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Assessment Solution Guide

About the Assessment Solution Guide​

The Assessment starter kit is a step-by-step guide designed to help LEAs combine assessment data from multiple measures and sources in one interface to gain a comprehensive view of their learners’ progress.

This Solution Guide for this starter kit is designed to help Assessment and Student Information System Vendors take the steps necessary to provide the data these districts need to power the the starter kit.

Vendor support for Harnessing Multiple Measures of Assessment encompasses the following steps.

  • Learn. The Ed-Fi website has detail on using multiple measures to create a comprehensive view of the students' progress, and information about how others in the Ed-Fi Community have addressed the problem. Read more about how to Help Your Customers Harness Multiple Measures of Assessment on Ed-Fi.org.
  • Develop. Add Ed-Fi capabilities to your product  to support customers harnessing multiple measures of assessment. You will find the Assessment Vendor Developer Guide below.
  • Test. To fully realize the benefits of Harnessing Multiple Measures of Assessment and ensure your solution is field ready, we recommend selecting and working with an existing district customer to test your integration in a live Ed-Fi implementation of the starter kit. Securing a district customer will allow you a reference point for future adoptees of this Starter Kit. Working with a local district agency is not required but it is strongly recommended.
  • Certify. For vendor organizations that have completed integration with the starter kit using the vendor developer guide, apply for the API Domain Certification so you may be listed as a verified partner on Ed-Fi.org.
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Want to know more before you begin? The Ed-Fi website has detail on using multiple measures to create a comprehensive view of the students' progress, and information about how others in the Ed-Fi Community have addressed the problem. Links:

Let's Get Started​

This developer guide describes the processes for assessment providers and student information systems to develop the functionality in their platform to provide data to an Ed-Fi API to power the Ed-Fi Assessment Starter Kit.

Assessment System​

Assessment System

Student Information System​

Student Information System

The Guide is divided into three sections. We recommend you go through the following sections and subsections in order, but welcome you to skip forward when you are already knowledgeable on a topic.

I. Getting Data Flowing​

This first section presents the basic information to allow you to interact with the Ed-Fi API and get some early data flowing in a development setup.

II. Understanding Ed-Fi APIs​

This section explains design features specific to Ed-Fi APIs and how to integrate with them. After completing this section, you should have the knowledge to connect your system to an Ed-Fi API and successfully transmit larger amounts of data.

III. Tools and Best Practices​

This section provides information on tools and best practices to assist in your development and in the long-term maintenance and health of supporting organizations using the Assessment Starter Kit.

Next Steps​

Upon completing development of the Ed-Fi API functionality, you can test the features with a customer.