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Student data are available only in aggregate and/or de-identified formats. Pursuant to FERPA and WVBE Policy 4350, WVDE will not release student-level data or other personally identifiable information to external parties except when subject to formal research or data access/disclosure agreements legally binding all parties to specific terms and requirements.