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How to Build Integrated Ed-Fi Infrastructure to Support State and Local Use Cases: A Roadmap for State Education Agencies

3 Takeaways from the Knowledge Alliance Fall Forum on K-12 to Career Pipeline Opportunities

Education Analytics Recognized for Efforts to Expand Ed-Fi Enabled Services to 1.4 Million Students Nationwide

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How Community-Honed Code Led to Success in Tennessee

The Tennessee Department of Education (TDOE) faced a familiar challenge: siloed systems and delayed insights made it difficult to access and act on critical data. Leaders wanted a solution that could deliver value quickly, scale sustainably, and avoid long-term vendor lock-in. Tennessee turned to Enable Data Union (EDU), a publicly available code framework developed by Education Analytics (EA). EDU extracts data from Ed-Fi, loads it into a modern cloud warehouse, and transforms it into an analytics-ready model. Tennessee implemented EDU in just hours — giving state leaders rapid access to the information they needed. Read the case study to learn more about the challenges, successes, and lessons learned from this implementation process in Tennessee.

Equity-Aligned Analytics to Support Integrated Early Warning and School Accountability Systems

This report, coordinated under The K12 Research for Equity Hub and managed by EduDream, describes an approach to school accountability systems that addresses equity concerns by combining prospective student-based metrics such as those found in early warning systems with a refined set of school- and district-based retrospective accountability metrics.

How to Build Integrated Ed-Fi Infrastructure to Support State and Local Use Cases: A Roadmap for State Education Agencies

In collaboration with the Georgia Department of Education, the Michigan Data Hub, the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction, and INsite at Indiana University, Education Analytics has created a new resource highlighting the benefits of implementing an integrated Ed-Fi infrastructure at the state level. This resource provides a roadmap for State Education Agencies (SEAs) to implement an integrated Ed-Fi model in their own state to enable them to drive scale and impact of Ed-Fi.

Interoperability and data standards in the K-12 education sector: Intersections with data justice

This paper examines the concept of open-source data interoperability in the United States’ K-12 education domain, specifically addressing the implications of interoperability for data justice. Building on the nascent research and theorizing in the fields of both data justice and interoperability in educational contexts, this paper provides an overview of the current state of this intersection.

The EA Approach to Human-Centered Design

This resource outlines EA's approach to human-centered product design, which takes into consideration the preferences and mindsets of real people. Each step in our design process ensures our products and services are easily accessible and effective for our users.

Teacher Diversity Among Relay Graduate School of Education Teachers: Highlighted Findings

Non-traditional educator preparation programs, such as the Relay Graduate School of Education, may be an effective way to introduce more teachers of color into the teacher supply pipeline. Here, we summarize evidence using six years of longitudinal data from the New York City Department of Education to address three research questions related to reducing racial and ethnic mismatch between students and teachers.

Stability of School Contributions to Student Social-Emotional Learning Gains

Recent attempts to measure schools’ influence on students’ social-emotional learning (SEL) show differences across schools, but whether these estimated differences measure the true effects of schools remain unclear. To better understand these measures, we examine the stability of estimated school-by-grade effects across two years using large-scale survey data.

How Ed-Fi Can Help You Make the Most of Your Data

This resource provides guidance for education agencies that are beginning to consider whether and how they might implement Ed-Fi to better manage their data. We define some key terms and concepts, walk through the five steps to get started with Ed-Fi, and include a list of resources where you can learn more.

Evaluating the Impact of COVID-19-Related Interventions: Key Considerations and Available Approaches

This resource provides guidance for education agencies that are considering how and when to evaluate programs designed to address the impacts of COVID-19 on student outcomes. We present some key questions to consider, share common data requirements, and outline different options for designing the analytic approach.

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Day in the Life: Q&A with Director of Internal Data & Analytics Annie Nielsen

Annie Nielsen

Get to know our Director of Internal Data & Analytics, Annie Nielsen, in the latest installment of our “Day in the Life” series. In the blog, Annie shares insights into her role leading the development and maintenance of EA’s internal data model and analytic infrastructure, her journey from the Analyst team to the Business Operations team, and her passion for streamlining systems to make work easier for her colleagues.

The "Reimagining IES" Report Just Described Our Vision. Now What?

Andrew Rice

In this blog, CEO Andrew Rice reflects on the new vision document from the Institute of Education Sciences (IES), Reimagining the Institute of Education Sciences. In the blog, Andrew shares how strongly the vision resonates with the work EA's been building toward for years—especially the call to move education data from a static snapshot to a continuous stream. Real modernization requires shared, durable software. It requires governance, engineering capacity, and cross-state collaboration through models like state consortia. It requires equipping researchers with data engineering skills alongside statistical expertise. Andrew reflects on what it will actually take to make the IES vision a reality—and why this moment matters.

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Economists of Scale: Using Interoperability Technologies for Efficient Research with Large Datasets with Michael Christian and Sara Hu

January 28, 2026

In the latest episode of the DatabasED podcast, co-hosts Molly Stewart (Senior Product Manager) and Rosh Dhanawade (Vice President of Product) chat with Mike Christian, Principal Researcher, and Sara Hu, Research Scientist I, at Education Analytics. In this episode, Mike and Sara share how interoperability technologies are transforming research in the education sector. They also dive into their experiences using Ed-Fi data, Snowflake, SQL, and dbt documentation to conduct large-scale, efficient research at EA, along with the learning curve researchers face when moving from traditional flat files to modern data warehouses. This conversation highlights how bridging research, data engineering, and educational practice enables faster analysis, resulting in better outcomes for students and education stakeholders.

What’s the Deal with Standards? A Conversation with Eric Hilfer From 1EdTech

October 16, 2025

In the latest episode of the DatabasED podcast, co-hosts Molly Stewart (Director of Research & Analytics Services) and Rosh Dhanawade (Vice President of Interoperability Solutions) chat with Eric Hilfer, Chief Technology Officer at 1EdTech, to discuss the importance of bridging communication gaps among different sectors in education, including databases, teaching, and research. They welcome Eric Hilfer, CTO of 1EdTech, to discuss interoperability standards and 1EdTech's role in standardizing educational technology. Eric shares his background in research, teaching, and EdTech, emphasizing the need for nuanced approaches to AI integration in education. The conversation also touches on the practical aspects of integrating OneRoster with Ed-Fi and the importance of community involvement in standard-setting.

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Education Analytics Achieves ISO/IEC 27001 Certification, Completes SOC 2 Audit

January 14, 2026

Education Analytics (EA), a leading education non-profit dedicated to innovative research and technology solutions, announced it achieved ISO/IEC 27001 certification for the first time and successfully completed its Type 2 SOC 2 audit.

Education Analytics Named a 2026 Ed-Fi Alliance Premier Partner for Advancing Effective K–12 Data Practices

December 16, 2025

Education Analytics (EA) has been named a 2026 Ed-Fi Alliance Premier Partner, recognizing EA’s leadership in helping education systems use data more effectively to improve outcomes for students. EA was also recognized as a 2025 Premier Partner.