You're right - Clever isn't built for your use case today - but it is one we'd love to support down the road.
In the meantime, you might want to take a look at the Dept of Ed's "MyData" initiative (http://www.ed.gov/edblogs/technology/mydata/). It's addressing your need pretty closely (although not with an API).
In the meantime, you might want to take a look at the Dept of Ed's "MyData" initiative (http://www.ed.gov/edblogs/technology/mydata/). It's addressing your need pretty closely (although not with an API).