Flo, these are good questions! We've given them some thought, but I'd
be very interested to hear about the experience of other ESI97 folks and
the lessons they learned.
There are certainly precedents for making student work public. But an
essential precondition would seem to be that students and parents
clearly understand this fact beforehand. For example, the schools that
pioneered "portfolio assessment" make the student portfolios which are
required for graduation a matter of public record (although not yet on
the web, as far as I can tell). Although it might sound crazy to you at
first, the intent of inviting outside review like this is actually to
*increase* the credibility of the school and its graduation standards.
Again, I'd be curious about others' experiences...
Woodrow Wilson's current web site policy (if you want to see examples of
more boring stuff like legal disclaimers and maintenance
responsibilities) is at http://www.woodrow.org/web/policy/
PB