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True to our non-profit nature, we believe in sharing our knowledge. We’re motivated by something greater than the bottom-line. We believe in supporting both the health of the education system in the United States and the well-being of each and every student. So we make a point to share what we learn with others who are positioned to make a difference, too.
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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.
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Equity-Aligned Analytics to Support Integrated Early Warning and School Accountability Systems
Identifying Schools Achieving Great Results with Highest-Need Students
In partnership with the CORE Data Collaborative and the National Campaign for Highest-Need Students, we developed a School Needs Index to help us look across schools to understand the variation of student need in a common, digestible, and actionable way. This working paper describes the School Needs Index, which uses academic performance, demographic, and economic indicators to yield a nuanced profile of the level of student need at a school.
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Identifying Schools Achieving Great Results with Highest-Need Students
Day in the Life: Q&A with Director of Internal Data & Analytics 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.
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Day in the Life: Q&A with Director of Internal Data & Analytics Annie Nielsen
The "Reimagining IES" Report Just Described Our Vision. Now What?
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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The "Reimagining IES" Report Just Described Our Vision. Now What?
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.
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Economists of Scale: Using Interoperability Technologies for Efficient Research with Large Datasets with Michael Christian and Sara Hu
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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What’s the Deal with Standards? A Conversation with Eric Hilfer From 1EdTech
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.
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Education Analytics Achieves ISO/IEC 27001 Certification, Completes 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.
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Education Analytics Named a 2026 Ed-Fi Alliance Premier Partner for Advancing Effective K–12 Data Practices