Ed-Fi RFC 27 - Ed-FI Data Standard 6.0
Ed-Fi Request for Comment 27: Ed-Fi Data Standard 6.0
Product: Ed-Fi-Sponsored Standard
Affects: Ed-Fi Resources API
Obsoletes: --
Obsoleted By: --
Status: Published
Ed-Fi Alliance
November 14, 2025
Synopsis
This Request for Comments (RFC) includes materials that describe proposed additions and revisions to the Ed-Fi Data Standard. This draft material is intended to support review and comment as well as support early usage; users of this material are advised that this work is still under development.
Overview
The Ed-Fi Alliance has adopted a cadence of releasing breaking changes to the Ed-Fi Data Standard on alternating years. 2025 is such a year and the next release of the Ed-Fi Data Standard - and consequently the Ed-Fi Resources API - will be labeled version 6.0. The goals of this year's changes include:
Merge the Educator Preparation Data Model (EPDM, fka TPDM) into the core Ed-Fi Data Standard, and expand it to include a new use case around apprenticeships.
Enhance the data model to better support student record transfer, particularly for IEP data as a student moves from one school to another.
Improve collection of data in the assessment, intervention, and CTE domains.
Modify elements of the core data model that encounter friction in real-world usage, for example, by splitting large entities that may be modified by multiple parties.
To the extent possible, bring the Data Standard terminology more closely in alignment with the API definition.
Other goals may emerge in coming months, and some of the goals above might not be realized in the final 6.0 release in Q4 of 2025.
Changes
The following documents describe the detailed changes in Data Standard 6, compared to Data Standard 5.