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[Overview](https://www.softwareadvice.com/gradebook/teacherease-profile/) Reviews [Alternatives](https://www.softwareadvice.com/gradebook/teacherease-profile/alternatives/) # TeacherEase User Reviews ## Reviews summary - Overall rating: 4.2/5 - Total reviews: 64 ### Secondary ratings - Ease of use: 4.1/5 - Customer support: 4.2/5 - Value for money: 4.3/5 - Functionality: 4.0/5 ### Rating distribution - 5 stars: 30 reviews (47%) - 4 stars: 25 reviews (39%) - 3 stars: 3 reviews (5%) - 2 stars: 5 reviews (8%) - 1 star: 1 reviews (2%) ### Most mentioned pros - It makes communication with parents very easy! - The registration process through the TeacherEase app was very easy to use and it was very fast to register my daughter. - Superior customer support and help desk with topics to be researched without calling a representative, seamless student information management that has evolved as user needs evolve ### Most mentioned cons - Most things that we want to do differently in Teacherease that aren't already built in are not do-able - it is not flexible. - It's hard to leave it since we've used it for 9 years but it just takes so much work on our end to make it fit, as opposed to it working for us. - The area I find most underwhelming is the report options. ## TeacherEase customer reviews Showing reviews 1-25 of 64 (page 1). ### TeacherEase Review - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Rachel P. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Education Management - Company size: 11-50 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: December 2022 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Great platform. I'm excited to learn the new upgraded parent communication plan we just subscribed to. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros The software is pretty user friendly and when there is something that seems difficult or inaccessible, there is a good knowledge base online forum as well as great customer service. They respond timely to emails and phone calls. #### Cons There are a few features missing, especially for small schools. I wish they would integrate a way for all employees to have email addresses, for example bus drives and janitors. --- ### Insight Financials - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Jennifer M. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Education Management - Company size: 11-50 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: October 2020 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros I love the ease of use and the customer service is outstanding. I love that all updates are done automatically. #### Cons Not able to print screen unless it's a report #### Reasons for choosing TeacherEase The price and we have heard that the other program was very difficult to use. #### Reasons for switching to TeacherEase Chalkable was going out of business --- ### Excellent SIS system - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Matt B. - Industry: Education Management - Company size: 11-50 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: December 2018 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Our Diocese has adopted this program #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros It is very easy to use by parents. Keeping parents informed is a major plus. We now send no paper report cards home. All are available when a parent logs in. #### Cons You can only send an email to groups. You can not send to one person through the system. Texting would also be a great addition --- ### Great Gradebook Program - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Angie J. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Primary/ Secondary Education - Company size: 11-50 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: June 2025 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros It is very user friendly and integrated. There was a way to email parents directly from the gradebook, as well as automated responses for missing assignments. It makes communication with parents very easy! #### Cons Overall, it is just a great product. I don’t really have anything negative to say about it. It has been my favorite gradebook program I have used in my teaching career. --- ### Good for some things but not for others and could be a lot more user friendly - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Cay T. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Education Management - Company size: 51-200 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: December 2022 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Mixed. It's hard to leave it since we've used it for 9 years but it just takes so much work on our end to make it fit, as opposed to it working for us. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 3/5 - Value for money: 4/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 3/5 #### Pros I like the registration and enrollment integration. The SIS is good and captures what we would like it to. #### Cons Most things that we want to do differently in Teacherease that aren't already built in are not do-able - it is not flexible. So that means we are always having to adapt what we do, or find a work around in the system. Teacherease doesn't often seem able to work for us, we have to work to make it fit. The teachers hate the gradebook, my admin hates the grade reporting, and I have to work harder to merge reporting. #### Vendor response Thank you for the response. Feel free to contact support at support@common-goal.com regarding the grade book and reporting. There may be new features your team is not aware of. I recommend you check out this webinar on SBG and the IT person goes into detail on reporting - On-Demand Webinar: Kildeer Countryside's SIS for SBG - The Why, What, and How https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_yNM89XY8SsmKn8j5w7hTaw Replied December 2022 --- ### Teacherease - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Mary C. