PARENTS if you choose to read nothing else on this page, read this Congressional testimony on student data
We need legislation to protect student privacy and require informed parental consent of data collection and sharing.
Read here to see how Common Core, PARCC, data mining are linked.
You may also download this Colorado specific privacy brief.The Facts: the data paradox
Grooming Students for a Lifetime of Surveillance
We live in a data mined world. Most people are complacent about it, but should they be, would they be if they knew the extent they were data mined and the money and power involved. Read here The U.S .spends billions defending cyber attacks.
A recent Pew study shows that 91% of adults agree or strongly agree that consumers have lost control over how personal information is collected and used by companies. A majority of Americans welcome the idea of more regulation to control how their person data can be used —BUT a majority of those polled still professed themselves willing to trade some privacy for free online services. Are parents willing to sell their CHILD's privacy for some free services?
Watch this short video from 60 minutes on
How Data Brokers are selling your personal information. Once you see this, you will understand how easily student data can be collected on school computers and why it is imperative that we regulate data mining. Big Data Project
Google is used in almost every classroom--read here about some serious student data privacy concerns with Google.
In a joint collaboration with the US Dept of Defense and US Dept of Education, IMS Global announced it will Establish Digital Badges as Common Currency for K-20 and Corporate Education, for collecting data on students and teachers.
Children 12 years old and younger cannot have their personally identifiable information collected/shared by ANY online company (such as Pearson), without informed parental consent. If a parent is concerned about their child's data being collected while logging onto any online app, test, learning game or curriculum, please see this PARENT OPT OUT of Online DATA collection form, referencing COPPA law.
Know these laws
There are 3 Federal laws meant to protect children's privacy COPPA PPRA FERPA but they are being overlooked. The national group Student Privacy Matters is a good resource and also has online data opt out forms for parents whose children are under 13 years old. Also See testimony from Colorado ACLU who supports transparency and parental rights regarding student data privacy. In many cases, meta data is not included as a student's educational record and therefore is not protected under FERPA. FERPA has many loopholes. Many in the edtech / student data industry have offered to police themselves, signing onto the SIIA pledge. Take note of giants like Pearson, and K12inc, and Amazon who have NOT signed this weak pledge.
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B7epgdVXe0gKZ1lkODNiWmdRYVk
STUDENT DATA IS COLLECTED AND SHARED. AT SCHOOL LEVEL AND STATE LEVEL. See here for some of the ways Colorado shares student personally identifiable information with outside contractors. See here for CEDS (P-20 data elements collected). Even school volunteers can be an authorized agent to access children's pii.
This short video, from SafeGov, does an excellent job at explaining how easily data is shared and sold. It also suggests safeguards and policies your school should have in place. Talk with your school and your district board and ask them how they protect your child's data. View video at http://tinyurl.com/kpyf89c
DATA SHARING IS REQUIRED BY ANY STATE WHO ADOPTED COMMON CORE AND TOOK Race to the Top (RTTT) MONEY: CCSS states must meet The Four Assurances of the Federal Government. Every state who adopted common core must create an SLDS database to collect and share data, and must join the testing consortia, either PARCC or SBAC. (Colorado chose PARCC). The consortia are required to "provide timely and complete access to any and all data collected at the state level" to the federal government. = PARCC COLLECTS DATA See Pearson Privacy policy (Pearson owns PARCC and CMAS test)
VAST STREAMS OF META DATA ARE COLLECTED BY SOFTWARE/VENDORS/CORPORATIONS ON EVERY ON-ONLINE APPLICATION
DATA DOES NOT STAY IN THE SCHOOL. GRADES, PERSONALITY, METADATA, PHOTOS, OBSERVATIONS, MEDICAL, AUDIO/VIDEO, THIS POSES A RISK TO STUDENT PRIVACY See State policy on sharing that data here.
COLORADO GOT RID OF InBLOOM BUT HAS RANDA SOLUTIONS IN ITS PLACE. RANDA COLLECTS/MANAGES DATA AND TAKES VIDEO ON ITS TOWER PLATFORM FOR CLASSROOM TEACHER OBSERVATION
DATA CAN BE SOLD
Only a few data points can re-identify data.
