Please do not include withdrawn students in class ranking

Currently withdrawn students are included in class ranking for the school year.   As a default, it would be best not to include them and to have a checkbox for including if preferred.  Or, perhaps a better idea --- In the Enrollment year, you could include a checkbox to exclude the student in the ranking calculations for the year.  That might help with any students who shouldn't be included in ranking such as withdrawn students or new students (for valedictorian consideration).

 

This idea has been submitted several times before, but I'm including it again to bring to the attention of the programming team and folks who oversee updates considered worth pursuing.

  • Angelia Johnson
  • Feb 21 2020
  • Implemented
Blackbaud Student Information System / Grading
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  • Angelia Johnson commented
    December 05, 2023 16:52

    Thanks so much!

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  • Craig Zeller commented
    December 05, 2023 13:21

    Academics > Grades > Grading setup > Calculations > Rank


    Thanks!

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    Michael Morrissette commented
    December 05, 2023 13:00

    Morning Everyone -

    With today's release, you now have a new 'Exclude Past Students' checkbox in your Rank Calculation settings. To have the new setting take effect, you'll need to mark the checkbox > save > rerun the calculation.

    Feel free to reach out if you have any questions.

    -Mike

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  • Craig Zeller commented
    December 01, 2023 18:09

    Awesome! Thanks, Mike!

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    Michael Morrissette commented
    December 01, 2023 18:06

    Hi Folks -

    Just wanted to log a quick update here for you all. We are planning to release a feature on Rank calculations that will exclude users with the role of Past Student. This will appear as a checkbox on the Rank calculation settings.

    It's coming very soon, so be on the look out in our future What's New communications!

    -Mike

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  • Kerre Conerly commented
    February 10, 2023 18:04

    I just did a search of ideas. I found at least three ideas posted regarding class rank and how we cannot exclude withdrawn students from the rankings. These ideas were posted in 2017, 2018 and 2020 with comments as recent as Oct. 2021. These ideas have been voted for 145 times - yes, I'm sure that there are duplicate votes. However, I've seen ideas implemented with far fewer votes. Including this one that I am posting on and a few right below when I search CLASS RANK.

    I cannot print class rank on my transcripts because of this. Others echo the same complaint. Class rank is useless when the class number is wrong in the first place.

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  • Julie Dennis commented
    October 29, 2021 16:51

    This is an issue that demands immediate attention. When a student is withdrawn, they should be simultaneously removed from the ranking. To leave them in is a disservice to all current/active students competing for rank.

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  • Elena Leizer commented
    October 28, 2021 18:45

    TOTALLY AGREE!!!!!!!! This is a huge issue. Accuracy is necessary for class rank.

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  • Diane Holeman commented
    May 28, 2021 19:53

    This is totally unacceptable. Our state scholarships are based on rankings and where the students fall percentage-wise. We cannot present transcripts with the incorrect rank percentage. Honestly am shocked at the lack of flexibility in this program.


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  • Lynnette Zimmerli commented
    March 19, 2020 12:25

    This is a huge issue. Accuracy is necessary for class rank.

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