Hi Bethanne: I think what you're doing in terrfic. Frequent monitoring and sharing of performance status can only help students do better. We have to be willing to show or tell them how to do better too, not just where they are currently functioning. And I think we can do so in a manner that students will appreciate - with encouagement, support, patience, and words of comfort that offer assistance and advice that the student feels is helpful - not just our thinking about what we think is helpful. Students should perform better when they feel their teacher genuinely cares about their success. To me, that'd be very motivating. Higher levels of respect and morale usually acconmpany this environment as well. Regards, Brary