Ed-Fi Alliance

Ed-Fi is a widely used open-source data standard in the United States, designed to streamline data management in education systems. It provides a comprehensive set of data models and schemas to represent various entities like students, teachers, enrollments, courses, assessments, and more. The Ed-Fi Data Standard includes a canonical model with entities like Students, Staff, Parents, Courses, Enrollments, and Assessments, among others.

Example JSON Representation of a Student Resource:

{
  "studentUniqueId": "123456",
  "firstName": "John",
  "middleName": "Michael",
  "lastSurname": "Doe",
  "birthDate": "2006-05-15",
  "gender": "Male",
  "addresses": [
    {
      "addressType": "Home",
      "streetNumberName": "1234 Elm St",
      "city": "Sampletown",
      "stateAbbreviation": "CA",
      "postalCode": "90210"
    }
  ],
  "telephones": [
    {
      "telephoneNumberType": "Mobile",
      "telephoneNumber": "(555) 123-4567"
    }
  ],
  "enrollment": {
    "schoolId": "1001",
    "entryDate": "2021-09-01",
    "gradeLevel": "10"
  }
}