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Related: About this forumYour kids' test scores tracked online (VIDEO)
http://money.cnn.com/video/technology/2013/06/27/t-cmr-education-data-kids-cloud.cnnmoney/index.htmlMany parents are concerned that some schools are testing services that combine data about test scores, disabilities and even parents' financial situations.
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Your kids' test scores tracked online (VIDEO) (Original Post)
antigop
Jun 2013
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antigop
(12,778 posts)1. Your child's data stored in the cloud
savebigbird
(417 posts)2. When I was reading about the NSA and
the surveillance that was going on, all I could think about was Bill Gates, and how he wants to compile, store, and share personal information and test scores of children. They claim that it will allow teachers and schools to better individualize instruction, but what many people don't know is that most teachers can highly individualize instruction without loads and loads of test data and databases.
sulphurdunn
(6,891 posts)3. Another experiment
in the privatization of public education using poor kids as the guinea pigs.