STUDENT DIRECTORY INFORMATION CAN BE SHARED W/OUT PARENTAL CONSENT AND MAY CONTAIN VIDEO,AUDIO, PHOTO, HEIGHT, WEIGHT, +MORE... FIND YOUR SCHOOL DISTRICT'S POLICY ON SHARING DATA, INLCUDING STUDENT DIRECTORY BY GOOGLING JRA/JRC Student Records/Release
MEDICAL DATA CAN BE SHARED, bypassing HIPPA
SEE ed.gov website FOR REPORT THAT INCLUDES FUTURE OF BIOMETRIC DATA MINING [see pg. 44/slide 62, Chapter 3 for data collection devices]
Pii- PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION (MEANING NAME, DATE OF BIRTH, ADDRESS, SSN ETC) CAN BE SHARED
ANONYMOUS STUDENT ID NUMBERS ARE not, REPEAT not, TRULY ANONYMOUS. THEY CAN BE RE-ID'd see example here and another example here
FERPA DOES NOT COVER ON-LINE VENDORS who collect meta data (VENDORS LIKE EMERGENETICS OR KNEWTON)
75% OF DISTRICTS DON'T TELL PARENTS DATA IS COLLECTED--MOST PARENTS AREN'T EVEN AWARE DATA MINING IS HAPPENING
PARENTS CANNOT OPT OUT OF DATA COLLECTION
Data can be BREACHED. Even our own Colo Dept of Ed has chronic issues of student level information (pii) being sent unencrypted via email.
DATA IS SHARED WITH THIRD PARTY CORPORATIONS/VENDORS OUTSIDE OF SCHOOLS
PARENTS WHO ASK TO SEE WHAT DATA IS COLLECTED HAVE BEEN DENIED ACCESS
COLORADO MAKES A GOLDEN RECORD OF DATA FOR EACH CHILD, AND SHARES THAT RECORD
COMPANIES COLLECT MASSIVE STREAMS OF PERSONAL INFO ON CHILDREN DAILY
KNEWTON, JUST ONE VENDOR, CAN COLLECT UP TO 10 MILLION DATA PER CHILD / PER DAY
DIRECTORY INFORMATION IS NOT KEPT INSIDE THE SCHOOL In fact, Student Directories can and do ALLOW SHARING OF VIDEO AND AUDIO, HEIGHT, WEIGHT, MUCH MORE. For purposes of this policy, "directory information" is information contained in a student's education record that would not generally be considered harmful or an invasion of privacy if disclosed. "Directory information" includes, but is not limited to, the student's name, photograph, audio and/or video recordings, major field of study, grade level, participation in officially recognized activities and sports, weight and height of members of athletic teams, dates of attendance, honors and awards received, and the most recent educational agency or institution attended. The District may disclose directory information without written consent of the parent/guardian or eligible student; however, student telephone numbers and addresses will not be disclosed without the express written permission of the parent/guardian. The parent or eligible student has the right to refuse to permit the disclosure of any or all of the categories of directory information specified above, provided such refusal is in writing and received in the office of the principal of the school where the student is in attendance no later than September 1 (or the next school day thereafter if September 1 is a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday).
PLEASE READ
FORDHAM LAW TESTIMONY AT RECENT CONGRESSIONAL SUBCOMMITTEE ON STUDENT DATA http://edworkforce.house.gov/uploadedfiles/reidenberg_testimony_final.pdf noting that FERPA, COPPA, PPRA all often ignored
KNEWTON AT WHITE HOUSE DATAPALOOZA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lr7Z7ysDluQ&feature=youtu.be
COLO DEPT ED GOLDEN RECORD THAT FOLLOWS EVERY CHILD FROM PREK-WORKFORCE
TS Gold collects information on three and four year old TODDLERS including social, emotional and behavioral data points-38 different rubric and much of it observational. Coloado BOE added MORE assessments for preschool: approved menu of readiness assessments: Riverside Early Assessments of Learning, Desired Results Development Profile and Teaching Strategies GOLD Survey.
