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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