Agenda

1. Welcome

2. Deep Dive Discussion: Intersection and Use of Data Standards

3. Community Highlight: Implementation Capabilities Framework

4. For the good of the order

Refer to the PPT (which can be found ) for additional details on the meeting minutes and discussions.

When available, meeting minutes should be read, and any corrections sent to Maureen.

Participation

Members:

• Noah Bookman, CA Core Districts (Collaboratives WG)

• Sean Casey (Ed-Fi Partnerships)

• Traci Clarke (Instructure)

• David Clements (Ed-Fi Alliance)

• Rosh Dhanawade, Education Analytics (Reporting & Visualization WG)

• Ted Dwyer, Pittsburgh Public Schools (Assessment WG)

• Dean Folkers, Council of Chief State School Officers

• Monica Hogan, Boston Public Schools (Special Ed WG)

• Raymond Lee, Fulton County Schools

• Mark Olofson, Texas Education Agency (Educator Preparation WG)

• Adrian Peoples, Delaware Department of Education

• Doug Quinton, PowerSchool (Technical Advisory Group)

• Dan Ralyea, South Carolina Department of Education

• Jennifer Sauro, Infinite Campus

• Maureen Wentworth (Ed-Fi Product Management)

• Troy Wheeler (Ex Officio)

• Seth Winerman, Curriculum Associates

Support:

• Nancy Wilson

Meeting Minutes

#2 Deep Dive Discussion: Intersection and Use of Data Standards

What else would be useful and are there other priorities? Is it helpful in your work in the community?

1. Edit: needs updated branding ​

2. Point of Clarification: does the API function without the ODS? Are storage and exchanged coupled? How to capture context with answer (agency or vendor; actual community deployment v. proof of concept and abilities)? ​

3. Adjustment needed: LTI under-represented (rostering and learning results use cases) ​

4. Use case to add: data dictionary; common (standard) language for data stored  ​

5. Can we add more specific call outs of SEA, LEA throughout ​

6. Are there “ands” that don’t have an answer yet ​

7. Edit: Academic benchmarks link

8. Clarification: OpenSALT as a standard and as a tool​

9. Clarification on how deep we go into each product (EPP starter kit call out) ​

10. Use case add: longitudinal or multi-year data store  ​

11. The transport, needs, and who’s looking at it are very different – user context​

12. Adding concept of personas + what questions are we trying to answer with the data 

13. Suggestions for future components from “chat”:

    1. Ed-Fi LDS API

    2. Ability to analyze by assessment items and student responses

    3. Recorded set of webinars and/or Ed-Fi Academy tracks

Comments and Next Steps:

• Re-envision document for usability – personas, grain size++

• How do we use this – simply reposting/wraparound blog series/conference sessions to dive into

• Get to a better place and revisit how we can get input from other data standards group and do this well – not a competition

• Roll out for community understanding and usability

  • Blogs, webinars, conference presentations with community members

• Reorganize specification efforts around local operational data

  • TAG to review ways to do this

• Will circle back to GAT before Q3 after editing and create plan going forward from input

#3 Community Highlight

Four Implementation Capability Frameworks (ICF) have been developed by the NewLeef Team – one each for LEAs, SEAs, Collaboratives and EPPs. These were based on multiple focus groups, interviews and reviews with Ed-Fi Community Members and the Alliance.

To successfully implement and make use of the Ed-Fi technology over time, education organizations need to have (or have access to) certain capabilities (i.e., skills, processes and tools). Before beginning (or extending) an Ed-Fi initiative, it is important to know where an implementing agency is related to the needed capabilities. ICF courses are being developed for the Ed-Fi Academy.  

Additional information can be found at .

Next Steps

• See notes above for next steps on updating of Guide to Interoperability Use Cases

Next meeting:  Jun 23, 2022