Edmonds School District, Social Studies
Every middle school social studies standard, ready to import into Canvas as an outcome, with the proficiency levels rewritten so students can read them. Each outcome also carries a WALT and an I can statement, so the objective on your slide, the criteria on your handout, and the row in your rubric all say the same sentence.
Washington State History, plus the shared social studies skills.
36 outcomesUnited States History to 1877, plus the shared social studies skills.
10 outcomesTribal sovereignty. The Big Five and the five Essential Questions.
5 stepsImport the CSV, attach outcomes to a rubric, and grade without breaking your scale.
Every outcome imports with our district scale already set: four levels worth 4, 3, 2 and 1 points, mastery at 3, calculated by highest score. That last setting matters. A student’s mastery is the best they have shown all year, so an early 2 never drags down a later 3.
The official standard text is written for adults. It is still in every outcome, in the description field and behind the Official standard text toggle on each card, but the four levels a student actually reads are in plain language. Level 3 is the target, so it doubles as the success criterion you put in front of them before they start.
| Level | What it means | Score entered | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 Exemplary | Exceeds the standard at this time | 97 | A |
| 3 Proficient | Meets the standard at this time | 87 | B+ |
| 2 Progressing | Approaching the standard at this time | 77 | C+ |
| 1 Beginning | Below the standard at this time | 67 | D+ |
These are even ten point steps against the Edmonds grade scale adopted this year, so combinations stay predictable and no rounding cliff decides a letter. A 4 and a 3 average to 92, an A minus. Two 3s stay at 87. A 3 and a 2 give 82, a B minus. Two 2s give 77. The floor is a D plus rather than an F, because a 1 means beginning, which is partial learning and not the absence of it.
The score column is a conversion you type, not something Canvas does for you. The how to page explains how to keep Canvas from doing its own math and breaking it.