Teaching · Related Services

Every permission in place before the first survey goes out.

Describe the project, the participants and the data. The checklist works out what this project requires, from review board approval to student assent, and lists what is still missing.

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The ethics checklist

One record per project, dated each time you review it. The example is made up.

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What you get

Teaching · Related Services$5 · included with Classroom and Whole-school licenses

What you finish with: For one project: the ethics items it requires, which are still missing before data collection, notes for its participants and topics, and the other gaps.
Who it is for: School psychologists and graduate students doing research or program evaluation in schools, and district research staff who review it.
Format: Browser checklist. One saved record per project; printed with its summary or as a blank form; CSV; export and import a file.
Access: $5 one-time, yours on every device you sign in on; the tool opens once you are signed in with it. Included with Caveat Classroom and Whole-school licenses. Also in the Related Services toolkit ($99) and the Teaching Suite pass ($199), and 1 more bundle. Everything you type stays in this browser; nothing is sent to Caveat.
Where it lives: The Related Services space in Caveat Teaching.
Support: Questions about an order, access or a correction: team@caveatacademic.com.

Drawn for this page. In school research the permissions come before the data, and a student’s no counts.

How to use it

Decide whether the project is research to share or program evaluation for one school.
Mark who takes part and what data you will gather.
If you survey students, mark any protected topics the questions touch.
Work through the items; the summary shows which ones this project requires.
Collect no data until every required item is in place.

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What the checklist rests on

Three federal rules

The Common Rule (45 CFR 46) governs research at institutions with federal funding: review board approval, parent permission and child assent for minors (Subpart D). FERPA limits sharing education records without consent, with an exception for studies done for the school under a written agreement. PPRA protects students from surveys on eight sensitive topics without parent consent or notice.

Assent and the school setting

In schools, students may feel they cannot refuse an adult who works there. Assent in plain words, a real way to say no, and no link between taking part and services or grades protect that choice. The National Association of School Psychologists’ ethics principles ask for the same.

What it is not

It is not a review board decision or legal advice, and it covers federal rules only. Your university, district and state may require more; their rules come first.

Sources

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Protection of Human Subjects, 45 CFR 46, including 46.104(d)(1) and Subpart D (46.401 to 46.409): children in research.
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, 34 CFR 99.31(a)(6): studies for or on behalf of schools.
Protection of Pupil Rights Amendment, 20 U.S.C. 1232h and 34 CFR 98: the eight protected topics, consent and notice.
National Association of School Psychologists (2020). Principles for Professional Ethics, standards on research and evaluation.

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