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Education Management - Company size: 51-200 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: December 2021 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 3/5 - Functionality: 3/5 #### Pros The area I like most is the standard-based gradebook. It allows for multiple standards to be chosen for assignments and allows it to link to progress reports and report cards. #### Cons The area I find most underwhelming is the report options. The reports available are always not exactly what we are looking for, and no 'export' option makes it difficult to work with. Would like to see reporting features available to help with tracking student assessment better and reports allowing us to tier students more effectively for MTSS. #### Vendor response Mary, thank you for the kind words regarding our standards-based learning tools. We are proud to be the leader in SBL. We would be glad to talk to you more about your reporting questions. Our support team can answer your questions to see if the reports you need are available. You can also post your requested features from TeacherEase from the Help Menu. To contact support, you can reach them at support@common-goal.com. Also, you might be looking for reports that are available with Standards-based Score Analysis. I don't know if you have that reporting enabled with our Longitudinal Data Analysis module at your district. Again, support can help you out. Thanks again! Replied December 2021 --- ### TeacherEase, For Easy and Seamless Learning - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Gladys M. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Education Management - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: July 2021 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros It allows me to keep track of what students are doing in real time. This assists teachers in keeping students on task, and it identifies students who are struggling and require assistance. #### Cons When an assignment is updated, you have to remove the missing tag manually. #### Vendor response Thank you for the review. We do try to live up to the name and be easy to use. The TeacherEase team Replied July 2021 --- ### Robust software allowing you to do all the admin and teacher things needed to reach students/parents - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Meher M. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Non-Profit Organization Management - Company size: 51-200 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: April 2021 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. A very savvy technology immersed individual will probably take one full week of using this software to really learn how to use it. So for parents, its going to be tough since they wont be spending too much time on it. For teachers, it will take a week or so, so best to get started before your kids come into the room. For Admins, it will take all year. The features are endless. but great one stop shop for all your student and teacher related data. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 4/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Its got all the little functions teachers and admins need to keep track of student related matters -- grades, home work, upcoming assignments, field trips, notes, behavior, tardies, attendance, fees, tuition, ALL the things. #### Cons Its a bit clunky and ugly looking -- but thats on the spectrum of very low importance -- nothing to make me stop using this software in anyway. However, because its clunky, theres a bit of a learning curve. You need to practice and practice to make sure you know what you're doing with confidence. #### Vendor response Thank you for your feedback. As a cloud provider that regularly adds capabilities, we continue to strive to update the user experience with ease of in mind. For teachers, I suggest your team leverage the Help with the hundreds of knowledge base articles. In addition, there is the Instructor Video Series in the Help that is a great resource for both new teachers and refresher for new tips for current users. Thanks again from the TeacherEase team. Replied April 2021 --- ### TeacherEase User - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Kris G. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Education Management - Company size: 201-500 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: October 2020 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. I find it relatively easy to use. I would love an assignment view. Currently the only view is from the standpoint of competencies. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 4/5 - Customer support: 3/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros It is easy to navigate through assignments, students, and competencies. #### Cons Our use is slightly different than others. It has been a bit of challenge to get the product set up the way we want it. This is mostly in grade calculation. #### Reasons for choosing TeacherEase We started out with Motivus. It was not a user friendly product. It had too many limitations. Setup was extremely difficult. #### Vendor response Thank you for your review. We love your unique use of TeacherEase since you are a CBE school. We strive to be the leader in CBE and standards-based learning. Your calculation methods are not your typical recommended SBL/CBE mathematical models such as Power Law, Decaying Weight, Mode/Median/Average of Recent Scores and more that are out-of-the-box with TeacherEase. To address your complex needs (and others with very specific calculation requirements), we enhanced our standards-based grading with logic-rules and more grade calculation options - https://www.teacherease.com/app/news/article/Logic-Rules-for-Grade-Calculation-in-Competency-based-Education-CBE As for the assignment view, you can see it by going to Gradebook > Assignments. Feel free to contact support at support@common-goal.com to help you with that feature. Thanks again! Replied October 2020 --- ### I like TeacherEase! - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Laura M. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Education Management - Company size: 51-200 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: October 2020 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. I've used it exclusively through my school setting so I'm not sure how it would work outside of the education realm. I do feel it works well in a school and would recommend it to others to use. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros Once I learned the ins and outs of the program it became very easy to use. I like that you can have the icons right on the main screen for quick access. I also like how the gradebook automatically calculates the child's overall scores for their report card. This is especially nice since we are using Standard Based Grades. In our previous program, we had to do it ourselves. Overall, I feel like the program is user friendly and with a little training easy to navigate. #### Cons I wish there was a way of tracking whether a parent is seeing our emails. I wish there was a time or date stamp to see when the parent looked at the email we sent. It would also be nice to be able to delay a message being sent for the future. Being a teacher using this, sometimes I forget to send an email when I need to and it would be nice to write it up when I am thinking about it and set it to send out later. --- ### TeacherEase works for us - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Julie H. