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January 25, 2005
Underreporting Success - Heaven forbid we disclose information!
Every student in last year’s 11th-grade class at the DeBakey High School for Health Professions passed every section of the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills.Heaven forbid we should -- shudder -- disclose information!
But officials at the Texas Education Agency are reluctant to report that happy news, fearing it might violate a federal law.
The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act is designed to protect students’ privacy. The argument goes that, knowing 100 percent of the students passed a test would let the world know how each student did.
Posted by CrankyProfessor at January 25, 2005 6:54 AM