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Is ACES in compliance with FERPA regulations?

April 26, 2017ACES compliance FERPA regulations

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Is ACES in compliance with FERPA regulations?

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FERPA permits educational institutions to disclose personally identifiable information from education records without parental or student consent to “organizations conducting studies for, or on behalf of, educational agencies or institutions for the purpose of developing, validating, or administering predictive tests”. 20 U.S.C.A. § 1232g(b)(1)(F); see 34 C.F.R. § 99.31(a)(6)(i)(A). The legislative history of this provision recognizes that organizations such as the College Board and ETS need student data in order to validate tests that institutions of higher education use to predict the potential success of their applicants. Joint Statement in Explanation of Buckley/Pell Amendment, 120 Cong. Rec. 39862, 39863 (Dec. 13, 1974) (“Organizations such as the Educational Testing Service [and] . . . the College Entrance Examination Board . . . develop and validate a number of tests which are used by institutions of higher education to predict the potential success of applicants for admission.