I am using Miller Group's Centre and am pretty happy so far. We have gradequick, but I found their tech support terrible, and I managed to uncover every bug there is. Bugs and limited tech support is a baaaad combination. The teachers loved gradequick though. Here, every public school has migrated to an online solution, so I must follow suit to keep up with the Jones's. Centre handles that need aptly. ~kari <div>On 9/26/06, Sam Snow <<a href="mailto:snowsam@laurel-point.net">snowsam@laurel-point.net</a>> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> ----- Original Message ---- > How well does GradeQuick work with School Minder? > > We're currently evaluating whether to standardize on gradebook software. > (Right now, each teacher uses whatever grade tracking method they prefer.) <snip> > David Whitmer > Director of Media & Technology > Calvary Schools of Holland (Michigan) > web: <a href="http://www.calvaryschoolsholland.org">www.calvaryschoolsholland.org </a> > email: <a href="mailto:dwblue02@yahoo.com">dwblue02@yahoo.com</a> I went through this process at a cash-strapped, 500 student private school 4 years ago and we ended up not going with Gradequick due to the cost and usability feedback from the teachers even though School Minder was already in use at the school. We ended up going with Easy Grade Pro, though the warning there is that it is sometimes harder with them to get the same level of customization/support post-sale that you can get pre-sale of their software. Another factor to consider is whether you want to offer student/parent access to grades online. Gradequick is owned by the Edline folks, so they integrate well. Easy Grade Pro and others (Gradekeeper, Misty's Grade Machine) integrate with Edline as well as other lower cost and even "no cost" solutions. Online Grades - <a href="http://www.onlinegrades.org/"> http://www.onlinegrades.org/</a> is one example of a "no cost" option, being open source software that you can run on your school's server. My suggestion is to be sure to look at it from 4 directions: 1. Usability (input from a few key teachers) 2. Integration into your current school environment 3. Integration into where you think you may be in the next 5-10 years. (Unless the current program is terrible, teachers often don't like to change to something else). 4. Cost Good luck! I'm not aware of any that are native to linux, though several have Mac OSX versions. Sam _______________________________________________ K12OSN mailing list <a href="mailto:K12OSN@redhat.com">K12OSN@redhat.com</a> <a href="https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/k12osn">https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/k12osn</a> For more info see <<a href="http://www.k12os.org"> http://www.k12os.org</a>> </blockquote></div> -- *-*-*-*-*-* <a href="http://blog.karimatthews.com">blog.karimatthews.com</a>