Big Bro Knows: EVERYTHING (Thank you, schools!)

As a former data coordinator for a small district, I managed all the assessments and a lot of student data. For our assessment and data software, you needed to know 26 things about a student ie phone number, birthday, etc. These got fed into CALPADS which...I don't know much about as that was the attendance clerk's job, but anyways, CALPADS goes into a Longitudinal Data System of some sort that is used for tons of research. I know CALPADS suggests use of this enrollment form; the data all goes into CALPADS. http://www.csis.k12.ca.us/library/calpads/NUSD-Registration-Form-20110111.pdf The good news is, "Consistent with California Education Code Section 49069, parents and legal guardians have the right to access any and all pupil records related to their children that are maintained by school districts, including data in CALPADS. Parents or legal guardians desiring to inspect their child’s CALPADS data should first contact the LEA or independently reporting charter school where the student is enrolled to initiate this procedure, and then the LEA will make the data available to the parent or guardian."

But, I do not believe you can opt out of CALPADS.

I "get" why my collecting phone numbers works, in case I want to contact a parent. I like the novelty of looking at subgroup performance. But could any of this data be put in the wrong hands? How many times have important data centers/websites been hacked? Certainly the Longitudinal stuff could be. Do you want a stranger to know all of this info about your child, and even yourself? And could info on subgroups and the like be used to further marginalize peop

le?

Anyways my point here is....the government via the school system is wanting to collect MORE information now. Go to http://nces.sifinfo.org/datamodel/eiebrowser/techview.aspx?instance=learner for their list of "goodies" to collect on children AND their families. They are not collecting all of this yet; its conceptual. To quote NCES, "The National Education Data Model is a conceptual but detailed representation of the education information domain. The Education Data Model strives to be a shared understanding among all education stakeholders as to what information needs to be collected and managed at the local level in order to enable effective instruction of students and superior leadership of schools.

The Education Data Model can be used by educators, vendors, and researchers to understand the information required for teaching, learning, and administrative systems. The Education Data Model answers questions such as:

• What data do schools need to collect and manage in order to meet the educational needs of their students?
• What information is needed to effectively manage education organizations such that teaching and learning is successful? "

So atleast now, this very second, phew, you can all breathe a collective sigh of relief... or maybe, instead, a nervous wheeze, because who knows what they are already collecting, right?

For ease, here is their "Christmas Wish List" , their "idea box" of what to collect.

