ECDS
The Early Childhood Data System
What is the full name of ECDS?
TEA will receive LEA-level KG assessment files directly from each assessment vendor.
What is the first process to load KG assessment data?
The system to access the Core Collection.
What is the Texas student data system?
TEAL ECDS Data Approver will be migrated to Core Data Approver Role.
What are the core 2020-2021 changes?
LEA's
Who is responsible for obtaining a Unique ID
Kindergarten
What KG stands for?
LEA will select when to load the assessment files into the ODS using the ‘Load Assessments’ button in the ECDS application.
What is the 2nd step to load KG assessment data?
The Interchange Student Assessment and the Interchange Student Assessment Metadata files.
What are the two assessments and files to be processed into the ODS?
Data Viewer, Data Promoter, Data Completer, Data Approver.
What are the core LEA TEAL Roles for Core Collection?
This is submitted when having issues obtaining a Unique ID for a student.
What is a TIMS ticket?
Pre-Kindergarten
What Pre-K stands for?
LEA will verify their ECDS KG assessment data loaded into the ODS (via eDM) and contact their vendor if they have any data errors
What is the 3rd step to load KG Assessment data?
Verify
What the LEA's do to the ECDS KG assessments to make sure they have been loaded.
Monitors promotions and validations for their LEA's and view reports.
What is the TEAL role of the ESC data viewer?
CLI TX KEA
Amplify
What are the approved ECDS KG Vendors?
You do not need to submit any demographic or assessment data.
Who are the KG programs not administering an assessment on the commissioner's List of Approved Kindergarten Assessment Instruments.
Education Organization, Master Schedule, Student Parent, Student Enrollment, Staff Association, Assessment Metadata and Student Assessment.
What are the TSDS CORE COLLECTION INTERCHANGES.