After viewing Parent view of PowerSchool slides, share out notices and wonders discussed in your groups by Julie Corden

2025-10-06 18:55:56 UTC

Wonder: The slides say students and parents can view "assessments" and the course shows "assessment details." Does that parents and students cannot view individual assignments, or is that just a mistype?

2025-10-06 18:56:00 UTC

each category should be renamed to have a weight level (i.e. "Habits of Work (10%) and Summative (50%). It makes things consistently clear for all students/parents to know "how much this is worth"

2025-10-06 18:56:43 UTC

Noticing: the parent can't see the proficiency rubric that we are scoring them against

2025-10-06 18:56:56 UTC

The online version appears very similar to the "Quick Lookup" tab used for backpacking with students. The app version could use improvements but may be more limited due to phone. Displaying %s may help when entering grades?

2025-10-06 18:56:56 UTC

"Formative" category should be renamed "Formative Assessment" to be consistent with the "Summative Assessment" category.

2025-10-06 18:57:04 UTC

wonder: do we have data on how often parents are checking students grades?

2025-10-06 18:57:20 UTC

noticing: this feels overwhelming for a parent view

2025-10-06 18:57:43 UTC

Notice: Could be hard for a parent to fully understand the rubric because they can't see it

2025-10-06 18:58:26 UTC

noticing: parents must click on a lot of things to see more information

2025-10-06 18:58:40 UTC

wonder: do parents know what the flags mean?

2025-10-06 18:59:19 UTC

Notice: Parents have the ability to view all assignments and standard scores

Wonder: Can parents view the weighting percentage so they understand how each assignment impacts their student's grade?

2025-10-06 18:59:31 UTC

The computer view for parents resembles our "Quick Look Up" section. I think most parents probably use the phone version, which is slightly less linear and clear compared to using the computer.

Do we have information about how many of our parents are registered? Is there a way to target those parents who are not currently connected and reach out to help them?

2025-10-06 18:59:38 UTC

I wonder if we could have some kind of "scheduling" option or "delayed" option like we have on Google Classroom, so that students wouldn't see their grades right away. I feel like it would be better for their mental health (and for how they concentrate in other classes) if it updated only once a day or on certain days of week, rather than someone on prep correcting and giving them a score while they are working in another class. (Or parents texting them about their zero in the middle of a class.)

2025-10-06 19:00:26 UTC

The phone view is much easier to undersatnd.

2025-10-06 19:00:56 UTC

Notice - that it is a very clear view of the standard and progress.

Wonder - how a parent would interpret the terminology and language

2025-10-06 19:01:01 UTC

Notice: Having too many assignments makes the gradebook look bad.

Phone view is more consolidated and easier to view.

Wonder: How often are parents actually logging in and checking on students grades?

Is there a way to link securly and powerschool so parents can see how many times their student is out of the room?

ebauman7 — 2025-10-06 19:01:42 UTC

The desktop version looks almost identical to our side. However the mobile version seems to be a lot cleaner and easier to understand.

2025-10-06 19:01:44 UTC

noticing: parents can only see a score related to the standard (which is similar to how we were entering data into powerschool prior to the pbl shift). What's meaningful is the feedback given related to the standard. We're still missing this piece in providing feedback that parents can see...

2025-10-06 19:02:00 UTC

how well do the parents understand what they are viewing given the symbols and terminology used.

ebauman7 — 2025-10-06 19:02:13 UTC

It is hard that longer titles on powerschool always get cut off on both versions.

2025-10-06 19:03:25 UTC

If I were a parent, I wouldn't look at this. It's overwhelming and cluttered.

2025-10-06 19:05:16 UTC

Many comments are wondering about how many parents access Powerschool. Is there a way for teachers to access that data individually, or does it need to come from a Powerschool administrator?

2025-10-06 19:05:27 UTC

It would be helpful to have Powerschool update once a date for the student/teacher view. That way students/parents are not calling or emailing us during the day when grades update on our end

ebauman7 — 2025-10-06 19:08:34 UTC

Parents can see attendance too!

2025-10-06 19:17:41 UTC

It is very helpful when teachers utilize the icons such as "exempt from final grade", "missing" or "collected".