Data & Civil Rights: Education Primer

Type Report Author Andrea Alarcon Author Elana Zeide Author Alex Rosenblat Author Kate Wikelius Author danah boyd Author Seeta Peña Gangadharan Author Corrine Yu URL http://papers.ssrn.com/abstract=2542268 Place Rochester, NY Date 2014/10/30 Accessed 2015-01-21 19:42:44 Institution Social Science Research Network Report Type SSRN Scholarly Paper Library Catalog papers.ssrn.com Abstract Many education reformers see the merging of student data, predictive analytics, processing tools, and technology-based instruction as the key to the future of education and a means to further opportunity and equity in education. However, despite widespread discussion of the potential benefits and costs of using data in educational reform, it is difficult to determine who benefits from reforms since there has been little assessment of these programs and few oversight mechanisms. Report Number ID 2542268 Short Title Data & Civil Rights