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Originally Posted by undercoverbrother
I wonder if there is the ability to do an ongoing/online report card. It could be accessable to both the parent and teacher. The teacher could easily update it at shorter intervals, and the parents could access it.
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This is being done almost exclusively in jr high and high school. We are currently using Home Logic. Other use PowerSchool. It's in the elementary schools that are outcomes based.
I grade as little as possible. When you look at it objectively, grading does not jive with learning. It's certainly counter from how I was taught and how I first started teaching, but providing feedback and focussing on the process has resulted in greater engagement and collaboration in my class. A mark on a paper tells you way less than a meaningful discussion. It's still a hard sell, but what the heck, it's worth doing.