Wonder if I could do this in 2014 … I began teaching English in 1969 at the urban high school from which I was graduated in 1961. From the very beginning, I posted grades weekly. This chart, viewable by all, included name, assignment grades, weekly grade and running grade … the latter being the grade that would hit the report card if it came out that day. Grades were numeric … never lower than 60 … this, because a kiddo could always make a comeback and have a chance to redeem him/herself. There was never a complaint about this method … no whining, no indignant parents, no embarrassment shown. It was transparency that counted with the 10th to 12th graders. Report card grades were never a surprise. What they learned was that they were responsible every single day for their own success or failure … they, not I, earned their grades or not.