The Ed-Fi Alliance has tracked best practices to identify those that are important in developing and maintaining an efficient Ed-Fi-based data exchange between IT systems in the K12 enterprise. These areas include:
Connections and security
Performance and optimization for API clients
Error handling
API consumer client behavior
Other UX best practice
Information in this section makes specific recommendations for product vendors in development of API clients.
Note: items in this section are under review for inclusion as part of certification testing of products intended for deployment in school year 2025-25