A secure, private access code was mailed to every family for each student, together with usage instruction. ParentLink can be accessed from any computer with Internet access or by any telephone worldwide, while on business trips, family trips, vacations or from the office. ParentLink software was made possible in part through funds provided by the Parent Teacher Fellowship. Many teachers and principals cannot locate their school's list of learner outcomes. If a list does exist, it often has not been upgraded for years and has no resemblance to what is taking place in the classroom.
Some schools simply rely on the outcomes contained in the purchased textbooks.
When various textbooks are used from a variety of publishers, there is no continuity or carefully planned progression from grade level to grade level. Uneven instruction with holes in a student's learning. A learner outcome is a statement describing what skill or body of information is to be mastered and also indicates how that degree of mastery will be measured. In signing the contract with Iowa State University in 1997, the goal was to review and revise all learner outcomes K-12 with the assistance of a major teaching university. Iowa State lends a seal of professional excellence to the process.