Why does RISD use student social security numbers on benchmark tests instead of student ID numbers?
The Texas Education Agency uses a state ID number to track student testing. The state ID number is a student’s social security number when it is available – otherwise it is a 9-digit state-assigned number. RISD chose to use students’ state IDs for local testing to be able to link benchmark results to state test results in a program developed by the Region X Educational Service Center called AEIS-IT. We recently discussed the privacy issues of using state IDs with the AEIS-IT developers. They are meeting with a consortium of users in San Antonio this week to discuss alternatives or solutions to issues concerning student privacy. However, the state will continue to use SSNs, when available, for all state testing. We are requesting that the AEIS-IT developers build a routine to substitute a locally-assigned student ID for the state assigned ID in all its programs. This would make it possible for RISD to switch to the local ID for all benchmarks and would still allow us to maintain longitu
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