Opinion of the Court
Teachers May Ask Students To Grade Each Other's Assignments
This case was granted certiorari on June 25, 2001, and was reversed and remanded on February 19, 2002. In a unanimous decision, the Court ruled that teachers do not violate the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), which provides for the confidentiality of student records, when they instruct their students to exchange homework papers, quizzes, or tests and mark incorrect answers while the teachers go over the answers in class. The following is excerpted from the summary of the majority opinion written by Justice Kennedy, as prepared by the Court Reporter of Decisions:Petitioners and the United States contend that…
