Resources for Ethical Use of Student Data

The organizers behind a conference on ethical use of student data this morning launched a web portal with papers and other resources exploring how data could be used in research about learning, applied to improve instruction and represented to reflect student accomplishments. The conference, held this summer, brought together college administrators, faculty members, researchers and ed-tech companies to discuss how they could work together to ensure student data are used in a responsible manner to improve educational outcomes. The website includes sample policies for colleges and other education organizations that are interested in creating their own data use policies.