What Happens To What Students Say.
Straight answers about a student's response: what is analyzed, what never is, and who it belongs to.
The machine learning that evaluates a response is not generative. It reads the language of a response against a published rubric and returns a level. It does not write about a student.
No opinion. No advice.
No name.
Three Questions, Answered Plainly.
Can I Opt My Child Out?
Yes.
Your district sends the notice and sets the timing. Where it uses our consent platform, declining is one click and the decision is recorded.
Is My Child's Image Analyzed?
No.
No facial recognition, no voiceprint, no analysis of appearance. Only the words are evaluated. Students can type instead, and a typed response is complete.
Who Owns What My Child Says?
Your Family.
The district holds it as an education record, protected under FERPA and COPPA. IMPACTER processes it under the district's agreement and never owns it.
Words Go In.
A Level On A Published Rubric Comes Out.
"My lab partner kept doing the calculations differently and I got frustrated. I finally asked why she set it up that way and her method caught a mistake mine would have missed. Now I ask before I assume someone is wrong."
Illustration, not a real student.
Perspective-Taking
- Foundational"I know what this means."
- Developing"I did this once."
- Competent"I understand why this matters."
- Advanced"I see how this connects."
- Exemplary"I actively practice this."
Competent
One level and the phrases behind it. Nothing else.
The Published Rubric, One Skill At A Time
Eight Anchor Attributes, five levels each. Written by educators before any evaluation happens.
Condensed from IMPACTER's full Attribute Assessment Rubric. More about the scale.
Be The Expert Reader.
Read a response, pick a level, and see what IMPACTER returned and why.
Illustration, not a real student.
Which Level Would You Give It?
Machine learning is measured against readers like you, and the agreement is published.
Expert Readers Set The Standard.
Machine Learning Applies It.
IMPACTER Pathway helps power ETS's skills measurement platform and is an official ETS partner. ETS is behind California's statewide assessments, and the measurement science is the same.
Educators Write The Rubric
Observable levels in plain language, set before any evaluation.
Readers Set The Standard
Independent human readers. Where they disagree, the rubric gets sharper.
Nobody Sees A Name
Readers and the system see only an anonymous ID and the words.
School Boards Trust This Work.
District leaders have presented it to their own elected boards in public meetings. Each clip opens on what they said it changed.
"This is the closest tool that we've gotten to that."Superintendent, San Diego Unified. The board had asked how to measure what a rating scale cannot reach.
"The student's voice as worthy texts of interrogation and of analysis."District leadership, San Diego Unified, on what changes when a student answers in their own words.
"We're going to open up the floodgates to hear what they really think, and then use machine learning to find really salient themes."Superintendent, San Mateo-Foster City, on replacing rating-scale surveys with open response.
"It was only because this program identified that concern that our teacher and our mental health specialist brought it to my attention."Assistant superintendent, Central Union High School District. Staff were alerted and the family was reached.
Careful About What Leaves The House?
That's Reasonable.
A deployment, a clearance, a custody arrangement, a hard experience. Typing is always a complete answer, nothing is public, and saying no is real.
Rather talk to a person? dataintegrity@impacterpathway.com
Your Child's Words Belong To Your Family.
The district holds them as a protected education record. IMPACTER processes them under the district's privacy agreement and never owns them.
Review, Correct, Delete
Through the district, or at dataintegrity@impacterpathway.com.
Never Sold Or Advertised
No marketing use of a student's words, ever.
No Training On Identified Data
Nothing that identifies a student is used to train or develop machine learning. No student's words train a generative system.
Encrypted, Access-Limited
In transit and at rest. Authorized district and IMPACTER staff only.
Saying No Should Take One Click.
Districts decide whether a measurement happens. When they want formal notice with a real opt-out, IMPACTER hosts it at consent.impacterpathway.com in English and Spanish. This is what families receive.
How Information Is Used, Privacy, And Your Choice
Responses are evaluated by machine learning against a published rubric validated against expert human readers. Results reach school sites grouped in aggregate at the class, school, and district level.
The analysis reads the language of the response. It does not analyze images or video. There is no biometric identification of any kind. The evaluation system receives an anonymous identifier and the words, never a student name.
[District Name] is committed to student privacy. IMPACTER Pathway is a district-approved service provider operating under the district's student data privacy agreement, following FERPA and COPPA.
You may opt out using the form below at any time before the session. You may also review, correct, or request deletion of your child's information by contacting [District Contact Name, Email].
To see how a response is handled step by step, visit impacterpathway.com/trust. Thank you for partnering with us to support every student.
Cómo se usa la información, privacidad y su decisión
Las respuestas se evalúan mediante aprendizaje automático según una rúbrica publicada validada frente a lectores humanos expertos. Los resultados llegan a las escuelas agrupados de forma agregada a nivel de clase, escuela y distrito.
El análisis lee el lenguaje de la respuesta. No analiza imágenes ni video. No hay identificación biométrica de ningún tipo. El sistema de evaluación recibe un identificador anónimo y las palabras, nunca el nombre de un estudiante.
[Nombre del Distrito] está comprometido con la privacidad de los estudiantes. IMPACTER Pathway es un proveedor aprobado por el distrito que opera bajo el acuerdo de privacidad de datos estudiantiles del distrito, cumpliendo con FERPA y COPPA.
Puede optar por no participar usando el formulario a continuación en cualquier momento antes de la sesión. También puede revisar, corregir o solicitar la eliminación de la información de su hijo o hija comunicándose con [Nombre y correo del contacto del distrito].
Para ver cómo se maneja una respuesta paso a paso, visite impacterpathway.com/trust. Gracias por colaborar con nosotros para apoyar a cada estudiante.
Highlighted fields are filled in with each district's own language. Nothing is sent until the district approves the text.
A Hard Question Before A Session
Beats One After.
A person answers at dataintegrity@impacterpathway.com.