Confidentiality and Access to Student Records

December 2010 In Spanish | En español IDEA and other federal laws protect the confidentiality of your child's education records. These safeguards address the following three aspects: the use of personally identifiable information; who may have access to your child's records; and the rights of parents to inspect their child's education records and request that these be amended to correct information that is misleading or inaccurate, … [Read more...]

Student data privacy

Basic Concepts and Definitions for Privacy and Confidentiality in Student Education Records discusses basic concepts and definitions that establish a common set of terms related to the protection of personally identifiable information, especially in education records in the Statewide Longitudinal Data Systems (SLDS). A product of the National Center for Education Statistics at the Institute of Education Sciences.http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2011601 … [Read more...]