Proposed Rules Guide States on Managing Student Privacy

It is interesting that in our discussions about student assessments we don't discuss how the information may be used beyond teacher evaluations. As the article points out it could be a great resource for statistics to help better understand effective teaching practices but needs to have some regulations as concerns the privacy of the students. The specifics of the rules was not what interested me in the article but what did catch my eye was the rules surrounding who has the rights to see student data. In some cases it can help kids get grants while in other situations it will hurt their chances at acceptance to universities. This is definitely a case where we need a scalpel and not a meat cutter.