A teacher can just click on the picture to enter attendance data. I especially like the Pinnacle feature that automatically generates letters to parents when their children reach a predetermined performance level. When wireless networked laptops begin to enter the American classroom as the teacher's primary computer, we'll really see the value of programs such as Excelsior's. GradeQuick 5.0 Jackson Software, Inc. Where GradeQuick really outshines competitors is in its customizable reports.
Teachers can send out progress reports in a myriad of styles, formats, and colors.
Full-color pie and bar graphs provide an elegant visual backdrop for student performance data. Jackson Software has also seen the future and hastened to add a web component, for which Microsoft's Explorer is the recommended viewing browser. Visitors can use Netscape, but graphics and features are not guaranteed to work properly. This might not sit well with many educators who have embraced the Netscape browser for the past seven years against the inexorable growth of the Microsoft browser. GradeQuick provides single-button access to publish data to the web.