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Variability in Extensions: Some states heavily extended the core model to meet specific needs, while others primarily used the core model.
State-Specific Requirements: States like Arizona, Delaware, and Texas created extensive extensions for special education, student transportation, medical data tracking, and accountability data. In contrast, states like South Carolina and Nebraska focused on specific areas such as assessment administration and crisis information, and had minimal extension in their Ed-Fi data standard implementation.
The Ed-Fi Alliance is committed to continuous improvement and innovation of the Ed-Fi Data Standard based on use cases in the field while providing better opportunities for the vendor community for cost reduction. To achieve that Ed-Fi Alliance will continue systematically gathering and analyzing data from statewide implementations.
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