I began using Making the Grade when it was Gradebusters 1/2/3 on the Apple IIGS. It was a vast improvement over my personally written BASIC program, so I was not hesitant to be the first in my school district to "pay" for the program. It was not until two years later that our school district understood the value of this program and purchased a district license. My own school had already purchased over 20 individual licenses before that occurred, but we were not unhappy.

Yes, I would love a more Mac-like experience (including being able to use the scroll on my mighty mouse), but I won't give up this program just for that reason (I am a Mac Addict, but will put up with some limitations when an outstanding program makes my school recordkeeping so much easier).

MTG is the fastest calculating grade program available for Mac or Windows that I have seen. My district tried to switch us to another gradebook which was glacially slow, but that decision was reversed relatively quickly.

If I have all my grades updated, it takes me no more than a couple minutes to export each class and upload it for progress reports or final grades. Very simple and reliable.

I regularly print pdf versions of individual student reports to email to parents. We have not taken advantage of the capability to post our grades online, but that is also available.

This is only a short review of my take on the features of MTG, but since I have used it in various forms for nearly 20 years, I think that my opinions have some merit.