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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 (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.

Education Analytics (EA) announces that its suite of products enabled by the Ed-Fi Data Standard has once again earned recognition from the Ed-Fi Alliance. EA received both renewed and additional badges this year, including the Ed-Fi Managed Service Provider Badge and the Ed-Fi API Consumer Badge. Products recognized with renewed or new badges include StartingBlocks, Runway, Podium, and the Rally Analytics Platform.

Education Analytics (EA) is thrilled to announce the appointment of Dr. Glen Harvey to our Board of Directors. Dr. Harvey served as the Chief Executive Officer of WestEd, a national, nonpartisan research, development, and service organization from 1997 to 2023. During her distinguished career, she led large-scale research initiatives, developed evidence-based solutions to improve educational outcomes, and championed efforts to support lifelong learning and human development.

Chief information officers from state education departments and EA's CEO Andrew Rice have come together to form a data-sharing collaborative, the Ed-Tech Collaboratory (ETC), to create interoperable education data systems and pool their knowledge and resources. A recent webinar, hosted by the data-focused nonprofit Project Unicorn, highlights the collaborative and its goals.

In the face of less federal funding for state longitudinal data systems and common educational data standards, we need a long-term, sustainable strategy to maintain education data systems within and across states. One strategy, proposed by Mark Schneider, Andrew Rice, and Dan Ralyea in this article, is a regional, state-led approach like the EdTech Collaboratory. Instead of every state building and rebuilding expensive, one-off solutions, states can collaborate to develop shared, adaptable state-driven technology that serves students, families, and policymakers.