Re: students correcting papers?

[Nancy Voltmer <voltmer@NETINS.NET>]

Michelle,
  The information I received via school from an attorney... the practie of
students grading each others papers violates the Family Educational Rights
and Privacy Act (FERPA) because the grade on an individual assignment is
an "educaiton record". This decision came from The Tenth Circuit Court of
Appeals.  The appellate court overturned a lower court decision to the
contrary, and rejected the United States Department of Education's
opinion, issued in a letter several years ago, that said the practice was
not a violation of the law because the individual grades weren't
"education records" due to the fact that the papers werern't
"maintained" by the schoo. The judges said that doesn't matter because the
GRADES on them are "maintained" by the teachers in their grade
books. Therefore the schore and the grade are confidential and protected
by FERPA.
 Hope this helps some.
Nancy


Nancy Voltmer           Saydel High School
Media Specialist        Des Moines, Iowa
voltmer@netins.net

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