StartingBlocks
Standardize Data Pipelines
your open-source, operational data store that streamlines your data management process
Our Ed-Fi Services
It's complex and expensive to integrate the right data needed to make comprehensive data-driven decisions at state, regional, or local education agencies.
StartingBlocks helps our partners tackle this very challenge. EA uses Ed-Fi technologies to streamline data management with disparate software programs into a unified, secure data standard for local and state education agencies across the United States.
Whether you come from a school district looking to implement Ed-Fi, a state education agency interested in learning more about Ed-Fi, or an educational stakeholder interested in data interoperability challenges and solutions, StartingBlocks provides the foundation for your data.
Education Analytics Stack Series Part I: Achieving Interoperability Momentum with StartingBlocks
DatabasED podcast co-hosts Molly Stewart (Director of Research & Analytics Services) and Rosh Dhanawade (Vice President of Interoperability Solutions) chat with Cloud Engineer Manager Eshara Mondal about EA's open-source operational data store product, StartingBlocks. Throughout the episode, Eshara discusses the roadblocks she and her team encountered while building StartingBlocks and how they overcame them, the resources she would recommend to people interested in learning more about StartingBlocks, and what is next for the product as it relates to EA's complete product stack.
Support Includes
• System maintenance
• Customer support via phone or email
• Assistance with integrating products with the Ed-Fi API
• Upgrades included at no additional charge (for customers with single-year environments)
Technical Details
• ODS/API Versions 7.1, 7.2, and 7.3 and Data Standards 4.0, 5.0, and 5.2
• Ed-Fi ODS/API environments are configured using available ODS/API and Data Standard versions along with appropriate Community Supported Extensions or Governance Supported Extensions
• Auto scaling groups and load balancers are used to provide automatic capacity scaling
• AWS cloud infrastructure to host ODS/API environments
• StartingBlocks environments can be self-administered via StartingBlocks Admin App (SBAA)
StartingBlocks Admin App [is] very navigable and provides us with the ability to self-serve in many ways.
Education Analytics Takes Another Step Forward Towards Delivering Seamless Data For School Districts
On June 9, 2022, Education Analytics earned a two-year renewal of the Ed-Fi Alliance's ODS/API Managed Platform Badge for our StartingBlocks product. This badge validates EA as a trusted partner for providing the Ed-Fi Operational Data Store and API (ODS/API) as a robust Software as a Service (SaaS) product offering.
Ed-Fi Accessibility: How Our Open-Source Deployment Empowers Education
