Student data privacy: Moving from fear to responsible use (Brenda Leong, Brookings)

Data has always been an inherent part of the educational process – a child’s age, correlated with her grade level, tracked to specific reading or math skills that align with that grade, measured by grades and tests which rank her according to her peers. Today this data is ever more critical. Education professionals seek understanding from what the data reflect on the teacher’s role and influence, evaluating student outcomes across classrooms. Parents seek similar measures on individual K-12 schools and districts, and desperately seek insight into the value of education at individual colleges and universities to justify the cost or debt incurred

http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/brown-center-chalkboard/posts/2016/05/23-student-data-privacy-leong