User interface educational database system for monitoring proficiency, performance and evaluation of student

A database system for tracking achievement of students of an educational institution where each student must demonstrate proficiency in a plurality of abilities, proficiency in each ability is demonstrated by completing a plurality of performances in a series of courses, each course typically relates to more than one of the plurality of abilities, said database system comprising:

• a data structure containing a separate record for each of a plurality of performances completed by a student, each record containing an identification of a given performance, an identification of the student, an identification of the course in which the given performance was assigned, an identification of which of the plurality of predefined abilities are associated with the given performance, and a first evaluation of the given performance wherein the first evaluation was made by a person;
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• a user interface coupled to the data structure and to selectively present information about the plurality of performances.

A computer readable storage medium for an educational institution where students must demonstrate proficiency in a plurality of predefined abilities by completing a plurality of performances in a series of courses, each course typically relates to more than one of the plurality of abilities, said computer readable storage medium comprising:

• a data structure containing a data for a plurality of performances completed by a student, the data related to each performance containing an identification of a given performance, an identification of the student, an identification of the course in which the given performance was assigned, an identification of which of the plurality of predefined abilities are associated with the given performance, and an evaluation of the given performance which evaluation is made by a person who observed the performance.