Northampton Public Schools is a member of the Student Data Privacy Consortium (SDPC) and the Massachusetts Student Privacy Alliance (MSPA).

“The MSPA is a collaboration of Massachusetts school districts that share common concerns around student privacy. The goal of the MSPA is to set standards of both practice and expectations around student privacy such that all parties involved have a common understanding of expectations.

To this end, the first outcome of the MSPA is the adoption and implementation of a common Student Data Privacy Agreement to be used by all member schools when implementing any online application. By adopting such a contract all vendors and schools have common expectations when entering into a relationship or implementation without having to renegotiate terms in every new instance.”

Before student data can be enetered into any application, either by having students create accounts or by teachers imputing student data, the company must sign our student data privacy agreement which requires compliance with COPPA and FERPA.

Learn more about the SDPC        List of NPS Approved Sites        Learn more about the MSPA