KDE reaches $350K settlement agreement for ACT violation

Tom Latek reports:

The Kentucky Department of Education has reached a $350,000 settlement with ACT after it was found personal information about students who took the test was shared with postsecondary institutions, a violation of their contract with the KDE.

When students take the ACT, they have the option of sharing their information with postsecondary institutions through ACT’s Educational Opportunity Service, or EOS. This allows those institutions to identify students they may wish to send information to and possibly offer scholarships to upon application.

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