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Your parents might know your grades whether or not you bring home a report card. There's a surveillance channel into some classrooms, thanks to online grade books posted by teachers. With a password A secret word or code used to serve as a security measure against unauthorized access to data. It is normally managed by the operating system or DBMS. However, the computer can only verify the legitimacy of the password, not the legitimacy of the user. See NCSC. , parents can log in at any time to check on their kid's grades, attendance, practice-test scores for standardized standardized

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 exams, and, in some cases, a comparison of the grades with those of the rest of the class. Students are no longer messengers of their own fate.

Some worry that the online grade books might be too much for parents to handle. "All the parent sees is one little blip, one little bad grade," says Brian Fox The introduction to this article provides insufficient context for those unfamiliar with the subject matter.
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, a high school teacher in Suffern, N.Y., "and the parent starts to panic."
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Title Annotation:online grade books
Author:Guernsey, Lisa
Publication:New York Times Upfront
Article Type:Brief Article
Geographic Code:1USA
Date:Dec 10, 2001
Words:122
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