The federal law protects student privacy and prevents schools and school officials from releasing information from student records. (buffalonews.com)
The rising tension between advocates for greater use of data to improve schools and people who are worried about protecting student privacy is one of the most contentious issues in education. (edweek.org)
The school or district has policies in place to assure staff use data as a common practice, provide interventions as needed, and still protect student privacy. (data-first.org)