1. Data Privacy: It’s More than Compliance Bernice Butler, Senior Associate

2. Student Data …… Student data is crucial for educators, families, and policymakers to help students excel. Safeguarding data—and building trust in how it is used—is an essential part of using data effectively to support student learning.

3. Data are more than test scores. Actionable — timely, user friendly and meaningful to users Longitudinal — follow individual students over time Contextual — robust, comparable and presented as part of a bigger picture Interoperable — matched, linked and shared across systems and sectors

4. With the changes in education, come changes in the landscape of rules regarding student data.

5. Conversations on STUDENT DATA PRIVACY

6. Back in the Day1990sToday Image Source: Louisiana State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education An Evolution: Collecting, Storing & Securing Student Data

7. From required......to taking action STATE FEDERAL SERVICES CLASSROO M SCHOOL HOME

8. increasing data demands evolving technology need for new approaches for ensuring privacy Changes Are Necessary

9. Everyone has a role to play in protecting student data PARENTS SCHOOL LEADERS STUDENTS POLICYMAKER S TEACHER S

10. Federal Role Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) Establishes student privacy rights by restricting with whom and under what circumstances schools may share students personally identifiable information.

11. State Role Guarantee Access and Protect Privacy States should intentionally design and implement policies and practices to project the privacy and confidentiality of student and teacher data. States have taken this responsibility seriously

12. 110 bills related to student data privacy in 36 36 states 2014: A legislative frenzy begins

13. 186 2015: Yet more legislation somehow bills related to student data privacy in 47 47 states

14. 2016: A legislative slowdown, and an expansion

15. Laws are not enough. We need leadership from the local education community.

16. District Role A unique responsibility to transform state and federal law into strategies, practices, and policies that guide teaching and learning.

17. District Role: Leadership Promote a culture that uses data and create the necessary policies and procedures to ensure those who receive data know how to use it effectively and appropriately.

18. District Role: Governance Establish a governance body that has the authority and responsibility to make decisions about district data use and protection policies.

19. District Role: Communication Provide data that meets the identified needs of your community and proactively communicate about how that data is safeguarded.

20. District Example: Massachusetts Student Privacy Alliance

21. District Example: Henrico County Public Schools in VA

22. Best Practices

23. Activity One: Case Study In groups of five read the case study, identify the student data privacy issue/concern, and list challenges in leadership, governance, and communication. Group discussion to follow

24. Activity Two: FERPA Jeopardy Teams of three will participate in a trivia like competition about student data privacy myths and FERPA general knowledge. Two rounds Grand PRIZE for winning team