The New Jersey Assessment of Skills and Knowledge September 2012 Score Interpretation Manual Grades 3 to 8 which is applicable to all the parents students and private tutors at all three Math Genie abacus math for kids schools in New Jersey in the United States of America, continues on to state the following, quote “The 1974 Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, administered by the U.S. Department of Education (USDOE), limits the release of student information. The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (amended 2004), also administered by the USDOE, limits the reporting of information specific to students with disabilities. The 1994 Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Program Act, administered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, limits the use of free and reduced lunch student information in the reporting of data. In the reporting of group assessment summary data, the intent is to protect student privacy through procedures that systematically prevent members of the public from discerning student identity. While confidentiality policy decisions related to reporting are largely left to states (for state reports) and to school districts (for school and district reports), complaints pertaining to the release of information are investigated by the USDOE, which has the power to withhold funding where privacy violations are found to exist. Additional penalties (including fines and/or imprisonment) for privacy violations in the release of economic status information may be assessed under the National School Lunch Program Act. Guidelines provided by the Federal government state that in the reporting of assessment results, suppression of numbers should occur in categories where the counts are low, making it otherwise possible to infer the results of individuals. Additionally, data should be suppressed in any category where it is possible to infer individual results through subtraction or other simple mathematical deductions. In practice, it is common to suppress numbers where a group size is equal to ten or less and to suppress totals when it is possible to calculate back to the results of two students. Precautions are also taken when it is possible to infer individual information because all the students in a district, school, or a population group fall into a category or level that has negative connotations associated with it. Suppressed numbers in reports are often replaced by asterisks (or comparable symbols) or by statements such as “greater than” (or “less than”) some percentage. Where any of these devices are used, there should also be some statement that the numbers are suppressed to protect student privacy” end quote. Visit Math For Kids Problems Abacus Lessons Everyday Cool Games Private Tutors to contact Math Genie and enroll your child to improve their math ability. To learn more about math for kids provided by Math Genie in South Plainfield and East Brunswick New Jersey USA visit this link Math For Kids Problems Abacus Lessons Everyday Cool Games Private Tutors.
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