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Thursday, March 20, 2014

Colorado State Education Agency Sharing Identifiable Student Information with Various Agencies. Will This Happen in Missouri? | Missouri Education Watchdog

Colorado State Education Agency Sharing Identifiable Student Information with Various Agencies. Will This Happen in Missouri? | Missouri Education Watchdog:



Colorado State Education Agency Sharing Identifiable Student Information with Various Agencies. Will This Happen in Missouri?

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Student data shared in Colorado longitudinal data system.
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States have built longitudinal data systems for sharing personally identifiable student (and teacher) information with various state agencies in a P20 (Preschool through age 20) system for tracking.  All states received federal funding for these longitudinal data systems and yet educational spokespersons in states still insist they don’t share and/or allow access to student data.
Here is a story (with video) from Colorado showing the state education agency shared personally identifiable student information with various agencies.  From CO: Video Sparks Concern Over Data Harvesting:


CDE (Colorado Department of Education) Chief Information Officer Dan Domagala was recorded on video presenting the “golden record” of each child’s data. In his presentation, at minute 9:40, he points to a slide showing CDE “connecting