Isn't there a legal issue here? I thought that the school records privacy act made it illegal to display grades in any way, even if minimally identifiable.
Paul Dennis Roberts said on 1/18/03 2:25 PM: >after every test ... i update my gradebook and, with last 4 digits of >student # ... put these on my door >in addition, i put the desc stats and, a simple frequency tally >i see nothing wrong with this AND, it is the only efficient way to >communicate to the students about their scores and how the class did ... >the operative here is that no one person knows what any other person does > >of course, it is not uncommon for several students (maybe friends) to stop >by the "door" at the same time ... and, they share with each other ... for >good or for bad ... how they did > >if you have a 50 item test ... and, the mean is say 38 ... and someone gets >a 27 ... THEY know they did poorly and ... THEY usually don't feel that >good about it but, i don't see how displaying on my door a simple frequency >distribution adds to that feeling > >since many instructors (i am not one of them) grade based on your position >within the distribution ... then it seems reasonable to put a frequency >distribution on display SOMEplace so students have a better idea of just >exactly where they stand ... for good or for bad > >finally, the more information you can show to the class about the >performance on the test ... the better they are able to put all scores into >some perspective ... i don't see why we should NOT do this > >it is certainly not unethical ... it would be if full student identifiers >were displayed but ... that is not the case . . ================================================================= Instructions for joining and leaving this list, remarks about the problem of INAPPROPRIATE MESSAGES, and archives are available at: . http://jse.stat.ncsu.edu/ . =================================================================
