De-identified data category exempt from agreement restrictions with a re-identification ban¶

Element · All elements
Evidence · 2 claims (1 for, 1 mixed) · 1 study (1 design), q2 · 0 of 1 report an effect size · 2 claims rest on one study

Description¶

The agreement defines De-identified Data as data where any and all Personally Identifiable Information has been removed, such that no one knows who the students are when analyzing the data. It states that de-identified data is not considered student data and is not subject to the agreement's terms, and cites the U.S. Department of Education that such data may be shared without FERPA consent with any party for any purpose. The receiving party may use it after termination to assist research or develop its educational sites, services, or applications, but under no circumstances shall it attempt re-identification.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• All PII, including student names, ID numbers, and dates of birth, must be removed before data counts as de-identified.

Constraints¶

• Re-identification attempts are prohibited under all circumstances; the exemption applies only to data from which all PII has been removed.

Target Learners¶

• K-12 students whose data are de-identified for analysis

Target Learning Goals¶

• Enabling secondary analysis and educational tool development without exposing student identities

Claims¶

• GPT-4 de-identification performance varies by course, with lower agreement in courses with longer posts and more qualitative discussion [~W]
• GPT-4 detected 45 PII words that human coders failed to redact across all nine courses [+W]

Related Elements¶

• GADRRS: an openly licensed data sharing agreement template for educational data exchanges

Examples¶

• Use an operationally separate honest broker to perform linkage and de-identification

Key Sources¶

• Lastinger Center for Learning, University of Florida. (2024). Guidance and Agreement for Data harmony, Responsibility, Retention, and Sharing (GADRRS). https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/