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ASBO International Supports 10 Student Data Principles

By ASBO USA posted 03-10-2015 11:04

  
In response to growing public concerns about student data privacy and security, the education community has come together to express its stance on using and protecting student information. A diverse coalition of 16 national education organizations, including ASBO International, the Consortium for School Networking (CoSN), and Data Quality Campaign (DQC), have collaborated to identify 10 common values regarding how students’ personal data should be used and protected.  

These 10 common values, or “Student Data Principles” represent a new foundation for schools, educational organizations, and other entities in the education sector to build upon when safeguarding students’ personal information. The principles provide a framework to ensure educators and administrators access and handle student data in a legal, responsible, and ethical manner, and in a way that best serves students. 
  1. Student data should be used to further and support student learning and success.

  2. Student data are most powerful when used for continuous improvement and personalizing student learning. 

  3. Student data should be used as a tool for informing, engaging, and empowering students, families, teachers, and school system leaders. 

  4. Students, families, and educators should have timely access to information collected about the student.

  5. Student data should be used to inform and not replace the professional judgment of educators.
     
  6. Students’ personal information should only be shared, under terms or agreement, with service providers for legitimate educational purposes; otherwise the consent to share must be given by a parent, guardian, or a student, if that student is over 18. School systems should have policies for overseeing this process, which include support and guidance for teachers. 

  7. Educational institutions, and their contracted service providers with access to student data, including researchers, should have clear, publicly available rules and guidelines for how they collect, use, safeguard, and destroy those data. 

  8. Educators and their contracted service providers should only have access to the minimum student data required to support student success.

  9. Everyone who has access to students’ personal information should be trained and know how to effectively and ethically use, protect, and secure it. 

  10. Any educational institution with the authority to collect and maintain student personal information should: 
    --Have a system of governance that designates rules, procedures, and the individual or group responsible for decision making regarding data collection, use, access, sharing, and security, and use of online educational programs. 
    --Have a policy for notification of any misuse or breach of information and available remedies. 
    --Maintain a security process that follows widely accepted industry best practices. 
    --Provide a designated place or contact where students and families can go to learn of their rights and have their questions about student data collection, use, and security answered.

    To learn more, visit     the Student Data Principles website. Also, please feel free to share this fact sheet with your peers, which includes general information about student data privacy and a list of the principles.  


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