisites

Standards assessed with due dates in the grading period you want to view.
Grade levels set for all classes so the correct grading scales and mastery settings are available. You can set them in the Class Info tab.

🔢 Steps

Each filter below is its own quick action. Start from the Standards View of the gradebook. By default, the gradebook displays all standards assessed on assessments with due dates in the current grading period. The district selects the default mastery setting and default grading scale in the Main Admin account.

ℹ️ Depending on your district's settings, the Standards View may appear on the left- or right-hand side of the gradebook.

Filter by Grading Period

Grading periods are set up in the Main Admin account to segment the school year. If your district has not set up segmented grading periods, the gradebook includes performance on standards assessed across the entire school year.

Step 1: Open the Grading Period dropdown menu.

Step 2: Select the grading period you want to view. Otus recalculates the overall performance for each standard assessed during that period

💡Tips:

If a standard or attempt is not visible, check that you are viewing the correct grading period based on the due date of the assessment.
If an assessment has no due date, the date graded is used instead.
To include an assessment's standards in a different grading period, edit or add a due date.

Filter by Grading Scale

Grading scales determine the levels of achievement a student can reach on a standard attempt. For example, a scale might define Mastery, Near Mastery, Approaching Mastery, and Not at Mastery.

Step 1: Open the Grading Scale dropdown menu.

Step 2: Select the scale you want to use. Otus displays the overall standard performance for all assessments that use that scale.

Changing the grading scale changes the actual data you are viewing, so both the overall scores and the number of attempts can differ from one scale to another. In the comparison below, the same standards look different under two scales because different assessments use each scale.

Grading Scale: CS Demo

Grading Scale: Elementary Mastery Scale

❗️Important Notes

The available grading scales are determined by the district through the Main Admin account.
The default grading scale is always the first one in the list, since scales are listed in alphabetical order.
Grade levels must be set for all classes for the correct grading scales to be available. You can set them in the Class Info tab.

The grading scale is selected when the assessment is created and cannot be changed after students submit. If the wrong scale was used, you can clone the assessment and change the scale to re-assess student performance.

Filter by Mastery Setting

Standards-based grading can calculate the mastery of a standard in several ways. Otus offers the following five calculations to determine mastery:

Setting	How Overall Performance is Calculated
Mean	The average level students performed at.
Mode	The level students performed at most often.
Most Recent	The level achieved on the most recent attempt.
Highest	The highest level students achieved.
Decaying Average	Gives more weight to the most recent scores when averaging all attempts.

Step 1: Open the Mastery Setting dropdown menu.

Step 2: Select the setting you want to use to calculate the overall standard performance.

The standard score changes based on the mastery setting, but the number of attempts stays the same. That is because you are viewing the same set of attempts and only changing how the overall score is calculated.

Decaying Average:

Most Recent:

❗️Important Notes:

The available mastery settings are determined by the district through the Main Admin account, so not all accounts will have all five.
The default mastery setting is also set by the district, and teachers cannot change it.
Grade levels must be set for all classes to automatically apply the correct mastery settings. You can set them in the Class Info tab.

Filter Standards

By default the Standards View shows all standards with a due date in the current grading period. Use this filter to isolate individual standards and view their performance only.

Step 1: Select the ellipsis in the upper-right corner.

Step 2: Select Filter Standards.

Step 3: Select Clear Filter.

Step 4: Scroll through the available standards or search by title, then check the box for each standard you want to view.

The gradebook now shows data for the selected standards only. For example, filtering to 2.MD.6 displays performance for that single standard.

💡Tips: If a standard you expect is missing from the filter list, check:

Grading period and due date: Does the assessment have a due date outside the grading period you selected? If there is no due date, was it graded outside that period?
Assessment standards: Are the correct standards linked to the assessment in the draft view?

Filter Assessments

By default the Standards View shows all assessments with a due date in the current grading period. Use this filter to isolate individual assessments and view the standards attempted on those assessments only.

Step 1: Select the ellipsis in the upper-right corner.

Step 2: Select Filter Assessments.

Step 3: Select Clear Filter.

Step 4: Scroll through the available assessments or search by title, then select each assessment you want to view.

The gradebook now shows data for the selected assessments only. For example, choosing All About Me Presentation - Rubric Pts displays the standards attempts from that assessment alone.

💡Tips: If an assessment you expect is missing, check:

Grading period and due date: Does the assessment have a due date outside the grading period you selected? If there is no due date, was it graded outside that period?
Assessment standards: Does the assessment have standards linked to any of its questions or rubric descriptors?

Otus Live

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FAQ and Troubleshooting

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What if I cannot see a standard or an attempt from an assessment?

Make sure you are viewing the correct grading period based on the due date of the assessment. If an assessment has no due date, the graded date is used instead, so you can edit or add a due date to move it into a different grading period. Also confirm that standards are linked to the assessment.

What if I used the wrong grading scale for an assessment?

You can clone the assessment and edit the scale to re-assess student performance based on the new scale.

What if a column is blank after filtering assessments?

A blank column means that standard was not assessed on the selected assessment. Double-check the assessment's content and linked standards.

Use Filters in the Standards View