I was wondering what system you use for your online grades.
Thanks!
Ellen
On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 2:10 PM, Thomas Phelan <tphelan@peddie.org> wrote:
> Hi Kris,
>
> On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 3:18 PM, Kris Schulte <kschulte@stuartschool.org>
> wrote:
> >
> > Do any of your schools post your students grades on line? If so, I was
> wondering if you could give me some info about
> > the following:
> >
> > 1. Do you post every grade (for each test, quiz, etc) or just cumulative
> grades at certain points in the term
> > (i.e. mid term or end of term)?
>
> We just report cumulative grades at midterm and end of term.
>
> > 2. What grade levels do you do post (i.e grades 9-12, K-12, etc)?
>
> 9 - 12
>
> > 3. What has been the impact on your students?
>
> The current system merely replaced paper grades mailed home. The
> online system allows us to get grades and comments to parents more
> quickly. We are able to publish grades to parents within an hour or
> two after they are reviewed, but our procedure is to allow
> faculty/advisors to review grades for 12 to 24 hours before publishing
> to parents. Today is actually our grade due date. Grades were due at 9
> AM, were published to faculty by noon, and will be published to
> parents tomorrow morning.
>
> > 4. What has been the impact on how the parents relate to their kids with
> all this information?
> > 5. How has it impacted parent-school and parent-teacher relationships and
> communication?
> > 6. What philosophical issues has this raised and how have you dealt with
> these? (I am thinking about the issue
> > of helicopter parents, fostering student independence, changing the
> balance between grades and learning,
> > impact on motivation, and many others)
>
> Again, the electronic system merely replaces the paper system. The
> biggest advantage from the student-parent perspective is that the
> grades and comments aren't stale.
>
> We did briefly discuss the pros and cons of opening up grade books for
> a limited time during the term when we moved to the online system. The
> main advantage to this approach is that it is a way to provide
> important information to parents without increasing the load on an
> already very busy faculty. The downsides included things such as
> concerns about how this information could do more harm than good and
> the need to standardize on a single grade book solution for all
> faculty to make it practical.
>
> --
> Tom Phelan
> Director of Technology
> Peddie School
> tphelan@peddie.org
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