COLO PARENTS DENIED ACCESS TO OWN CHILDREN'S DATA http://watchdogwire.com/colorado/2014/06/23/student-data-parental-access/
MISSOURI IS FIRST STATE TO PROTECT ELECTRONIC PRIVACY http://watchdog.org/163770/missouri-constitution-privacy/
COLORADO TRIED TO PASS e-DATA AMENDMENT BUT WAS KILLED BY ATTORNEY GENERAL AND HOUSE JUDICIARY http://www.journal-advocate.com/sterling-local_news/ci_25638957/protections-e-data-clear-senate-committee
THE "MY DATA BUTTON" APP IS BEING PROMOTED TO ALLOW STUDENTS TO UPLOAD AND SHARE THEIR OWN DATA http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/microsites/ostp/ed_data_commitments_1-19-12.pdf
COGS IN THE MACHINE: Big Data, Common Core, and National Testing http://heartland.org/policy-documents/cogs-machine-big-data-common-core-and-national-testing
Social and Emotional learning: the push to collect psychological and behavioral data on school children
http://www.edutopia.org/blog/research-social-emotional-learning-todd-finley?
http://www.edutopia.org/sel-research-annotated-bibliography#durlak
DATA AS THE NEW CURRENCY http://dupress.com/articles/data-as-the-new-currency/
PARCC and SBAC States Agree to Deliver Student-level Data to USDOE http://deutsch29.wordpress.com/2014/09/09/parcc-and-sbac-states-agree-to-deliver-student-level-data-to-usdoe/
PRIVACY ISSUES AND STATE LONGITUDINAL DATA SYSTEMS (SLDS)
http://truthinamericaneducation.com/privacy-issuesstate-longitudinal-data-systems/
NO SILVER BULLET-de-identification-still-doesnt-work https://freedom-to-tinker.com/blog/randomwalker/no-silver-bullet-de-identification-still-doesnt-work/
ACLU Solution to Meta Data: https://www.aclunc.org/publications/metadata-piecing-together-privacy-solution Download a pdf of Metadata: Piecing Together a Privacy Solution.
We need legislation to protect student privacy and require informed parental consent of data collection and sharing.
Read here to see how Common Core, PARCC, data mining are linked.
You may also download this Colorado specific privacy brief.The Facts: the data paradox
Grooming Students for a Lifetime of Surveillance
We live in a data mined world. Most people are complacent about it, but should they be, would they be if they knew the extent they were data mined and the money and power involved. Read here The U.S .spends billions defending cyber attacks.
A recent Pew study shows that 91% of adults agree or strongly agree that consumers have lost control over how personal information is collected and used by companies. A majority of Americans welcome the idea of more regulation to control how their person data can be used —BUT a majority of those polled still professed themselves willing to trade some privacy for free online services. Are parents willing to sell their CHILD's privacy for some free services?
Watch this short video from 60 minutes on
How Data Brokers are selling your personal information. Once you see this, you will understand how easily student data can be collected on school computers and why it is imperative that we regulate data mining. Big Data Project
Google is used in almost every classroom--read here about some serious student data privacy concerns with Google.
In a joint collaboration with the US Dept of Defense and US Dept of Education, IMS Global announced it will Establish Digital Badges as Common Currency for K-20 and Corporate Education, for collecting data on students and teachers.
Children 12 years old and younger cannot have their personally identifiable information collected/shared by ANY online company (such as Pearson), without informed parental consent. If a parent is concerned about their child's data being collected while logging onto any online app, test, learning game or curriculum, please see this PARENT OPT OUT of Online DATA collection form, referencing COPPA law.
Know these laws
There are 3 Federal laws meant to protect children's privacy COPPA PPRA FERPA but they are being overlooked. The national group Student Privacy Matters is a good resource and also has online data opt out forms for parents whose children are under 13 years old. Also See testimony from Colorado ACLU who supports transparency and parental rights regarding student data privacy. In many cases, meta data is not included as a student's educational record and therefore is not protected under FERPA. FERPA has many loopholes. Many in the edtech / student data industry have offered to police themselves, signing onto the SIIA pledge. Take note of giants like Pearson, and K12inc, and Amazon who have NOT signed this weak pledge.
