Protecting student records and facilitating education research : a workshop summary / Margaret Hilton, rapporteur ; Committee on National Statistics, Center for Education, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council of the Academies.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on National Statistics.

Contributor:

Hilton, Margaret L.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education--Research--United States--Congresses.

Education.

Privacy, Right of--United States--Congresses.

Privacy, Right of.

Student records--United States--Congresses.

Student records.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (105 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Designed to protect the privacy of individual student test scores, grades, and other education records, the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) of 1974 places limits the access of educational researches, and slows research not only in education but also in related fields, such as child welfare and health. Recent trends have converged to greatly increase the supply of data on student performance in public schools. Education policies now emphasize education standards and testing to measure progress toward those standards, as well as rigorous education research. At the same time, private firms and public agencies, including schools, have replaced most paper records with electronic data systems. Although these databases represent a rich source of longitudinal data, researchers' access to the individually identifiable data they contain is limited by the privacy protections of FERPA. To explore possibilities for data access and confidentiality in compliance with FERPA and with the Common Rule for the Protection of Human Subjects, the National Academies and the American Educational Research Association convened the Workshop on Protecting Student Records and Facilitating Education Research in April 2008.

Contents:

Intro

Acknowledgments

Contents

1 Introduction

2 Balancing Privacy, Confidentiality, and Access at the U.S. Department of Education

3 The Value of Education Research Using Student and School Records

4 Reconciling the Access, Privacy, and Confidentiality of Education Data

5 Reconciling Access and Confidentiality in Federal Statistical and Health Data

6 Reflections and Next Steps

References

Appendix A: Workshop Agenda and Participants

Appendix B: Biographical Sketches of Planning Committee Members.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

0-309-17838-X

9786611973117

0-309-12800-5

1-281-97311-4

OCLC:

639931509