Excel |
Both |
Traditional Gradebooks |
| Grades can be collected
and organized in a variety of ways. |
Methods of collecting grades related to various classroom
tasks and specific benchmarks. |
Grades are collected by entering a letter
or number relative to the student and task. |
| Space for information
can be allocated in a number of ways. The amount of space to enter
information is easily expanded. |
Space is provided for entering the names of all students
in the class, for simple numeric/letter grades and for a short description
of the task or benchmark. |
Space for information is static and cannot
be expanded easily. |
| Averaging of grades
is done via formulas which the computer can calculate with a mouse
click. |
Grades can be averaged. |
Averaging of grade is done manually by the
teacher. |
| Comments can be attached
to specific grades to provide additional information related to
student performance. |
|
No space is provided on the actual grading
sheet to enter additional comments. |
| Data on student performance
can be displayed in other ways such as a graph/chart. |
|
Data is only displayed in the columns and
rows. |
| Data can be filtered so that only
the student being addressed and the related data is visible on
the screen. |
Data can be used as a resource for parent conferences. |
Data can be filtered by hiding other student
information with paper or by copying the gradebook page and blanking
out all other information. |