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Education Management - Company size: 11-50 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: October 2020 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. I have been extremely happy and grateful for the support staff who help us with the system. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 4/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 3/5 #### Pros It provides for our needs. We are able to record grades, attendance, and medical information. #### Cons Sometimes not as flexible as our needs change. #### Reasons for choosing TeacherEase We knew the pros and cons of the system and felt it was a better fit for us at this time. #### Reasons for switching to TeacherEase We switched for one year to Alma and then returned to TeacherEase. Alma was not as responsive to our needs. #### Vendor response We're glad to have you back! Please feel free to reach out to support@common-goal.com with any question. Replied November 2020 --- ### TeacherEase - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Laura M. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Education Management - Company size: 201-500 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: October 2020 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. I would say it has mostly been a positive experience. Support is great! #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 3/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros It is fairly simple to navigate. We use it for many things such as: attendance, student demographics, registration, report cards, etc. Really nice that all of these things are on one site. #### Cons Not always clear how to edit certain sections. #### Reasons for choosing TeacherEase It was chosen by the Director #### Vendor response Thank you for your positive feedback of SchoolInsight. Feel free to email us any questions and training needs at support@common-goal.com. Replied November 2020 --- ### Teacherease - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Susan H. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Primary/ Secondary Education - Company size: 11-50 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: October 2020 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Being an elementary school, we've discovered an abundance of exciting things we can do with Teacherease which made online registration even easier this year. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Online Registration and Attendance features work are extremely easy to set up and use. #### Cons Online Registration: when you create a field, it doesn't carry over to the main demographics. You have to create a new report. #### Reasons for switching to TeacherEase I wasn't part of the decision making process. --- ### Teacher Ease great SIS for small schools - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Amanda B. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Education Management - Company size: 11-50 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: October 2020 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. It was easy for our admin, tech, and teachers to use. Who can say that? #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros I like how easy it is to use, very similar to some larger companies but at a fraction of the cost. #### Cons I really don't have any negatives at this time. #### Reasons for switching to TeacherEase Cost #### Vendor response Thank you for your positive feedback about TeacherEase and how easy it is to use. Feel free to email any questions to support@common-goal.com. Replied November 2020 --- ### Not User Friendly for Parents or Teachers - Overall rating: 3/5 - Reviewer: Angelee S. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Education Management - Company size: 51-200 employees - Product usage: Used weekly for less than 2 years - Reviewed: October 2020 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. On the administrator end, the program was not easy to use. We had to call customer service multiple times for help with set up and reports. I wish it was more user friendly. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 2/5 - Value for money: 2/5 - Customer support: 3/5 - Functionality: 2/5 #### Pros Our school uses Standards Based Grading so we liked how the teachers were able to have a color associated with each students grade on assessments. This gave a quick overall look at how the class was doing as a whole. #### Cons This program was not user friendly for parents. Unlike the teachers, the parents did not get to see the color coding associated with the students grade. The parents also had to scroll through pages of standards to find the ones that were given a grade. We noticed that despite our reminders to look at TeacherEase for their student's scores, the parents did not like to use the program. #### Reasons for choosing TeacherEase Price --- ### Good and Bad - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Shelly M. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Education Management - Company size: 51-200 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: October 2020 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 3/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros I find this system fairly simple to use/staightforward. #### Cons We REALLY need to be able to click on a parent's email and be able to go immediately to writing an email. It takes a long time going back and forth between TE and email. --- ### 2020 Review - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Todd B. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Education Management - Company size: 11-50 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: October 2020 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 2/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros Its price and ease of use for teachers, students, and parents #### Cons The setup from year to year. I miss the personalization when talking to a real person in support/ --- ### Teacher Ease Review - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Jared P. