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My school has decided to post a very large 6 trait writing rubric in the hallway. The student will each get 6 paper basketballs with their first and last names on all six. Then they are to stick the paper basketballs to the boxes that dictate what score they received for each trait: ideas/content, word choice, sentiency fluency, voice, and conventions. Again, this is posted in the hallway for all students to view. The idea is the students who score a 1 or a 2 will see ... compared to their peer ... that they need to step up and start writing better.

What do you think about this? Does this violate the students' rights?

Thanks in advance for your comments!
Betty Ann Dreadful! I think you would be setting students up for conflict. Depending on the climate of the school, either the high scores or the low scores or both could lead to problems.

If the goal is to enable students to see how they compare with other, you could post graphs showing how many students scored at various levels--but not with the n...See More
Jan 26, 2012
Sara On 1/26/12, Betty Ann wrote:

Yes it's a violation of the federal law called The Family Rights and Privacy Act. The law makes it unlawful to publically post students' grades.

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Mar 19, 2012


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