Ed-Fi 1.1 Request for Comment Webinar 4 Adam Miller - Michael & Susan Dell Foundation Audio lines are muted during the presentation Please use the chat box to type your questions

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The Michael & Susan Dell Foundation was established in 1999 to help improve the lives of children in need around the world. The Ed-Fi initiative supports children's access to quality education in public schools, one of the foundation’s key objectives.Michael & Susan Dell Foundation Ed-Fi is based on input from state and local education agencies and vendors. Ed-Fi is governed by foundation representatives working with an advisory council of education agency representatives from states that opt to implement the standard. The Ed-Fi standard is vendor-neutral and does not require any specific vendor’s hardware or software.

RFC Goals Solicit feedback to keep Ed-Fi useful and easy to adopt Discover potential errors, problems, or compatibility issues Provide the public portal to capture feedback at Most importantly, tell us missing Ed-Fi data elements that you need.

RFC Conference Schedule August 1 st to September 26 th 9/ pm Central 9/27 - RFC phase wrap up - Last call for changes 9/30 - RFC phase lockdown TBD Ed-Fi Advisory Council meeting to confirm proposed changes TBD Ed-Fi v1.1 Release Announcement

Webinar recordings and RFC XML schema on ed-fi.org © 2011 Michael & Susan Dell Foundation 6

Ed-Fi Discussion Forum © 2011 Michael & Susan Dell Foundation 7

Ed-Fi recap in 90 Seconds What is the recipe for widespread high quality, student level dashboards? © 2011 Michael & Susan Dell Foundation 8

Recipe Ingredients Data sources (historical and daily) Well-defined data schema Metrics based on quality research User interface designed for action Procedure 1.Blend data from various source systems 2.Sift data through an ETL layer of metric calculations 3.Carefully place data inside the user interface 4.Serve with detailed documentation for easier adoption © 2011 Michael & Susan Dell Foundation 9

Ed-Fi is the recipe and ingredients Public XML data schema Documented student performance metrics Operational data store with sample data ETL code to move data Source code for fully-functional Web-based dashboards Packaged with a brand name and permissive licensing for others to build on and share Presented as the model for a new quality bar that fits within the “free” price range © 2011 Michael & Susan Dell Foundation 10

© 2011 Michael & Susan Dell Foundation 11 Ed-Fi Web site provides free licensing

Ed-Fi aligned to CEDS © 2011 Michael & Susan Dell Foundation 12

Ed-Fi in the CEDS alignment tool © 2011 Michael & Susan Dell Foundation 13

Ed-Fi 1.1 Core Schema Walkthrough Let’s walk through the common data elements in the XML schema © 2011 Michael & Susan Dell Foundation 14

Next Steps 1.Expect an invite for the next Web conference. 2.Please invite your peers to these webinars! 3.Don’t be shy to ask questions here or through the Ed-Fi discussion portal.Ed-Fi discussion portal