A federal class action lawsuit, M.C. v. Curriculum Associates, was filed on December 22, 2025, against Curriculum Associates, the maker of the i-Ready platform. The lawsuit alleges that the company unlawfully collects, shares, and monetizes the sensitive data of K–12 students without proper parental consent. The Educators Room The Educators Room +2 Key Allegations and Details: Data Privacy Violations: The lawsuit claims i-Ready harvests student data—including names, student IDs, IP addresses, and academic responses—and shares this information with third-party service providers for commercial purposes. Data Mining Concerns: Plaintiffs allege that i-Ready functions more as a data-extraction system than just an educational tool, creating "data dossiers" on children. Unconsented Profiling: The complaint alleges that Curriculum Associates uses student information to build invasive psychological and behavioral profiles. "School-to-Data Pipeline": Critics and plaintiffs argue that parents and students should not have to subject themselves to commercial data trafficking to access their legal right to an education.
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