Colorado Revised Statutes Title 22. Education § 22-11-203. Student longitudinal academic growth--calculation--data--research

(3) Repealed by Laws 2018, Ch. 324, § 10, eff. May 30, 2018.

(4) The department, school districts, the institute, and public schools shall maintain the confidentiality of each student's statewide assessment scores consistent with the federal “Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974”, 20 U.S.C. sec. 1232g, and all federal regulations and applicable guidelines adopted in accordance therewith.

(5) The school district or the district charter school or institute charter school in which a student is enrolled shall maintain the academic growth information received from the department pursuant to subsection (2) of this section in the student's individual student record maintained by the school district or by the district charter school or institute charter school.

(6) The department shall provide technical assistance and training to school districts, the institute, and public schools to assist school district, institute, and public school personnel in interpreting, using, and communicating to parents the academic growth information provided pursuant to subsection (2) of this section. The department shall pay the costs of providing technical assistance and training pursuant to this subsection (6) within existing appropriations or from any gifts, grants, or donations received for implementing this section.

(7) The department, upon request, shall make available to qualified researchers the entire longitudinally linked dataset created pursuant to section 22-11-202 and used for generating academic growth information pursuant to this section and for awarding the governor's distinguished improvement awards. For purposes of this subsection (7), qualified researchers shall include, but need not be limited to, institutions of higher education, school districts, and public policy research and advocacy organizations. The department shall provide the data in a format that allows the data to be linked with other publicly available data in the state and shall include all available data regarding student demographics, the state's school identification numbers, and student-level performance data, while protecting the privacy of individual students in a manner consistent with the federal “Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974”, 20 U.S.C. sec. 1232g, and all federal regulations and applicable guidelines adopted in accordance therewith.