MSP SIG - Meeting 5 - 2023-05-09

Participants

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First NameLast NameOrganization
MarcosAlcozerEd-Fi Alliance
SeanCaseyEd-Fi Alliance
DavidClementsEd-Fi Alliance
RoshDhanawadeEducation Analytics
Jean-FrancoisGuertinEdWire
JasonHoekstraEd-Fi Alliance
EricJanssonEd-Fi Alliance
TerynOdomInstructure
JeffPutnamEd-Fi Alliance
AndrewRiceEducation Analytics

Support: Ann Su, Ed-Fi Alliance

Agenda

  • Assessment vendor integrations – what the current state is and what we can do to increase and drive these forward

Materials

MSP SIG – 2023-05-09.pptx

Notes

A broad vision emerged in the meeting for action. It had these parts:

  1. Use scale projects (states/LEA collaboratives) to coordinate demand for specific assessments 
    1. Do the work to identify common or at least similar use cases - it is not sufficient to say "we need data from provider X" as that could mean very different things (provider X could have several different lines of business/assessments)
  2. The Alliance approaches those providers and shows that demand to the assessment provider, along with the general use case
  3. Once we have interest from the providers, we coordinate a mapping with those who need the data and the provider
    1. This mapping coordinates use cases / precise data more exactly
    2. It provides an opportunity for the provider to engage at a product level, share their priorities, and develop confidence in the data exchange
  4. A pilot or similar effort integrates the data identified across more than 1 implementation site (to demonstrate / test scalability of use case/mapping) 

Other points made:

  • Support for idea that push vs pull is a real issue for assessment providers (i.e., there are product issues to explore), and that pull will be lower effort for providers to maintain
  • There was a notion that the market structure is different/simpler than suggested in the meeting deck:
    • Summative market - very small number of players (3 was cited)
    • Interim market (very small number of players (3 was cited)
    • Formative market - many players
    • College-readiness assessments (not covered)
  • Assessment providers have very different lines of business within one company: the unit which does statewide assessments is likely very different from (almost a separate company from) a unit that might do college readiness
  • There was also shared that assessment provider leadership don't know Ed-Fi, and that the community should ramp up the presence at their events and in executive education
  • key assessments mentioned included MAP, STAAR, iReady, HMH inventories, Growth Measure (aligned with NWEA now), DIBELS/Acadience, PALS, and iStation.