As an administrator, you can configure how student performance is graded, calculated, and reported for the IB DP programme on Toddle. This enables schools to standardize grading practices and communicate student progress effectively.
In this article:
Set up score and grade aggregation
Navigate to grading setup
To access the grading setup for your IB DP school, navigate to:
Admin portal → [IB DP School] → Grading setup
Inside, you can see the following sections:
Overall setup:
Grading methodology: set the grading methodologies (score-based and standards-based) for each subject and grade level
Grade scales: view the system-created DP IB grade scale and create additional custom scales as per your grading policies
Final grade setup: configure which grade scales report final student performance for each grading period, and how the final grade is calculated
GPA and credits: enable credit tracking and GPA calculation, configure calculation methods, and assign credits per subject
Score-based grading:
Grading categories: create and manage the assessment categories used to group and weight student work
Score calculation: configure how individual assignment scores are weighted and combined into grading period and cumulative scores
Standard-based grading:
Standard grade scales and descriptors: map grade scales to standard sets and define rubric descriptors for each standard
Standard calculation: configure horizontal and vertical calculation methods that determine how student ratings roll up into a final standard grade
Projects setup:
Project progress markers: define the progress indicators teachers assign to DP projects to communicate overall student progress
Other settings:
Learning goals grading: assign grade scales to ATL, Learner Profile, Assessment objectives, and CAS Learning outcomes , and configure grade carry-forward behavior
Visibility settings: control what students and family members can see across all gradebooks
Each section is independent and can be configured in any order, though the recommended starting point is grading methodology, followed by grade scales, before moving into the calculation and visibility settings.
Set up grading periods
Before configuring the grading setup, make sure grading periods have been created for the current academic year. Grading setup settings, such as categories, grade scales, and calculation methods, are tied to grading periods.
Without grading periods in place, some settings will not apply correctly. To learn how to set up grading periods, refer to this article.
Set the grading methodology
The Grading methodology determines how student performance is evaluated in each DP subject.
Score/letter-based grading: scores and grades are calculated by aggregating student results from individual tasks, typically using methods such as totals or averages. When this methodology is enabled for a subject, teachers will see score columns in the gradebook and a calculated overall subject score at the end of each grading period.
Standards-based grading: grades are derived based on student performance against learning standards and reflect their level of mastery. When enabled, teachers rate students on each standard, and those ratings are rolled up into a final grade for the subject using the calculation methods you configure.
You can assign one or both methodologies to any subject and grade level combination.
To configure methodologies:
From the grading method dropdown, choose the methodologies to apply - Score/letter-based grading and/or Standards-based grading.
For each subject and grade level combination, use the checkboxes to select the methodologies.
Click Save changes at the top of the page to apply.
Create and manage grade scales
Grade scales define the values teachers use when grading assessments, learning standards, and learning goals.
IB DP grade scale
For a DP school, a system-created IB DP grade scale is created automatically.
Key characteristics of the IB DP grade scale:
The scale is marked with an IB tag and cannot be deleted or structurally modified.
The scale runs from 1 to 7, matching IB-defined DP grade values.
The type, minimum value, maximum value, and template name cannot be changed.
The IB DP grade scale can be mapped to a subject and grade level, and to a grading period, to calculate the final IB grade for that combination.
Note that grade boundaries - the score cutoffs that determine which IB grade (1–7) a student receives - are not defined within the grade scale itself. They are subject-specific and set by the IB. Once you map the IB DP grade scale to a subject, you can view and modify the grade boundaries for that subject, and resync them with IB-defined values at any time.
Modify IB-defined grade boundaries
To view or edit IB-defined grade boundaries for a subject:
Navigate to the course mapped to the relevant subject.
Go to Settings → Subject settings → Grading configurations.
Under Final grade, view the IB-defined cutoffs in the IB DP grade scale. Choose Edit to enter custom values to override them.
To revert overridden grade boundaries to IB-defined values:
Click Resync with IB in subject settings.
Select the elements you want to resync:
Grade boundaries: the score cutoffs that determine which IB grade (1–7) a student receives in that subject.
Grades: the DP grade levels (for example, DP 1 or DP 2) you want to resync for.
Terms: the grading periods you want to resync for.
Confirm the resync.
Create additional grade scales
In addition to the default DP IB grade scale, you can create custom grade scales using + Create a grade scale to support your school’s grading requirements and grade conversions. A common DP use case is creating a dependent grade scale that maps IB grades (1–7) to a local letter or numeric scale for compliance or reporting purposes.
For a full walkthrough of how to create and manage grade scales, refer to this article.
