The goals of the Assessment Work Group (AWG) are to:

1. Provide a structure for education agencies, vendors and industry thought leaders to discuss Ed-Fi data and technology standards and share feedback with the Ed-Fi Alliance.
2. Establish venues for AWG members to vet and collaborate around the practices and lessons learned from their use of Ed-Fi in the assessment arena.
3. Develop and advance ideas (in the form of proposals) for how to improve and/or expand the Ed-Fi data and technology standards to better meet the needs for managing assessment data in education agencies.

The Collaboratives Work Group (CWG) is intended to enhance LEA collaboratives’ engagement in, input into and use of the Ed-Fi data and technology standards. The CWG’s main purpose is to represent the perspectives of the LEA collaboratives operating in the Ed-Fi Community to the Ed-Fi Governance processes with the purpose of making the Ed-Fi data and technology standards more widely adopted and used. The CWG may make recommendations through the Ed-Fi Governance processes about investment in the Ed-Fi product roadmap and business strategies.

The Reporting and Visualization Work Group exists to examine the needs of the community around visualizing use cases with data sourced from the Ed-Fi ODS/API. It also exists to provide community members with recommendations and guidance, both technical and non-technical, to standing up these visualizations and promoting the use of Ed-Fi with their stakeholders. 

The goals for the SEA Work Group include:

1. Prioritization process: Continue the SEA Collaboration Practice for identifying potential Ed-Fi data model and technology enhancements to address the SEA needs and pain points to positively impact student achievement.
2. Improved interoperability: Enhance the ability to integrate systems like Assessment, Special Education, Early Childhood, etc. and share data in a secure ecosystem.