Welcome to the Ed-Fi Technical Documentation home page. This site provides links to documentation and technical information for the Ed-Fi Data Standard and the Ed-Fi Implementation Suite as well as information and resources for the Ed-Fi Tech Community.
New Release
March 30th, 2016: On behalf of the Ed-Fi community, we are pleased to announce the release of the Ed-Fi Dashboards v1.4.
The Ed-Fi Data Standard is the widely-adopted, CEDS-aligned, open-source data standard developed by the educational community for the betterment of the community. The Ed-Fi Data Standard serves as the foundation for enabling interoperability among secure data systems and contains a Unifying Data Model designed to capture the meaning and inherent structure in the most important information in the K–12 education enterprise. (Current Version | All Versions)
The Ed-Fi Operational Data Store (ODS) provides a secure, transactional information store that integrates data from multiple source systems and applications. The Ed-Fi ODS API accompanies the Ed-Fi Operational Data Store and provides a developer-friendly interface to create, read, and update information stored in an Ed-Fi powered ODS. (Current Version | All Versions)
Ed-Fi Dashboards provide a starting point for developing student performance dashboards that puts real-time, actionable information at the fingertips of educators. It includes a user interface with metrics that educators identified as critical to improving student achievement. (Current Version | All Versions)
Ed-Fi Tools aid developers implementing the technical components of the Suite. Specifically, the online Ed-Fi Validation Tool helps users streamline the testing process by verifying exchanges are working correctly. (Ed-Fi Tools Overview | Ed-Fi Validation Tool)