Data Recipient(s)

• Dr. Shoshanna Levine (Researcher of NYU School of Medicine)

Start and End Dates

Original starting date: 02/07/2019

Current end date: 02/07/2024

Agreement Type

Research Data Sharing Agreement

Description

Purpose

The purpose of the data sharing agreement between the Utah State Board of Education(USBE) and Dr. Shoshanna Levine (Researcher of NYU School of Medicine) is for aggregating the school and school subgroup high school graduation data to calculate an overall city-level high school graduation rate to display on the website and in our downloadable data files.

Legal Authority

34 CFR § 99.31(a)(6) and 20 U.S. Code § 1232g(b). This data sharing is permitted under the “Studies Exception” of the Family Education Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA).

Justification

• Utah State Board of Education Decision 

Approval

Original Agreement

Approved by: Utah State Board of Education

Approval Date: 02/20/2019

Data

Data Type

Masked aggregate student data

Data Shared

Data Shared included relevant data points for the implementation of aggregating the school and school subgroup high school graduation data to calculate an overall city-level high school graduation rate. The relevant cities are the following: Layton, Ogden, Orem, Provo, Salt Lake City, Sandy, St. George, West Jordan, and West Valley City. Data Shared includes:

• Graduation rates aggregate the school-level data into city-level estimates with disaggregation by race/ethnicity, gender, and English Language Learner (ELL)

Documents

Board Meeting Documents and Recordings

Agreements