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RDA Masking Rules

Masking refers to the use of special symbols to conceal data as required by the federal Family Education Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) for the purpose of protecting student confidentiality. Any information that could lead to the identification, either directly or indirectly, of a student is masked according to the masking rules below. You will need to access these masking rules.

Current-Year Rules

District and Region

• 2025 RDA Masking Rules (PDF)

Prior-Year Rules

District and Region

• 2024 RDA Masking Rules (PDF)
• 2023 RDA Masking Rules (PDF)
• 2022 RDA Masking Rules (PDF)
• 2021 RDA Masking Rules (PDF)
• 2020 RDA Masking Rules (PDF)
• 2019 RDA Masking Rules (PDF)
• 2018 PBMAS Masking Rules (PDF)
• 2017 PBMAS Masking Rules (PDF)
• 2016 PBMAS Masking Rules (PDF)
• 2015 PBMAS Masking Rules (PDF)
• 2014 PBMAS Masking Rules (PDF)
• 2013 PBMAS Masking Rules (PDF)
• 2011 - 2012 PBMAS Masking Rules (PDF)

District

• 2009 - 2010 PBMAS Masking Rules (PDF)
• 2004 - 2008 PBMAS Masking Rules (PDF)

Region

• 2008 - 2010 PBMAS Regional Masking Rules (PDF)
• 2007 - Please refer to the 2004-2008 PBMAS Masking Rules above