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Education Management - Company size: 51-200 employees - Product usage: Used weekly for more than 2 years - Reviewed: October 2020 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Solid #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 4/5 - Customer support: 4/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros It was easy to use and access information. #### Cons Time it takes for needed updates based on SIS needs. #### Reasons for choosing TeacherEase I wasn't a part of the decision at the time. #### Reasons for switching to TeacherEase I wasn't a part of the decision to switch #### Vendor response Thank you for your positive review and continuous use of TeacherEase. Feel free to email us any questions to support@common-goal.com to discuss any SIS needs. Replied November 2020 --- ### Bookkeeper review - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Nicole P. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Primary/ Secondary Education - Company size: 51-200 employees - Product usage: Used monthly for more than 2 years - Reviewed: October 2020 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. From my standpoint, it seems to work good for what we need it for. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros I don't use the software much, but we did recently set it up to accept credit card payments and that was very simple and is really easy to use. #### Cons I have trouble getting the reports that I need, but it's probably only because I don't do it a lot and I've never actually been shown (or have never asked to be shown) how to use it to get reports. #### Vendor response I'm glad you like how easy it is to setup of Online Payments in TeacherEase. Feel free to email us any questions about reconciling bank statements with online payments at support@common-goal.com. Replied November 2020 --- ### Great product - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Bill D. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Education Management - Company size: 501-1000 employees - Product usage: Used weekly for less than 6 months - Reviewed: December 2021 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros Great for tacking information throughout the 9 weeks #### Cons We have not had it long but it seems to be a great product #### Vendor response Glad to hear you are happy with TeacherEase. As a reminder as a new subscribing user, if you need anything, you can always use the Help Menu with the Knowledge Base articles and Videos as well as contact support@common-goal.com Replied December 2021 --- ### Standards Based Grading Software - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Jessica O. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Primary/ Secondary Education - Company size: 201-500 employees - Product usage: Used weekly for free trial - Reviewed: October 2020 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. During our Pilot of the software, I have really enjoyed the people we have spoken to for our initial trainings. They seemed knowledgeable about the product and how it would be used by teachers. They were willing to listen and explain anything we were interested in! #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 3/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros TeacherEase has a user friendly layout that seems to be very reliable. #### Cons There are some features that are not available (indicating lower DOK level for a formative assessment) that I would prefer to have. --- ### Long time user - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Karen K. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Education Management - Company size: 51-200 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: October 2020 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. As I said above I have used, oversaw the initial set up and training, back in 2009. A number of years ago we switched our school grade levels from K-8 and 9-12 to K-5 and 6-12. We were able to make the change easily and did it fairly quickly with some opening support. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 4/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros We like that it is web-based/hosted. We do not need to worry about updates, hardware, etc. they are done for us. Being from a very small school we did not have the manpower to devote an employee specifically to only our student management system. When I looked at this product I was the only technology person in the district. The quality of their support made me feel like I had a partner helping me. I think the logical layout of using the software makes it user friendly. I knew that if I contacted support I would get an accurate answer. I never feel like I'm just being pushed along. I think that their reports are easy to use especially if you are the ISBE SIS person for your district. The uploads to the state Student Management System couldn't be easier. I have used this TeacherEase since the 2009/2010 school year. #### Cons As I mentioned, we are a small school and somewhat unique but it would make our jobs so much less stressful if there was a way to run labels, envelopes, etc by family. We have two databases - one for the elementary and one for the Jr/Sr High school. We can't run addresses or labels for each family - allowing us to "group" families together when mailing items. I wish there was more training when the state comes out with new requirements. On a number of occasions I have called with a support issue and I'm pointing out the errors to the support people. My biggest item that I wish it had was a log of who did what. If someone runs GPAs for example and messes up class rank - we want to know who did it. #### Reasons for choosing TeacherEase Because of a combination of all the of the above information. #### Reasons for switching to TeacherEase STI was going to drop the product they had. We moved up to their newer Information NOW and it was a complete nightmare. It didn't do anything that they said it would during a demo. We switched back to the version of STI that we had and immediately started looking at other vendors. When we called CommonGoal we explained what we needed to see and hear. They sent out a salesperson and a tech person. They listened and impressively when we asked, "Can it do A, B and C?" they not only answered us but they showed us. At one point we even told them about something that STI had that they didn't and we would really miss it. They agreed that it sounded like something they thought their customers would like. They went back to the office and before we ever made a purchasing decision they had implemented that particular upgrade. THEY LISTENED TO WHAT WE NEEDED. That sold us on the product and the people behind it. --- ### WMS WEIGHS IN - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Mary R. