SSSAS pilot program for visible grades

[Anonymous]

Can't your stupid kids calculate their own grades as the term goes on?

[Anonymous]

I hope that SSSAS makes grades of all classes visible to students starting immediately. The transparency really decreased anxiety for my child. It is a change that is simple to make.

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My son is a freshman and was able to see his Physics grade online in My School App. None of his peers could see it. It's like ParenVue that they use in Arlington Public Schools.

He came home pretty upset that he can no longer check it. He said it gives him less anxiety to know exactly where he stands in the class. He said he gave the school feedback, but it sounds like many kids did not like being able to see their grades. He reports that he wishes it could be opt in so that everyone would be happy.

I'm just the messenger... I don't have an opinion except to say that no two kids are the same and they're all motivated in different ways. This method happens to work for my kid.

SSSAS doesn't have a system that lets kids see their grades? Other than Amish one room schoolhouses, I thought every school had such a system.

That is such a public school thing.

Meaning the local private schools keep students in suspense all freaking semester? Even the big 3? This gives me anxiety just thinking about it.

At my DC’s Big 3, no grades are posted online until the report card comes out I actually didn’t know this was a thing at public school. Now I am actually furious at the school. The place is a cesspool of anxiety and I think having access to grades all semester would help this! I am actually feeling so naive that I had no idea this wasn’t the norm.

Cesspool of anxiety sounds really great.

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Anonymous wrote:Different poster-

My son is a freshman and was able to see his Physics grade online in My School App. None of his peers could see it. It's like ParenVue that they use in Arlington Public Schools.

He came home pretty upset that he can no longer check it. He said it gives him less anxiety to know exactly where he stands in the class. He said he gave the school feedback, but it sounds like many kids did not like being able to see their grades. He reports that he wishes it could be opt in so that everyone would be happy.

I'm just the messenger... I don't have an opinion except to say that no two kids are the same and they're all motivated in different ways. This method happens to work for my kid.

Wait, so a school that charges $70k a year doesn't even have a secure website for students and parents to check their interim grades?! I can understand this for elementary school, but not middle or high school.

$70k?

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Our private middle and high school post all grades (ideally in real time, but sometime s teachers are slow).

[Anonymous]

My DC is in MS at a NOVA K-8. I know he can see current grades for some, if not all, classes. (Parents do not have access) I never thought this would be something I would have to ask a perspective HS about.

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Parochial K-8 in NoVa, and we use PowerSchool. I can’t imagine not having access to grades throughout the trimester.

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Anonymous wrote:Different poster-

My son is a freshman and was able to see his Physics grade online in My School App. None of his peers could see it. It's like ParenVue that they use in Arlington Public Schools.

He came home pretty upset that he can no longer check it. He said it gives him less anxiety to know exactly where he stands in the class. He said he gave the school feedback, but it sounds like many kids did not like being able to see their grades. He reports that he wishes it could be opt in so that everyone would be happy.

I'm just the messenger... I don't have an opinion except to say that no two kids are the same and they're all motivated in different ways. This method happens to work for my kid.

Wait, so a school that charges $70k a year doesn't even have a secure website for students and parents to check their interim grades?! I can understand this for elementary school, but not middle or high school.

$70k?

This person has no idea what they are talking about if they think it is $70k for anything other than a boarding school.

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Anonymous wrote:Can't your stupid kids calculate their own grades as the term goes on?

It's not an average, things are often weighted differently.

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Anonymous wrote:Can't your stupid kids calculate their own grades as the term goes on?

My DC’s school does post the grades and averages, but I’ll be damned if I reconcile the individual scores to the average. All the classes weigh homework, class work, quizzes, exams and papers differently, and don’t publish the weighting as far as I can tell.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Can't your stupid kids calculate their own grades as the term goes on?

No, not if the teachers don’t explain how different assignments/tests are weighted. My kids went through 8th in public and had this. It’s a shock to them not to have it in private HS. It absolutely lessens anxiety to know where you stand before you get the report card.

[Anonymous]

My high school junior at a Big3 just got such a surprise on their report card. Absolutely sucks to be blindsided.

[Anonymous]

Between this thread and the similar one about Potomac, I’m left scratching my head as to why families think private schools are so wonderful.

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Anonymous wrote:Between this thread and the similar one about Potomac, I’m left scratching my head as to why families think private schools are so wonderful.

OMG, me too! My child applied to a few private high schools for 9th grade and now I am thinking that it may not be the worst thing if they do not get in. Failing to be transparent about grades in real time is just ridiculous. These schools can say all they want about trying to place less of an emphasis on grades, but grades matter whether we like it or not, and have real implications for college prospects. Pretending like they don't matter, and/or keeping them a big mystery until the report card comes home, does NOT help anyone. It increases anxiety and hamstrings students who are looking to learn from and improve upon past mistakes in real time. I sincerely hope private school administrators are reading this thread and the other Potomac School thread. This is making my head explode. Is this standard at all area private schools?

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Anonymous wrote:Between this thread and the similar one about Potomac, I’m left scratching my head as to why families think private schools are so wonderful.

Well, my DC’s public was even more of a black box in terms of grades. That was ES, where I didn’t even know what the grades meant after I got them. but i knew even less where they came from.