![]() ![]() The email to Illuminate customers about the deal mentioned the breach, claiming that the “unauthorized access” of protected student information was “isolated to two Illuminate products (Data Driven Classroom, IO Assessment) and one tool (IO Admin) used to transfer data to or from other products.” The email also noted that the companies have no evidence that the data was misused. The breach first impacted New York Public Schools, the largest school district in the country, early this year. Its removal from the pledge, a voluntary industry effort to ensure data privacy standards, came after a huge data breach-one which observers say is “devastating” and a “cautionary tale” for edtech-that exposed the information of millions of students across the country. Illuminate was struck from the Future of Privacy Forum’s “Student Privacy Pledge” earlier this month, the first company that’s ever happened to. The deal's low-key announcement may be connected to Illuminate’s recent high-profile failures when it comes to protecting student data. ![]() PowerSchool also acquired Hoonuit the year before-which was supposed to help them thread together formative assessment results and students’ educational outcomes. In that way, the news is similar to recent deals inked by PowerSchool, which picked up Navience and Intersect for $320 million last year. That would allow the company to integrate data about things like student engagement and the use of different instructional tools, which could empower it to shape the way teachers use data. Together with Renaissance’s other holdings, including Nearpod, this gives the company a shot at becoming a comprehensive analytics platform, she says. Last year, for example, Renaissance acquired Nearpod, a platform that allows teachers to create interactive digital lessons, for $650 million.īut this latest deal also makes sense, Edwards says, because Illuminate is known for its assessments and analytics tools. ![]()
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