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B7epgdVXe0gKZ1lkODNiWmdRYVk
STUDENT DATA IS COLLECTED AND SHARED. AT SCHOOL LEVEL AND STATE LEVEL. See here for some of the ways Colorado shares student personally identifiable information with outside contractors. See here for CEDS (P-20 data elements collected). Even school volunteers can be an authorized agent to access children's pii.
This short video, from SafeGov, does an excellent job at explaining how easily data is shared and sold. It also suggests safeguards and policies your school should have in place. Talk with your school and your district board and ask them how they protect your child's data. View video at http://tinyurl.com/kpyf89c
DATA SHARING IS REQUIRED BY ANY STATE WHO ADOPTED COMMON CORE AND TOOK Race to the Top (RTTT) MONEY: CCSS states must meet The Four Assurances of the Federal Government. Every state who adopted common core must create an SLDS database to collect and share data, and must join the testing consortia, either PARCC or SBAC. (Colorado chose PARCC). The consortia are required to "provide timely and complete access to any and all data collected at the state level" to the federal government. = PARCC COLLECTS DATA See Pearson Privacy policy (Pearson owns PARCC and CMAS test)
VAST STREAMS OF META DATA ARE COLLECTED BY SOFTWARE/VENDORS/CORPORATIONS ON EVERY ON-ONLINE APPLICATION
DATA DOES NOT STAY IN THE SCHOOL. GRADES, PERSONALITY, METADATA, PHOTOS, OBSERVATIONS, MEDICAL, AUDIO/VIDEO, THIS POSES A RISK TO STUDENT PRIVACY See State policy on sharing that data here.
COLORADO GOT RID OF InBLOOM BUT HAS RANDA SOLUTIONS IN ITS PLACE. RANDA COLLECTS/MANAGES DATA AND TAKES VIDEO ON ITS TOWER PLATFORM FOR CLASSROOM TEACHER OBSERVATION
DATA CAN BE SOLD
Only a few data points can re-identify data.
STUDENT DIRECTORY INFORMATION CAN BE SHARED W/OUT PARENTAL CONSENT AND MAY CONTAIN VIDEO,AUDIO, PHOTO, HEIGHT, WEIGHT, +MORE... FIND YOUR SCHOOL DISTRICT'S POLICY ON SHARING DATA, INLCUDING STUDENT DIRECTORY BY GOOGLING JRA/JRC Student Records/Release
MEDICAL DATA CAN BE SHARED, bypassing HIPPA
SEE ed.gov website FOR REPORT THAT INCLUDES FUTURE OF BIOMETRIC DATA MINING [see pg. 44/slide 62, Chapter 3 for data collection devices]
Pii- PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION (MEANING NAME, DATE OF BIRTH, ADDRESS, SSN ETC) CAN BE SHARED
ANONYMOUS STUDENT ID NUMBERS ARE not, REPEAT not, TRULY ANONYMOUS. THEY CAN BE RE-ID'd see example here and another example here
FERPA DOES NOT COVER ON-LINE VENDORS who collect meta data (VENDORS LIKE EMERGENETICS OR KNEWTON)
75% OF DISTRICTS DON'T TELL PARENTS DATA IS COLLECTED--MOST PARENTS AREN'T EVEN AWARE DATA MINING IS HAPPENING
PARENTS CANNOT OPT OUT OF DATA COLLECTION
Data can be BREACHED. Even our own Colo Dept of Ed has chronic issues of student level information (pii) being sent unencrypted via email.
