bct-l: FW: posting student's grades online

["Marilyn Bowen" <mdb7@ra.msstate.edu>]

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I thought this was an interesting response! We sometimes worry about posting
grades online. This is a great answer. Remember, we have Blackboard access
that would allow parents to keep up with their child's grades. Is there
someone out there that would like to share their expereince of allowing
parents to access their classroom Blackboard site? Email me and I will share
it!!!

Marilyn D. Bowen, Ph.D.
Research and Curriculum Unit
Mississippi State University
 


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From: EDTECH - Educational Technology [mailto:EDTECH@H-NET.MSU.EDU] On
Behalf Of EDTECH Editor-Jones
Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2004 5:27 AM
To: EDTECH@H-NET.MSU.EDU
Subject: Re: posting student's grades online


From: "Mrs. Gail Watson" <gwatson@starpower.net>

David, Our district - and our district is HUGE - posts every single
teacher's gradebook online for parents to access.  All homework, dates,
scores, grades, etc.  Teachers who don't keep their gradebook up to date
often find parents have called their administrator!  Report card and interim
grades appear online within 2 hours of the grade export deadlines imposed on
teachers.

This all happened when one of our schools, Stonewall Jackson Senior High
School received the Time School of the Year Award for their outstanding
parent communication system about 3 or 4 years ago.  A couple of years after
that it was adopted district wide.

We have 63,000 students, 75 schools total (8 high schools currently.  In the
fall, 2 more high schools will open up making it 10.)

If there would have been a liability issue, it most certainly would have
come out with us.

Mrs. Gail S. Watson
Math Teacher, Swimming and Baseball Mom
Gar-Field High School
gwatson@starpower.net

> Does anyone see any legal, internet safety, or privacy problem with 
> posting student grades in this this manner?
> I post grades each week on my own website as follows:
>
> student #      letter grade
> 324321         A-
> 549620        C
>
> I'm afraid some dstrict officials may have a problem with this and I 
> may be told to discontinue the practice or that I must have parent 
> permission from
> each of my 350 students before their grade can be "shown to the world".
>



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