PowerSchool for Parents app review: view grades, assignments, and more

PowerSchool for Parents by Pearson School Systems is an education app that allows you to see live assignments, grades, attendance, and scores from the grade books of teachers themselves.

Introduction

PowerSchool for Parents by Pearson School Systems is an education app that allows you to see live assignments, grades, attendance, and scores from the grade books of teachers themselves. The app was updated on May 8, 2013 and is available in English, French, and Spanish.

User Experience

Thanks to this app's ease of use and impressive feature list it is now available to 10 million students in 50 states, and in 65 countries worldwide. In order to use this app your school district needs to be using the PowerSchool student information system.

Features

With this app you'll be able to have real-time access to all kinds of information including assignments and scores, grades, attendance, teacher comments, and school announcements. As well you can see your child's grade point average, student activities, fee transactions and balance, and lunch transactions and balance.

In-App Purchases

There are no in-app purchases.

Update Info

Version 2.0 includes a new theme, on-boarding process meant to allow you to connect to the server easier, improvements to the stability, syncing enhancements, and some minor bug fixes.

Customer Ratings and Feedback Comments

This app currently has 48 customer ratings with an average rating of 1.5 out of five stars. Unfortunately the latest update of the app has caused a bug that has resulting in the app crashing for many users.

Personal Comments by Reviewer

The idea of this app is a great one that allows parents to really stay connected to their child’s progress at school. Unfortunately it still seems to be suffering from a bug causing many users to be unable to use it.

Pros and Cons

Pros

• View information about your child’s school progress
• Schools in 50 states support the app

Cons

• Not all schools support the app
• The app suffers from some bug issues
   

For: iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, iPhone 5, iPod touch (3rd generation), iPod touch (4th generation), iPod touch (5th generation), and iPad with iOS 5.0 or later. PowerSchool for Parents is optimized for iPhone 5.