From: "Hamaker, Charles" <[log in to unmask]> Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2015 14:00:41 +0000 http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/03/17/pearson-under-fire-for-monitoring-students-twitter-posts/?_r=0 BYLINE: NATASHA SINGER “In a statement posted on the company's site, Pearson said the states contractually required it to monitor public social media posts to make sure students did not disclose test questions.” “On Tuesday, the American Federation of Teachers demanded that Pearson halt its student social media monitoring and make public any contract language related to its security measures for tests.” “Although the company's social media monitoring will continue, Ms. Reis (spokeswoman for the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education,) wrote, "as of today, Pearson will forward what they found online to the state education department without checking to see whether the student is registered to take the test."” Charles Hamaker Associate University Librarian Collection Development and Electronic Resources J. Murrey Atkins Library [log in to unmask] http://library.uncc.edu