DATA IS SHARED WITH THIRD PARTY CORPORATIONS/VENDORS OUTSIDE OF SCHOOLS
PARENTS WHO ASK TO SEE WHAT DATA IS COLLECTED HAVE BEEN DENIED ACCESS
COLORADO MAKES A GOLDEN RECORD OF DATA FOR EACH CHILD, AND SHARES THAT RECORD
COMPANIES COLLECT MASSIVE STREAMS OF PERSONAL INFO ON CHILDREN DAILY
KNEWTON, JUST ONE VENDOR, CAN COLLECT UP TO 10 MILLION DATA PER CHILD / PER DAY
DIRECTORY INFORMATION IS NOT KEPT INSIDE THE SCHOOL In fact, Student Directories can and do ALLOW SHARING OF VIDEO AND AUDIO, HEIGHT, WEIGHT, MUCH MORE. For purposes of this policy, "directory information" is information contained in a student's education record that would not generally be considered harmful or an invasion of privacy if disclosed. "Directory information" includes, but is not limited to, the student's name, photograph, audio and/or video recordings, major field of study, grade level, participation in officially recognized activities and sports, weight and height of members of athletic teams, dates of attendance, honors and awards received, and the most recent educational agency or institution attended. The District may disclose directory information without written consent of the parent/guardian or eligible student; however, student telephone numbers and addresses will not be disclosed without the express written permission of the parent/guardian. The parent or eligible student has the right to refuse to permit the disclosure of any or all of the categories of directory information specified above, provided such refusal is in writing and received in the office of the principal of the school where the student is in attendance no later than September 1 (or the next school day thereafter if September 1 is a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday).
PLEASE READ
FORDHAM LAW TESTIMONY AT RECENT CONGRESSIONAL SUBCOMMITTEE ON STUDENT DATA http://edworkforce.house.gov/uploadedfiles/reidenberg_testimony_final.pdf noting that FERPA, COPPA, PPRA all often ignored
KNEWTON AT WHITE HOUSE DATAPALOOZA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lr7Z7ysDluQ&feature=youtu.be
COLO DEPT ED GOLDEN RECORD THAT FOLLOWS EVERY CHILD FROM PREK-WORKFORCE
TS Gold collects information on three and four year old TODDLERS including social, emotional and behavioral data points-38 different rubric and much of it observational. Coloado BOE added MORE assessments for preschool: approved menu of readiness assessments: Riverside Early Assessments of Learning, Desired Results Development Profile and Teaching Strategies GOLD Survey.
COLO PARENTS DENIED ACCESS TO OWN CHILDREN'S DATA http://watchdogwire.com/colorado/2014/06/23/student-data-parental-access/
MISSOURI IS FIRST STATE TO PROTECT ELECTRONIC PRIVACY http://watchdog.org/163770/missouri-constitution-privacy/
COLORADO TRIED TO PASS e-DATA AMENDMENT BUT WAS KILLED BY ATTORNEY GENERAL AND HOUSE JUDICIARY http://www.journal-advocate.com/sterling-local_news/ci_25638957/protections-e-data-clear-senate-committee
THE "MY DATA BUTTON" APP IS BEING PROMOTED TO ALLOW STUDENTS TO UPLOAD AND SHARE THEIR OWN DATA http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/microsites/ostp/ed_data_commitments_1-19-12.pdf
COGS IN THE MACHINE: Big Data, Common Core, and National Testing http://heartland.org/policy-documents/cogs-machine-big-data-common-core-and-national-testing
Social and Emotional learning: the push to collect psychological and behavioral data on school children
http://www.edutopia.org/blog/research-social-emotional-learning-todd-finley?
http://www.edutopia.org/sel-research-annotated-bibliography#durlak
DATA AS THE NEW CURRENCY http://dupress.com/articles/data-as-the-new-currency/
PARCC and SBAC States Agree to Deliver Student-level Data to USDOE http://deutsch29.wordpress.com/2014/09/09/parcc-and-sbac-states-agree-to-deliver-student-level-data-to-usdoe/
PRIVACY ISSUES AND STATE LONGITUDINAL DATA SYSTEMS (SLDS)
http://truthinamericaneducation.com/privacy-issuesstate-longitudinal-data-systems/
NO SILVER BULLET-de-identification-still-doesnt-work https://freedom-to-tinker.com/blog/randomwalker/no-silver-bullet-de-identification-still-doesnt-work/
ACLU Solution to Meta Data: https://www.aclunc.org/publications/metadata-piecing-together-privacy-solution Download a pdf of Metadata: Piecing Together a Privacy Solution.
https://www.aclunc.org/publications/metadata-piecing-together-privacy-solution Download a pdf of Metadata: Piecing Together a Privacy Solution.