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Great Online Gradebooks and Grading Tools
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Dedicated Grading Tools
Goalbook Toolkit
Set tailored targets with pricey but worth-it kit of tools, strategies
Bottom line: You pay for quality with Goalbook Toolkit, including access to clear, well-crafted learning goals and strategies that allow for far easier differentiation.
Crowdmark
Cloud-based shared grading streamlines work, is best for groups
Bottom line: While it's likely an efficient tool for departments and teams, for individual teachers it might not give enough of an organizational boost to justify the cost.
ThinkWave Educator
Cloud-based gradebook helps manage content, grades, and communication
Bottom line: A good option for teachers who need a free gradebook, but additional storage is needed to effectively manage large quantities of teacher and student content.
FreshGrade
A fresh way to capture, document, and share student learning
Bottom line: Multimedia documentation tools help communicate learning and expand assessment, and the addition of a gradebook sets this tool apart; still, student experience could use some polish.
JumpRope
Upgrade your grading with tool for mastery-based tracking
Bottom line: For those trained in standards-based grading, a solid way to collect, track, and report mastery-based achievement.
Markboard
Free gradebook integrates with planning tool to ease teacher workflow
Bottom line: This standards-based assessment tool can ease the feedback process and potentially close the feedback loop with its companion planning tool.
MasteryConnect
Record, analyze, share assessment data with flexible CCSS grader
Bottom line: A fantastic assessment tool that's utilized to its fullest when adopted at a school or district level.
Showbie
Flexible desktop, mobile assignment tool works best with pro features
Bottom line: A flexible way to collect student assignments and offer written and verbal feedback, especially with the premium features.
Kaizena
Nifty add-on enables audio and text feedback in Google Docs
Bottom line: If your classroom relies a lot on Google Docs, this might just be the feedback tool you're looking for.
LMSs with Built-In Grading Tools
Engrade
Deliver solid content, crunch data with connected LMS/grading platform
Bottom line: With time-saving tools and accessible third-party content, this gradebook is a solid choice for its extensive, district-level features.
Kiddom
LMS offers tangible options to differentiate learning
Bottom line: An excellent option for monitoring individual progress toward goals, but teachers will need to be deliberate when selecting and assigning content.
Otus
Free LMS feels rich in offering data-driven differentiated instruction
Bottom line: This teacher-created site solves more problems than it causes, but it will take some up-front professional development to take full advantage.
Google Classroom
Simplify communication, collaboration, and document sharing
Bottom line: Google Classroom is a great way to manage and organize learning, though teachers who need more features may need to look elsewhere.
Schoology
Top-tier LMS for digital classrooms
Bottom line: To make the most of Schoology, you'll need some ramp-up time and great tasks and assessments, but it can offer rich learning and collaboration experiences.
PowerSchool
Full-featured LMS great for instructional design
Bottom line: With planning for content and design, and some restraint, teachers can create and manage relevant pages ideal for extending and transferring learning.
