Most of these teachers had not utilized nor knew how to utilize the power of the Macintosh computer. Most had worked only with text. In our training they learned to capture pictures, graphics, sound and video. These skills will be used by these teachers in many ways in their classroom projects and in the use of the Grady Profile. I have not seen another product that not only involves the teacher and student, but also the parents.
Most parents only get to see some work sent home.
They really do not get a complete picture of what their children are doing in school. A report card does not give a good picture. The Grady Profile gives that complete picture to the parents and allows the parent to take part in the assessment process. This is much better than the parent signing a test acknowledging that they saw it. With this assessment tool, the parent can dial up the school server and look at their child's portfolio, take part in the assessment, and write reflection.