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Board committee presses staff, legal review of proposed data-sharing MOUs with vendors
Summary
Committee members flagged privacy and de-identification concerns in three proposed MOUs with instructional vendors (i-Ready, Scholastic/Achieve 3000, McGraw). Members asked staff to get legal sign-off, require de‑identified data where possible and provide sample end reports before the full board considers the items.
The New Haven School District operations committee on Tuesday debated three proposed memoranda of understanding that would let vendors access student and teacher data to evaluate the effectiveness of instructional programs.
Committee members said the agreements — with i-Ready, Scholastic/Achieve3000 and McGraw — raise privacy questions and should be reviewed by district counsel before the items advance to the full board. Board President Dr. Yarbrough said he was “generally speaking, not a big fan about sharing our data, especially data that are identifiable,” and asked whether the district could require de‑identification before any information leaves…
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