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  • TENEX Computer Express, a popular computer mail order company based in northern Indiana in the 80s and 90s.
 Systems, www.tenexsys.com, Software, $5.95 and up per student

LetterGrade has added several new features to its Web-based grade book, online community and student information application. Designed to streamline the instructional and administrative processes of tracking assignments, grades and attendance, the application also empowers schools to improve communication with parents.

The new course selection module, LetterGrade Select, lets students go online to choose the courses they wish to take in the upcoming school year. A school's course selection catalog catalog, descriptive list, on cards or in a book, of the contents of a library. Assurbanipal's library at Nineveh was cataloged on shelves of slate. The first known subject catalog was compiled by Callimachus at the Alexandrian Library in the 3d cent. B.C.  is published online for easy reference, saving on print costs. After students choose the courses, they are automatically available for guidance counselor guidance counselor Child psychology A school worker trained to screen, evaluate and advise students on career and academic matters  review and approval. When all course selections are approved, schools can build a master schedule based on the results (as opposed to trying to fit students into a pre-defined schedule).

LetterGrade Align align (līn),
v to move the teeth into their proper positions to conform to the line of occlusion.
 is designed to simplify the process of maintaining and tracking curriculum and assessment information. Administrators enter standards into the system and teachers can attach them to lesson plans and assignments. The product maps courses, lesson plans, assessments and syllabi syl·la·bi  
n.
A plural of syllabus.
 to state standards. Users can map and cross-map their work to the sublevels of a set of standards or curriculum, so discrepancies in performance are easy to track.

The Professional Development module allows districts to maintain courses and track staff involvement in continuing education continuing education: see adult education.
continuing education
 or adult education

Any form of learning provided for adults. In the U.S. the University of Wisconsin was the first academic institution to offer such programs (1904).
. Features include an enrollment function, course attendance tracking and an approval process.

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Title Annotation:Web-based software that tracks grades, course selections and curriculum information.
Publication:District Administration
Date:Jul 1, 2002
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