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If I work with Edlink will I automatically be OneRoster/LTI/Clever (etc) Certified?

No. It is certainly possible for you to get certified by any of the bodies that manage the systems or standards we help edtech developers support. And Edlink would be

Data Integration

Rostering Students and Teachers in Your App: What Are Your Options?

Edtech products often need to know the identity of the users (like students and teachers) so they can provision accounts and allow logins. Retrieving data from one data provider to provision accounts in a different product is called rostering.

a4l

What is Access 4 Learning?

Access 4 Learning (A4L, formerly Schools Interoperability Framework Association) is a non-profit membership organization that focuses on offering solutions for issues concerning educational data.

privacy

Which Organizations Protect Student Privacy

These situations run the chance of breaking federal or state laws. To regulate that, these organizations help ensure that vendors comply with data privacy laws and actively protect students.

Data Standards

Who Creates Data Standards for Education?

Several groups control the creation and maintenance of data standards in education. Data standards support interoperability, which is the ability of systems to exchange and use similar data (though standards aren’t the only way to support interoperability).