Set up final grades
Final grade setup defines which grade scale(s) are used to report student performance at the end of each grading period and how the final grade is calculated. By default, no grade scales are mapped for the final grade.
If you wish to calculate the IB DP grade (1–7) for DP subjects, map the IB DP grade scale to the corresponding subjects, grade level, and grading period. If your school also reports a local grade, add the relevant grade scale alongside it using the Actions column for individual subjects or Bulk apply to all subjects.
For a full walkthrough of how to configure the final grade setup, refer to this article.
Set up GPA and credits
GPA and credits allow your school to track cumulative academic performance across subjects. When configured, grade points, credit totals, and GPA are calculated automatically and appear in student gradebooks and progress reports.
Here’s what you can do:
Enable credit tracking and GPA calculation, and choose how grade points and GPA are calculated.
Assign credit values to each subject per grading period and choose which subjects contribute to the student’s GPA.
For a full walkthrough of how to configure GPA and credits, refer to this article.
Set up score and grade aggregation
Score and grade aggregation lets you calculate totals and averages across subjects for each grading period. When configured, these values appear in the gradebook and progress reports, giving students, families, and teachers a consolidated view of student performance.
Here’s what you can do:
Enable score aggregation, grade aggregation, or both.
Select which grade scales are included in grade aggregation.
Configure the aggregation type (Average or Sum) and which subjects contribute for each grading period.
Set decimal display settings for aggregated values.
For a full walkthrough of how to configure score and grade aggregation, refer to this article.
Configure score-based grading
Score-based grading allows you to evaluate student performance using numeric or letter grades. This method aggregates results from individual tasks to generate a final score and grade for each subject and grading period.
There are 2 areas to configure:
Grading categories: create and manage the assessment categories used to group student work, for example, Internal Assessment, Papers, or Homework. You can assign a weight to each category to reflect its contribution to the overall score. You can also choose to calculate a score and grade at each assessment category level.
Score calculation: configure how individual assignment scores are aggregated within each category, and how those results combine into a final grading period and cumulative score.
For a full walkthrough of how to configure score-based grading, refer to this article.
Configure standards-based grading
Standards-based grading allows you to assess students against specific learning standards and reflect their level of mastery.
Note: Standards must be mapped to subjects before you can configure their grading setup.
Here, you can:
Map grade scales to each standard set.
Define rubric descriptors for each standard to guide teacher evaluation.
Configure how multiple evaluations for a single standard are combined (for example, mean or weighted mean).
Configure how sub-standard scores roll up to the parent standard (for example, mean or maximum value).
For a full walkthrough of how to configure standards-based grading, refer to this article.
Set up project progress markers
Project progress markers are overall progress indicators that teachers assign to students for their DP core components.
The page shows the default set of progress indicators defined by Toddle. To customize the progress markers for your school, click Edit at the top right. In the editing modal, you can:
Add a new indicator using the Add indicator button.
Update the abbreviation, label text, or color for any existing indicator.
Delete an indicator using the delete option next to it. When deleting an indicator, all core components marked with that indicator will revert to the default indicator.
Reorder indicators to reflect the intended progression from lowest to highest.
Click Save to apply changes.
Configure learning goals grading
Learning goals allow teachers to rate student progress against IB-defined skill and attribute categories.
4 learning goals are available by default in the IB DP school:
Approaches to learning (ATL): skill categories that help students develop the skills needed to learn effectively, as configured your school.
Learner Profile: attributes that describe the qualities of an IB learner, as configured by your school.
Objectives: subject-specific assessment objectives defined by the IB.
CAS Learning outcomes: IB-defined Creativity, Activity, Service (CAS) learning outcomes, which form a core requirement of the DP
All regular grade scales defined for your school will be listed here as columns. Use the checkboxes to map one or more grade scales to each learning goal.
Click Save changes to apply.
To configure how ratings on learning goals are managed between grading periods, click the edit icon next to the carry-forward setting at the top right. Select one of 2 options:
Carried forward to the next grading period: ratings from previous grading periods are carried forward to the next, allowing for continuous assessment of learning goals.
Independent for each grading period: each grading period begins with a clean slate and teachers assign new ratings every grading period.
Manage gradebook visibility settings
Visibility settings control what students and family members can see across the DP gradebooks. Visibility for the following gradebooks can be configured:
Final grades gradebook: overall subject scores and grades per grading period per subject, including GPA and credits items if enabled.
Assessment gradebook: assessment and category-level scores from score-based grading.
Standards gradebook: student performance against learning standards.
Learning goals gradebook: ratings against Approaches to learning, Learner Profile, Objectives, and CAS Learning outcomes categories.
For a full walkthrough of how to configure visibility settings, refer to this article.
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