Student education records remain identifiable on OK state website
by leoniehaimson
June 15, 2012
Contact: Melissa Abdo, 918.671.5656, melmartin@cox.net
Student education records remain identifiable on Oklahoma state website.
Oklahoma parents remain outraged by the disregard for student privacy and
ask that records be removed from the state education agency’s website immediately.
Tulsa, OK- More than a week after 25 students’ private educational records were posted on the Oklahoma State Department of Education website, parents are still waiting for those records to be removed from the Oklahoma State Department of Education website. The records are those of students who submitted an appeal to waive the high-stakes graduation testing requirements which took effect in Oklahoma this year. After initial outcries and questions by the State Board of Education members, a department spokesman said corrective action would be taken.
“The student names have only been partially redacted, leaving the first and last initials. This does not go far enough to protect student identity.” says Melissa Abdo, coordinator of
