The U.S. Department of Education is conducting several activities to address privacy and security issues related to education data. Earlier this year a contractor for the Department convened a group of privacy and security experts and produced a report with recommendations to the Department on ways they can address emerging challenges in…

A new system of record-keeping, separating information depending upon the degree of confidentiality is proposed. (Author)

Notes on items such as drawbacks on open plan schools; an experimental program designed to facilitate educational-occupational mobility; and a university fraternity house that qualifies as a foster home. (JF)

Designed to elicit information for the National Longitudinal Study of the High School Class of 1972, most of the information required in this questionnaire should be obtainable from the school's records. Information not available from the records is obtained by interviewing the student, using a blank copy of this questionnaire as an interview…

Computerized records are not necessarily accurate. Outlines how to do a short evaluation that checks the accuracy of student records. Includes discussion of how to improve student record-keeping. (MD)

Numerous teaching practices, especially those associated with classroom testing, abridge students' right to privacy. (IRT)

This document provides suggestions of how parents can keep important records related to their child's special education needs in an organized way. This is key in using these documents for Individualized Education Panning (IEP) and in keeping track of their child's educational progress. A brief list of related resources is also included.

This guide is a source of information on a wide range of issues involving student records and transcripts. It focuses on the necessity of reconciling the need to provide accurate information promptly to various constituencies and the need to safeguard privacy. Recommendations are provided for database and transcript elements, and current issues…

According to the latest report by the Institute of International Education, 586,323 foreign students studied in the United States in the 2002-2003 academic year. Foreign students benefit U.S. colleges and universities in many ways, including economic contributions and the value of their work as teachers and researchers, but there has been…

Existing policies and procedures concerning access to student records were studied at 18 of the state's community colleges, Results indicate that most institutions were generally agreed about the type of material classified as confidential, personnel having access to it, and need for common policy or guidelines. (JO)

The Unviersity College of Swansea Department of Extra-Mural Studies has computerized their class satistics and sees possibilities for computerization of similar statistics on a nation-wide scale. (Author/EB)