…without students’ consent? And with names of students listed next to their SAT scores?
Not sure how they would know your SAT scores without consent… If you sent it to the college, then you gave them consent. Schools generally only post average scores of those who accepted the acceptance, so your test score itself wouldn’t be available.
If you’re talking about high school, I have no idea about the standards that way but I haven’t really heard of high schools publishing students’ standardized test scores.
most high school (guidance offices at least) will be notified of individual student scores without you telling them…(hence you filling out your high school’s CEEB code on test day)…and I know that my guidance counselor personally got reports of all the SATs I took. and no, I don’t think there is any legal implications for posting test scores, but I don’t think that it is right for your high school to do that
At college that sounds like a FERPA violation. It sounds like hirtible judgement and an invasion of privacy for a high school, but I can’t think right offhand of a federal law it violates (maybe a state law, though(.
Just looked this up. Didn’t go far in depth, but possible this is a FERPA violation. This sounds like something that should not be disclosed without parental consent:
http://www2.ed.gov/policy/gen/guid/ptac/pdf/slides.pdf
As an aside, maybe someone could use FERPA to stop the lousy practice of high schools putting test scores on transcripts!
Do you know of an instance where this happened? I have never heard of a school publishing scores. That would be wrong on so many levels.
Yes, FERPA violation but it depends on whether a school that receives Federal funding or not.
If it is a private school, they can do what they want:
http://www2.ed.gov/policy/gen/guid/fpco/ferpa/parents.html
How does a school receive a student’s SAT score? My school has never given any indication of that happening.
“How does a school receive a student’s SAT score? My school has never given any indication of that happening.”
They get them because my sons FIRST (lowest) SAT scores are on his transcript. He has nothing to be ashamed of but I’d not be happy if everyone’s scores were posted. Our school doesn’t even post an honor roll anymore because they feel it discloses private information. Other schools in our county still have it.
@OspreyCV22 Oh wow, I didn’t know that! That’s pretty ridiculous; SAT scores are personal info imo. I checked my transcript and it doesn’t have my SAT scores listed, so maybe that practice only occurs at some school districts?
@JuicyMango It’s probably unique but there’s definitely a spot on the form for it. And it’s sad they put the first SAT score on it. But he sent all his schools all his scores and several of them seem to super score.
It is a district or independent HS decision whether to put standardized test scores on the transcript. I think schools that do it started as a “favor” to students long ago. But now that score choice exists, and colleges require official score reports anyway, it is a relic that can put students at a disadvantage if poor scores are shown. I’d sure be complaining loudly if my kids’ school did it.
@2kidzmom My friend goes to a selective public high school that decided to publish the scores received by the top 10% of test-takers un-anonymously (names were included). No consent was asked for. It came as a major shock. He doesn’t have a CC account and was wondering if there were legal repercussions for this…he and some friends are bringing it up to the Board of Ed as a FERPA violation. It blows my mind that any school would do this.
Thank you all for my feedback – my friend and I really appreciate it. Some schools just don’t think before they act, I suppose.