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Education Management - Company size: 51-200 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: October 2020 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. I will say that after 5 years of using the program, it has become second nature. I have long forgotten the things that were the most irrational to me when the journey began. For the most part It is now easy for me to navigate in Teacherease/Common Goal, but that ease was aquired over time. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 4/5 - Customer support: 4/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros 1.) The ease of integration with the other school in the district 2.) The tab format in the single student window puts all information at a glance. 3.) The basic format of the program makes it easy to navigate in. #### Cons 1.)There are small improvements that are often requested but never addressed. (i.g. Creating a toggle switch for attendance email list so that you don't have to manually uncheck them all every day). 2.) Although the tech support is generally helpful, the wait time has been as long as 90 minutes in the past. There seems to be a turnover of employees that leaves you many times with them "getting back to you". Even though the Knowledge Base is available, a personal conversation settles the matter much more effectively when you have to do 6 things at once. 3.) There is an issue with searching out course sections to copy the learning targets to other sections. We have inquired about this twice now with no resolve. 4.) The same color appears for each school and district. It would be nice to see different colors used for the separarte entities. I not only work at the Middle School, but have to do all the state reporting which requires going back and forth from district to school level and from school to school. #### Reasons for choosing TeacherEase We are a small district and could not justify the price of Skyward. #### Reasons for switching to TeacherEase We wanted the option of parents being able to view their child's grades and information as well as pay online. At that same time we were transitioning from traditional grades to standard grades. The general consensus was that Commongoal offered a better format for working with standards based grading. --- ### Mediocre at everything, Awful at some things. Financially Shady - Overall rating: 2/5 - Reviewer: Luai A. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Education Management - Company size: 11-50 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: August 2020 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered My Story & why we'll never return: After paying for the coming school year, we then decided that we would like to cancel our subscription & move onto another SIS. Teacherease refused to refund our check, despite the fact that we requested the refund on July 15, nearly two months before our school year began. As time went on, they did not respond to my calls and emails. I would actually call the technical support department and explain my situation to tech support. That's the only way I managed to get someone on the phone. They kept saying escalating the issue for over a month until they finally escalated it to the president of the company (whyyy?? It's just a basic refund???), who, surprise surprise, never reached out to me or responded to my calls and emails. We're in the midst of the Coronavirus pandemic and every private school is struggling to stay afloat. Yet, Teacherease chose this time to basically steal from private schools like mine. Thousands of dollars just gone, and the Teacherease staff are not responding to our calls. It's so disappointing. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 1/5 - Value for money: 1/5 - Customer support: 1/5 - Functionality: 2/5 #### Pros The gradebook is the redeeming quality of this software. It's pretty easy to use and visually appealing. Everything else about teacherease is not user-friendly and limited in capacity. #### Cons The software is not user-friendly: it takes quite a few clicks to get wherever you want to go. Customer service takes forever: normal wait time is about 10-15 minutes. Other companies are near instant. Not very customizable: There's not much functionality build into the website unfortunately. It's very limited in its capacity. It's most costly than you think: If you want to build a fully online SIS for your school, you'll need some functionality, like a central attendance system, many of which are cost extra per year. Honestly just do yourself a favor and shop elsewhere. This company is not to be taken seriously. #### Reasons for choosing TeacherEase I didn't. My school was using teacherease for a few years before I was hired as the vice principal. --- ### Gets the job done (and that's about all) - Overall rating: 2/5 - Reviewer: David B. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Education Management - Company size: 11-50 employees - Product usage: Used weekly for more than 2 years - Reviewed: December 2018 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered If your school uses TeacherEase, no need to implement a new system. But if you have a clean slate to work with, I recommend choosing something comparable in price but excelling far beyond in capability. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 2/5 - Functionality: 3/5 #### Pros Despite the appearance on their marketing material, the software is fairly basic. This ends up being one of the assets in that once you learn the ropes, setting up grade books and calculating grades is relatively straightforward. It sure beats handwritten records or a spreadsheet. It also has a few features unique to secondary education that are pretty helpful (such as incomplete assignment calculations and missing work status designation). #### Cons However, there are so many ways that this software could be improved in terms of ease of use, utility and functionality. The fact that copying sections of the same course cannot be done without multiple clicks is a source of frustration as is the need to navigate back to the same menus over and over again without having shortcut links when completing a set up function. ## More reviews [Next reviews](https://www.softwareadvice.com/gradebook/teacherease-profile/reviews/?page=2) --- TeacherEase Reviews, Pros and Cons - 2026 Software Advice