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Ability Grouped Status	Absent Attendance Categories	Academic Honors Type
Activity Code	Activity Curriculum Type	Activity Involvement Beginning Date
Activity Involvement Ending Date	Activity Leadership/Coordinator Participation Level	Activity Level
Activity Title	Activity Type	Additional Geographic Designation
Additional Post-school Accomplishments	Additional Special Health Needs, Information, orInstructions	Address Type
Admission Date	Admission Status	Alias
Allergy Alert	American Indian or Alaska native	Amount of Activity Involvement
Amount of Non-school Activity Involvement	Apartment/Room/Suite Number	Asian
Assignment	Assignment Finish Date	Assignment Number of Attempts
Assignment Type	Assignment/Activity Points Possible	At-Risk Indicator
Attendance Description	Attendance Status Time	Awaiting Initial Evaluation for Special Education
Birthdate	Birthmark	Black or African American
Blood Test Type	Blood Type	Boarding Status
Born Outside of the U.S.	Building/Site Number	Bus Route ID
Bus Stop Arrival Time	Bus Stop Description	Bus Stop Distance
Bus Stop from School ID	Bus Stop to School Distance	Bus Stop to School ID
Career Objectives	Change in Developmental Status	Citizenship Status
City	City of Birth	Class Attendance Status
Class Rank	Cohort Year	Community Service Hours
Compulsory Attendance Status at Time of DiscontinuingSchool	Condition Onset Date	Corrective Equipment Prescribed
Corrective Equipment Purpose	Country Code	Country of Birth Code
Country of Citizenship Code	County FIPS (Federal Information Processing Standards)Code	County of Birth
CTE Concentrator	CTE Participant	Daily Attendance Status
Day/Evening Status	Days Truant	Death Cause
Death Date	Dental Prosthetics	Developmental Delay
Diagnosis of Causative Factor (Condition)	Dialect Name	Diploma/Credential Award Date
Diploma/Credential Type	Discontinuing Schooling Reason	Diseases, Illnesses, and Other Health Conditions
Displacement Status	Distance From Home to School	Dwelling Arrangement
Dwelling Ownership	Early Intervention Evaluation Process Description/Title	Economic Disadvantage Status
Education Planned	Electronic Mail Address	Electronic Mail Address Type
Emergency Factor	End of Term Status	English Language Proficiency Progress/Attainment
English Proficiency	English Proficiency Level	Entry Date
Entry Type	Entry/Grade Level	Established IDEA Condition
Evaluated for Special Education but Not Receiving Services	Evaluation Date	Evaluation Extension Date
Evaluation Location	Evaluation Parental Consent Date	Evaluation Sequence
Exit/Withdrawal Date	Exit/Withdrawal Status	Exit/Withdrawal Type
Expulsion Cause	Expulsion Return Date	Extension Description
Eye Color	Family Income Range	Family Perceptions of the Impact of Early Intervention Services on the C...
Family Public Assistance Status	Federal Program Participant Status	Fee Amount
Fee Payment Type	Financial Assistance Amount	Financial Assistance Descriptive Title
Financial Assistance Qualifier	Financial Assistance Source	Financial Assistance Type
First Entry Date into a US School	First Entry Date into State	First Entry Date into the United States
First Name	Former Legal Name	Full Academic Year Status
Full-time Equivalent (FTE) Status	Full-time/Part-time Status	Future Entry Date
Generation Code/Suffix	Gestational Age at Birth	Gingival (Gum) Condition
Grade Earned	Graduation Testing Status	Hair Color
Head of Household	Health Care History Episode Date	Health Care Plan
Health Condition at Birth	Health Condition Progress Report	Height
Highest Level of Education Completed	Hispanic or Latino Ethnicity	Homeless Primary Nighttime Residence
Homeless Unaccompanied Youth Status	Homelessness Status	Honors Description
Hospital Preference	Identification Code	Identification Procedure
Identification Results	Identification System	IEP Transition Plan
IFSP Goals Met	Illness Type	Immigrant Status
Impact of Early Intervention Services on the Family	Individualized Program Date	Individualized Program Date Type
Individualized Program Type	Information Source	Initial Language Assessment Status
In-school/Post-school Employment Status	International Code Number	IP Address
Language Code	Language Type	Languages Other Than English
Last/Surname	Last/Surname at Birth	Length of Placement in Neglected or Delinquent Program
Length of Time Transported	Life Status	Limitation Beginning Date
Limitation Cause	Limitation Description	Limitation Ending Date
Limited English Proficiency Status	Marital Status	Marking Period
Maternal Last Name	Medical Laboratory Procedure Results	Medical Treatment
Medical Waiver	Middle Initial	Middle Name
Migrant Certificate of Eligibility (COE) Status	Migrant Classification Subgroup	Migrant Continuation of Services
Migrant Last Qualifying Arrival Date (QAD)	Migrant Last Qualifying Move (LQM) Date	Migrant Priority for Services
Migrant QAD from City	Migrant QAD from Country	Migrant QAD from State
Migrant QAD to City	Migrant QAD to State	Migrant Qualifying Work Type
Migrant Residency Date	Migrant Service Type	Migrant Status
