Students with Disabilities Sue ACT over Release of Personal Information
August 7, 2018
By: Catherine Gewertz
Source: Education Week
A group of college-bound students with special needs and their parents filed suit Monday against ACT Inc., claiming the the testmaker illegally disclosed to colleges that they have disabilities.
The class action suit, filed in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles, challenges the way the Iowa-based company uses information about students with disabilities. It collects that information as part of the “profile” students fill out online as they register for the college-admission exam, and an information form that students complete on the day of the exam.
Introductory text in the profile tells students they can skip any question they don’t want to answer, but says it’s intended to “help you think about your future education and to help colleges in their planning.”
But instead of keeping it confidential…