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Presentation of the specification for NWEA Map Growth - EA to present a how mapping decisions were made for that spec, with discussion.
Discussion
do MSPs like the YAML technology as a means of sharing mappings?
do MSPs like the MAP Growth mapping provided?
Admin Console - progress overview and demo
Notes
Presentation of the specification for NWEA Map Growth
EA Presentation by Julianna Alvord
Refer to each individual assessment mapping as “bundle”
Public repository of Earth Mover bundles - A bundle is a set of transformation and and specs
2 vendors besides EA are writing bundles and pull requests
In the process of major refactor to follow governance
Structure of each bundle is generally the same
Configuration file - YAML file
Templates show structure of data (column) to be sent to Ed-Fi
Output - Earth Mover YAML - Transformation Output JSON file for Ed-Fi ODS/API
Seeds - captures assessment identifier; capture assessment hierarchy; linking scores to specific subject
Subject is very important - When you look at a scores, the same score points don’t mean the same for different subjects
For SC - important to get as much data from assessment as possible
Each score from each vendor has specific underlying meaning
SC had documented flowchart of defining assessment, providing consistency and accuracy
https://edanalytics.slite.page/p/FwwhB84DoYVjY1/Assessment-Data-Governance-in-Ed-Fi describes the data governance decisions
Bundles were not versioned; now we are refactoring changes to go into next version
Compatible with Ed-Fi DS v4 and v5
Q: How many assessments have we written a machine readable mapping for at this point? 34 total
Discussion
Q: Do MSPs like the YAML technology as a means of sharing mappings?
Generally the response was “Yes” - key points in the discussion
These should also be inclusive of certification aspects and as long as we can agreed on the same specification - that is the most important aspect
Important that these are open-source and don’t have IP concerns
Will be helpful as we transition from deprecating data import
Actions:
Move best practices into the specifications space -https://edanalytics.slite.page/p/FwwhB84DoYVjY1/Assessment-Data-Governance-in-Ed-Fi
Put best practices into on using the technology into our advice to MSPs and others
Admin Console - progress overview and demo
Not covered - postpone to next month’s meeting