Data Tracking and the Common Core Filed in Common Core State Standards, Privacy Invasion/Data Mining by Shane Vander Hart on March 18, 2013 • 0 CommentsOne of the things that isn’t being discussed enough, but is getting attention is how data tracking of students is connected to the Common Core. It isn’t just assessment scores. Joy Pullman pointed that out in her article last week on data mining:The department is also funding and mandating databases that could expand each kid’s academic records into a comprehensive personal record, including “health-care history, disciplinary record, family income range, family voting status, and religious affiliation,”according to a 2012 Pioneer Institute report and the National Center forEducational Statistics. Under agreements every state signed to get 2009 stimulus funds, they must share students’ academic data with the federal government.
Posted on: Wed, 25 Sep 2013 04:45:21 +0000
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