1. An effort scoring system, comprising: a software code stored on tangible media and executing on a first internet-connected computer a user interactive computer comprising a graphical user interface and data input device, the user-interactive computer being connected to the internet, wherein the user interactive computer is configured to receive data from the first internet-connected computer, including an identity of a particular student to be evaluated for effort, a current category in which effort is to be evaluated, and a plurality of effort score options selectable by an evaluator, wherein the user-interactive computer is configured to display on the graphical user interface the identity of the particular student to be evaluated for effort, the current category in which effort is to be evaluated, at least one of a skip option and an absence option to skip effort scoring for the particular student to be evaluated for effort, and the plurality of effort score options, wherein the user-interactive computer is configured to register a selection by the evaluator of one of the plurality of effort score options, the skip option and the absence option with the input device and transmit the selection information to the first internet-connected computer, and wherein the user-interactive computer is configured to determine whether the particular student is eligible for recognition by calculating an average effort score for a plurality of effort scores starting with the chronologically most recent and extending backwards in time and comparing the average effort score to a minimum recognition threshold score.
1. An effort scoring system, comprising: a software code stored on tangible media and executing on a first internet-connected computer a user interactive computer comprising a graphical user interface and data input device, the user-interactive computer being connected to the internet, wherein the user interactive computer is configured to receive data from the first internet-connected computer, including an identity of a particular student to be evaluated for effort, a current category in which effort is to be evaluated, and a plurality of effort score options selectable by an evaluator, wherein the user-interactive computer is configured to display on the graphical user interface the identity of the particular student to be evaluated for effort, the current category in which effort is to be evaluated, at least one of a skip option and an absence option to skip effort scoring for the particular student to be evaluated for effort, and the plurality of effort score options, wherein the user-interactive computer is configured to register a selection by the evaluator of one of the plurality of effort score options, the skip option and the absence option with the input device and transmit the selection information to the first internet-connected computer, and wherein the user-interactive computer is configured to determine whether the particular student is eligible for recognition by calculating an average effort score for a plurality of effort scores starting with the chronologically most recent and extending backwards in time and comparing the average effort score to a minimum recognition threshold score. 3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the user-interactive computer is further configured to add a bonus to an overall effort score for the particular student that is determined to be eligible for recognition in response to a user input.