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Utah Student Data Privacy Guidebook
Utah State Board of EducationThis guidebook is written with the assumption that most LEAs are somewhere between the basic and standardized levels with data governance, privacy, and securit…
Nothing to Hide: Tools for Talking (and Listening) About Data Privacy for Integrated Data Systems
Future of Privacy ForumThis toolkit provides IDS stakeholders with the necessary tools to support and lead privacy-sensitive, inclusive engagement efforts. A narrative step-by-step g…
The Educator’s Guide to Student Privacy
Future of Privacy Forum and ConnectSafelyThis guide is meant to help teachers utilize technology in the classroom while protecting their students’ privacy.
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Barriers to Parent-School Involvement for Early Elementary Students
National Center for Education StatisticsThis Statistics in Brief examines the level of parents’ involvement in activities in their children’s schools and the specific types of activities in which the…
Report of the Student Data Privacy Task Force Presented to the General Law Committee Connecticut General Assembly
May 22, 2019This report addresses issues pertaining to the protection of student data, information, content, and records as governed under Connecticut Public Acts 16-189 (…
Protecting Privacy and Information Security in a Federal Postsecondary Student Data System
IHEP & Vantage Technology Consulting GroupOur current federal postsecondary data system is incomplete and fails to provide today’s students with the accurate, timely information that they need to infor…
The Emergence of Data Privacy Conversations and State Responses
IHEP & Data Quality CampaignState longitudinal data systems can be a powerful tool to support student success and spur equity-minded improvement throughout state education systems, but st…
SLDS Guide: Developing a Process for Managing Research Requests
SLDS Grant ProgramThis guide offers information for SLDS teams and their partner agencies about establishing an appropriate process for making data available for education resea…
Research Request Process Tool Kit
SLDS Grant ProgramAgencies that have developed research request processes find ways to implement and adapt those processes to their organizational needs and cultures. Some agenc…
