According to Frazer’s report, the information currently required to be submitted to SED includes demographic data, enrollment data, eligibility for free or reduced lunch program, English as a Second Language status, ethnicity data, special education/section 504 status, attendance and suspension information.

Robb-Fund said there is still not enough information about inBloom to feel at ease with the data collection. “We don’t know enough as educators or parents to say this is 100 percent secure,” she said.

The safety of student data was a concern brought up by some parents at District 13’s Educational Planning meeting in November. “We need to defend our privacy in this country,” said James A. Dever School parent Danielle McCarren, who said she was worried about her child’s personal information ending up in the wrong hands.

With a third-party vendor collecting student data, Fale said he’s concerned with the possibility of the data being used down the road to negatively impact the student. “If a student does poorly on third-grade test will a college admissions office or employer see it?” Fale asked.

Elected officials chime in

High-ranking state officials — both Democrats and Republicans — have voiced concerns with the Common Core Learning Standards and inBloom in recent weeks. Suffolk County-based State Sen. John Flanagan, who serves as chairman of the New York State Senate Standing Committee on Education, issued a report in December of findings and recommendations related to the Education Committee’s recent series of statewide public hearings.

The report also proposed legislation for the state Assembly and Senate to mull over, including a privacy bill, which would “strengthen protections of personal information stored on the state-wide data portal, establish significant civil and criminal penalties for unauthorized disclosure of personal information and create independent oversight within SED on matters related to privacy.”