Ed-Fi Governance

About Ed-Fi Governance

This documentation describes the Ed-Fi Alliance's governance process, and how community members and the general public engage in that process. 

The diagram below shows the Alliance's 3-tiered structure of governance and community engagement. 

In the diagram:

  • Tier 1 represents the voice of the stakeholders (education agencies, vendors, and thought leaders). This tier affords stakeholders the opportunity to propose and debate changes to the Ed-Fi data model and technology through participation in various work groups. 
  • Tier 2 is composed of representatives from the Alliance, work group chairs, and at-large representatives coming together as a Governance Advisory Team (GAT) to prioritize proposed changes and poll the broader Ed-Fi Community. The GAT receives input from and is supported by the Ed-Fi community and Ed-Fi Alliance staff.
  • Tier 3 is the approval and advocacy group for the governance structure. 


Active Work Groups

Work groups at the Tier 1 level are open to all Ed-Fi community members. If you are interested in learning more about these work groups or becoming a member, please express your interest by e-mail to governance@ed-fi.org.

Work Group

Goals

Administrative Tooling

The Administrative Tooling Work Group's goals are to identify needs, field experiences and roadmap proposals for operationalizing the Ed-Fi technology stack, in service of at-scale, high-impact ESA and state-level implementations to improve classroom outcomes by promoting data interoperability.

Data Standard

The Data Standard Work Group's main purpose is to represent the use cases and perspectives of the Ed-Fi API users in the field to guide Ed-Fi data standards model with model update ideas for the upcoming releases.

Educational Service Agency

The ESA work group’s main purpose is to represent the perspectives of the ESAs 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 ESA may make recommendations through the Ed-Fi Governance processes about investment in the Ed-Fi product roadmap and business strategies. 

Educator Preparation 

The Educator Preparation Work Group is an established entity within the Ed-Fi Governance structure and is intended to enhance the use of the Ed-Fi data model and technology by educator preparation organizations as well as education agencies at the state and local level.

Project Tanager

The Project Tanager Technical Workgroup's scope include:

  1. Input on feature prioritization

  2. Input on application design

  3. Feedback on built code

  4. Hands-on testing

State Education Agency

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.

Completed Work Groups

Work GroupOutcomes
FinancePublished ED-FI RFC 18 - FINANCE API
Internationalization

Published /wiki/spaces/EFDSDRAFT/pages/22773921

Reporting & VisualizationRVWG Close Out Summary