Ed-Fi Updates Newsletter
April 7, 2025
In this newsletter:
All Ed-Fi acronym explanations are available in the Ed-Fi acronyms document.
Rescheduled for April 15
Join us for the second of three Ed-Fi School Leaders Listening Sessions
Share this invitation with your school leaders.
The MDE Ed-Fi team wants to hear about district, charter school, and Tribally Controlled School needs and collect input from leadership for consideration in shaping the Ed-Fi roadmap as the program moves forward.
Join us for our 2024-25 SY MDE/Ed-Fi School Leader Listening Session Series. All sessions this spring will have the same format and content.
Who: Superintendents, other district leaders, charter school leaders, and Tribally Controlled School leaders along with MDE Ed-Fi team members
When: Tuesday, April 15, 2025
Two opportunities that day: 8:30-9:15 a.m. and 4-4:45 p.m.
All sessions will be held via Microsoft Teams. More information can be found in the Ed-Fi Calendar.
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Validation Error 425 in Student Demographics (AEO) Reports
An inaccurate validation error (ID 425) is showing up in reports generated in the EDVP. The issue is being investigated for a possible solution. Please watch the Ed-Fi Updates Newsletter and the Issues and Bugs webpage for further updates.
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Open Office Hours for SFY25
Open Office Hours for SFY25 Reporting to be posted shortly to the MDE Calendar. Hold the Open Office Hours dates – May 6 from 11 a.m.-noon and July 9 from 2-3 p.m. Questions? Contact Avisia.Whiteman@state.mn.us
Ed-Fi MARSS Vendor-Specific User Group Virtual Meetings
Please check the MDE calendar for our monthly vendor-specific user groups where MARSS in Ed-Fi questions can be addressed.
For Synergy users, please contact Region 1 or the vendor for an invite.
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MCCC Announcements Delivery Change Effective April 15
MCCC announcements are going to be published in the Ed-Fi Newsletter. If you have not yet signed up, select this link for Ed-Fi Newsletter Sign-up. We will be moving away from the MCCC announcement only messages on April 15, 2025.
For assistance with questions, contact Karen Millette (651-582-8632).
Reminder for K-8 Computer Science Reporting
K-8 MCCC course reporting should also include Computer Science offerings. To be reported as computer science the course would include the topics below in the course classification description for 10023 Computer Science (prior-to-secondary).
10023 Computer Science (prior-to-secondary)
Courses in this classification cover basic principles of computer science. In these courses, students learn how to develop and follow basic algorithms, collect and organize data, troubleshoot hardware and software issues, and think critically about online safety and responsibility. Topics may also include modeling network and transmission protocols; transforming data using computational tools; iteratively developing, testing, and documenting programs; computational thinking; and addressing bias and accessibility in the design and development of technologies. Courses may include learning about emerging technologies.
Save the Date: Spring Training for New MCCC Reporters
Dates:
Go to the MDE calendar for links to the training. No registration needed.
The training will be an overview of MCCC data entry, data sending and data review, and validation resources. This is intended for any staff that will interact with MCCC reporting from the data entry, data sending and reviewing, and validating the records sent.
Special MCCC Reporting Consideration
Organizations are expected to report MCCC course taking for all courses for which they provide the instruction. All students who take that instruction from your organization are reported together, usually in Ed-Fi.
A few school sites serve students who are non-district or non-MARSS enrolled; these school sites cannot report course taking in Ed-Fi. If your school site provides instruction for non-district or non-MARSS enrolled students, you still need to report course taking. To do so, please contact MCCC Product Manager, Karen Millette about how your school will need to report MCCC data. Karen is also hosting two trainings for these schools who need to report this data outside of Ed-Fi. They will be held on Microsoft Teams on:
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