posting is under the teacher's control. We use GradeQuick for our gradebook=
and then the upload process is a simple two-click job.
Our experience is that seeing all of a student's grades answers almost all =
the questions that parents have about their student's progress or lack ther=
eof. There have been a couple of instances where a teacher weighted grades =
and that confused the parent who was trying to compute a straight average, =
but those have been resolved with an explanation. Overall, it seems to buil=
d confidence in the integrity of the system for parents to be able to see w=
hat is going on as the term progresses.
Mary Frances
Mary Frances Tapscott
Technology Director
St. Pius X High School
5301 St. Joseph's Drive NW
Albuquerque, NM 87120
(v) 505-831-8477
(f) 505-831-8413
mftapscott@spx.k12.nm.us
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From: A forum for independent school educators [mailto:ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.=
EDU] On Behalf Of Linda Swarlis
Sent: Monday, April 20, 2009 7:36 AM
To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject: Online grades available to parents at your school?
We are a Prek-12 school and are debating the value of posting grades online=
for parents. I would like to hear from schools who have made the transiti=
on to posting online grades. If you are making your grades available to par=
ents could you list the pros and cons and if overall it has enhanced parent=
communication or if it has caused problems with parents who may tend to mi=
cromanage (as many people have feared)?
I have read through past discussions and found a few comments from schools =
who are posting grades online, but I would like to know how many schools ar=
e posting grades and about their experiences with online grading, both good=
and bad.
Best regards,
Linda
Linda L. Swarlis, Ph.D.
Director of Information Services and Library
Columbus School for Girls
56 S. Columbia Avenue
Columbus, OH 43209
lswarlis@columbusschoolforgirls.org
614-252-0781, ext. 129
FAX: 614-252-0571
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