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Tag: data collection

Florida Teacher Who Resigned: “Children Are Not Data Points”

Maren Hicks encouraged administrators to heed teachers’ concern about standardized testing and policies that lose sight of the children in their care.

October 31, 2018October 30, 2018 Shane Vander Hart
Education Reform data collection, Florida, Maren Hicks, standardized testing

The Assessments Are Rigged

Wendy Hart: Instead of wondering how kids are doing on state assessments and whether a school is “good” based on the assessment scores, we need to be asking what are these assessments supposed to be measuring and how do we know they really are measuring what they claim?

December 28, 2017 Wendy Hart
Common Core Assessments assessments, Common Core Math, data collection, SAGE, standardized assessments9 Comments on The Assessments Are Rigged

More Gates Money Is Coming Down the Pike

Bill Gates during a speech at the Council of the Great City Schools said he would spend another $1.7 Billion on education initiatives in public schools.

October 20, 2017October 20, 2017 Shane Vander Hart
Education Reform Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Bill Gates, Common Core State Standards, Council of the Great City Schools, data collection, Education Philanthropy1 Comment on More Gates Money Is Coming Down the Pike

How New York’s Common Core Tests Are Processed

While it is interesting how Common Core assessments are processed in New York once students take them, what happens to the data is far more important.

April 12, 2017 Shane Vander Hart
Common Core Assessments, Privacy/SLDS data collection, New York, New York Common Core Assessments1 Comment on How New York’s Common Core Tests Are Processed

What The College Board Does With Data Collected From PSAT & SAT

Cheri Kiesecker: The College Board, owner of the PSAT and SAT, solicits personal information from each student without parental consent.

March 30, 2017 Cheri Kiesecker
Privacy/SLDS College Board, data collection, PSAT, SAT, Student Privacy

Beware, SAT Season is Here

Check your school district calendars for SAT administration dates if it is administered in your district and know what is not required in order to take it.

March 7, 2017March 6, 2017 J.R. Wilson
Privacy Invasion/Data Mining ACT, College Board, data collection, data mining, Parent Coalition for Student Privacy, SAT, Student Privacy1 Comment on Beware, SAT Season is Here

Emmett McGroarty Testifies on Student Data Collection

Emmett McGroarty with American Principles Project testified today before the U.S. Commission on Evidence-Based Policymaking about student data collection.

October 21, 2016October 21, 2016 Shane Vander Hart
Privacy/SLDS American Principles Project, data collection, Emmett McGroarty, Student Privacy, U.S. Commission on Evidence-Based Policymaking

Survey: Where Does Your U.S. Representative Stand on Education?

We would like you to gather some information for us.  We would like to know where your U.S. Representative stands on education

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July 21, 2015 Shane Vander Hart
Federalized Education Common Core State Standards, data collection, Federal Testing Mandate, parental opt out, Student Success Act, Title I portability, U.S. House of Representatives1 Comment on Survey: Where Does Your U.S. Representative Stand on Education?

So President Obama Wants to Protect Student Data

President Barack Obama plans to highlight cybersecurity in his State of the Union Address leading off with campaign-style meeting to discuss the issue.

January 13, 2015January 13, 2015 Shane Vander Hart
Privacy/SLDS Barack Obama, data collection, data privacy, Politico, Stephanie Simon, Student Privacy

CA School Sells Data for Money to Cover Arne Duncan Visit

The San Diego Reader reports that Castle Park Middle School in Chula Vista, CA (part of Sweetwater Union High School District) spent

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December 4, 2013 Shane Vander Hart
Privacy/SLDS Arne Duncan, California, Castle Park Middle School, data collection, FERPA, Sweetwater Union High School District5 Comments on CA School Sells Data for Money to Cover Arne Duncan Visit

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