Ed-Fi Updates Newsletter
March 9, 2026
In this newsletter:
 All Ed-Fi acronym explanations are available in the Ed-Fi acronyms document.
What's Next for Digital Equity?
As previously reported, the decision has been made to sunset the Digital Equity Data Collection after the 2025-26 school year. No further data will be collected. However, posted statewide data will continue to be available for viewing.
More information includes:
- How to access available Digital Equity data
- Digital Equity reports have been moved to the LEA-EDVP-MARSS role. If you want to view the DE data, you will need to be authorized for this role or you will need to ask your MARSS coordinator to run the report. Alternatively, you may be able to run a report in your SIS.
o Please note that the data in the report is only accurate according to the data that was validated/snapshotted due to updates in the database. (More information below.)
- The ability to continue collecting and reporting data via SIS
- Digital Equity data can still be collected in your SIS and will continue to write to the Ed-Fi database MDE for 25-26. The option to run data validations in the Ed-Fi Data Validation Portal is no longer available.
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Early Childhood Health and Developmental Screening
Early Childhood Health and Developmental Screening programs use the MARSS PS generated state aid to serve children between the ages of three and seven years. Please assure MARSS PS records are assigned for screenings completed by the district as well as those submitted by parents and completed by Head Start, Child and Teen Checkups, Private Providers (clinics) or if the parent conscientiously objects to meet the statutory requirement. Minn. Stat. 142D.091 (2024).
This is a dual submission year, so districts may partner with their student information system vendors to assure all screenings are submitted via Ed-Fi. Until a district has certified to submit via Ed-Fi only, they must continue to submit MARSS A/B file uploads for state screening aid.
If you have questions, contact Margo Chresand (Margaret.Chresand@state.mn.us).
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MCCC and DIRS Open Office Hours
If you have questions or need support with MCCC or with DIRS, please join us for office hours.
When: Tuesdays 2-3 p.m.
How: No registration needed. Use the link found in the MDE Calendar.
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Update to MCCC Staff Section Course Dynamic Report
A district reported an issue to MDE regarding the MCCC Staff Section Course dynamic report in EDVP. MDE investigated the examples and determined that a programming change was needed. This change was completed on January 27.
Before
The columns Local Course Code, School ID, and School Year were all derived from the Ed-Fi Section data submitted to MDE. If a course was sent to MDE without a related section, these key fields were empty. This issue made it impossible for the report user to determine the problem and find the related data in their SIS.
After
The columns Local Course Code, School ID, and School Year will now auto populate with information from the Ed-Fi Course Offering data submitted to MDE. This will allow report users to easily identify which courses have been reported without sections and which schools the courses are in.
Additional MCCC Validation Errors
Notice: The change previously reported above for the MCCC Staff Section Course has affected MCCC Validation errors. More errors are being reported, and although this was an expected result of the change, it was not mentioned in the previous edition of this newsletter. The additional error messages being reported are messages 17, 18, 26, and 27. The records being reported are course offerings reported to the state with a term attached but no section scheduled.
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Would you like 1:1 help with an Ed-Fi? Book a Microsoft Teams meeting with Allie! You will have the option to share your screen.
- 15-minute meetings are great for getting quick guidance on an Ed-Fi problem. If you don’t know where to start with your question, choose this! We can always book more time if needed.
- 30-minute meetings are better for more in-depth troubleshooting. If this is needed, please also send an e-mail to ed-fi.mde@state.mn.us with the details. This will ensure we're both prepared and ready to troubleshoot when the meeting starts.
If you have a question about Ed-Fi data and MARSS reports, please book with Kari.
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