Migrant to Join Date	Migratory Status	Military Service Experience
Minor/Adult Status	Multiple Birth Status	Name of Country
Name of Country of Birth	Name of Country of Citizenship	Name of County
Name of Institution	Name of Language	Name of State
Name of State of Birth	National/Ethnic Origin Subgroup	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander
NCLB Title 1 School Choice Applied	NCLB Title 1 School Choice Eligible	NCLB Title 1 School Choice Offered
NCLB Title 1 School Choice Transfer	Neglected or Delinquent Below Grade Level Status	Neglected or Delinquent Pre-test and Post-test Status
Neglected or Delinquent Program Placement Duration Status	Neglected or Delinquent Program Type	Neglected or Delinquent Progress Level
Neglected or Delinquent Status	Nickname	Non-course Graduation Requirement Date Met
Non-course Graduation Requirement Scores/Results	Non-course Graduation Requirement Type	Nonpromotion Reason
Non-resident Attendance Rationale	Non-school Activity Beginning Date	Non-school Activity Description
Non-school Activity Ending Date	Non-school Activity Sponsor	Non-school Activity Type
Notice of Recommended Educational Placement Date	Number of Days Absent	Number of Days in Attendance
Number of Days of Membership	Number of Dependents	Number of Hours Worked per Weekend
Number of Hours Worked per Work Week	Number of Minutes per Week Included	Number of Minutes per Week Non-Inclusion
Number of Tardies	Occlusion Condition	Oral Soft Tissue Condition
Orthodontic Appliances	Overall Diagnosis/Interpretation of Hearing	Overall Diagnosis/Interpretation of Speech and Language
Overall Diagnosis/Interpretation of Vision	Overall Health Status	Participant Role
Participation in School Food Service Programs	Payment Source(s)	Percentage Ranking
Personal Information Verification	Personal Title/Prefix	Placement Parental Consent Date
Points/Mark Assistance	Points/Mark Value	Points/Mark Value Description
Post-school Recognition	Post-school Training or Education Subject Matter	Preparing for Nontraditional Fields Status
Present Attendance Categories	Primary Telephone Number	Program Eligibility Date
Program Eligibility Expiration Date	Program Eligibility Indicator	Program Exit Reason
Program of Study Relevance	Program Participation Reason	Program Placement Date
Program Plan Date	Program Plan Effective Date	Progress Toward IFSP Goals and Objectives
Promotion Testing Status	Promotion Type	Public School Residence Status
Race	Reason for Non-entrance in School	Recognition for Participation or Performance in an Activity
Reevaluation Date	Referral Cause	Referral Completion Date
Referral Completion Report	Referral Date	Referral Purpose
Related Emergency Needs	Released Time	Religious Affiliation
Religious Consideration	Residence after Exiting/Withdrawing from School	Residence Block Number
Resource Check Out Date	Resource Due Date	Resource Title Checked Out
Responsible District	Responsible School	Routine Health Care Procedure Required at School
Safety Education Status	School Choice Transfer Status	School District Code of Residence
School Food Services Eligibility Status Beginning Date	School Food Services Eligibility Status Determination	School Food Services Eligibility Status Ending Date
School Food Services Participation Basis	School Health Emergency Action	School ID from which Transferred
Score Interpretation Information	Score Results	Screening Administration Date
Screening Instrument Description/Title	Screening Location	Service Alternatives
Service Plan Date	Service Plan Meeting Location	Service Plan Meeting Participants
Service Plan Signature Date	Service Plan Signatures	Sex
Social Security Number (SSN)	Special Accommodation Requirements	Special Diet Considerations
State Abbreviation	State FIPS (Federal Information Processing Standards) Code	State of Birth Abbreviation
State Transportation Aid Qualification	State-assigned Code for Institution	State-assigned County Code
Street Number/Name	Substance Abuse Description	Technology Literacy Status in 8th Grade
Telephone Number	Telephone Number Type	Telephone Status
Title I Instructional Services Received	Title I Participation Status	Title I Supplemental Services: Applied
Title I Supplemental Services: Eligible	Title I Supplemental Services: Services Received	Title I Support Services: Services Received
Title III Immigrant Participant Status	Title III LEP Participation	Total Cost of Education to Student
Total Distance Transported	Total Number in Class	Transition Meeting Date
Transition Meeting Location	Transition Meeting Participants	Transition Plan Signature
Transition Plan Signature Date	Transition Service Description	Transportation at Public Expense Eligibility
Transportation Status	Tribal or Clan Name	Tuition Payment Amount
Tuition Status	Uniform Resource Identifier	Unsafe School Choice Offered Status
Unsafe School Choice Status	User/Screen Name	Voting Status
Ward of the State	Weight	Weight at Birth
White	Work Experience Paid	Work Experience Required
Work Type	Zip Code	Zone Number