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Committee approves data-sharing agreement with Utah State Center for School of the Future after debate over scope and student privacy
Summary
The committee approved an interagency data‑sharing agreement that will give the Utah State University Center for School of the Future access to identifiable student records statewide for a value‑added teacher model; the vote was 3–2 after extended questioning about scope, FERPA and options to narrow the request.
The Utah State Board of Education committee voted 3–2 to approve an interagency data‑sharing agreement with the Utah State University Center for School of the Future to support implementation of SB 173 (market‑informed compensation for teachers). The agreement authorizes the center to receive student data — including identifiable longitudinal records across multiple years — to build and compare value‑added models intended to measure teacher contributions to student learning.
Katie Chalice, USBE director of privacy, briefed the committee that the requester is seeking identifiable student data for roughly 10 years statewide and that the scope is unusually large. Chalice said the requested data elements align with the Center’s stated modeling needs but staff…
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