Delaney card

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The Delaney Card is a method of classroom management. This small card was used extensively in the New York metropolitan area in the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s. Each Delaney card would contain the name of one student in class. The teacher would have a large book with sturdy cardboard pages with small slots cut out. Each slot would hold a Delaney card. The cards would be placed according to the position of each student's desk, much like law school professor's class face books. Each card had printed on it a grid of months and days that the teacher used to keep track of the student's attendance. The system is still in use by a small number of teachers.

The New York Times profiled the cards and their creator, Edward C. Delaney, in 2003.