Texas school districts and charter schools submit pre-K data to upload into TEA’s Early Childhood Data System (ECDS) through Ed-Fi IODS submission. Texas districts are required to submit beginning-of-year (BOY) and end-of-year (EOY) data.

2025-26 ECDS Process for Pre-K Data

It is recommended that the BOY instruments be administered within the first 60 days of school so that the resulting data can be used for instructional purposes.
Districts must review student information data and resolve any errors.
We strongly recommend submitting ECDS data as soon as TEA opens the upload window. This provides plenty of time to resolve any issues before the deadline.

ECDS Prekindergarten ready for submission: May 7, 2026
ECDS Prekindergarten submission due date for LEAs: June 25, 2026

Setting Administration Windows

Assessment windows are not established by CLI Engage. They are open so that each district can determine the dates they prefer to assess. Now districts have access to a new optional feature that would enable districts to lock assessment dates to prevent accidental administration outside the LEA's defined window.

This feature ensures that teachers conduct assessments during the correct waves and within designated testing periods. It will not impact the data in reports, or the Ed-Fi results sent to the ECDS for Texas public schools.

Click the how-to guide for instructions on setting assessment windows:
CLI Engage Assessment Lock

Your Submission to ECDS

LEAs will report Pre-K assessment results to ECDS via the Ed-Fi IODS. For more information about this process visit: Ed-Fi ECDS Submission
Ensure that all students have TSDS IDs (only students with TSDS IDs will be included in the export)
Ensure that any duplicate students have been removed

Important information about your ECDS submission:

Data from Circle Progress Monitoring from BOY and EOY only, in specific domains (see required measures below)
- For most districts: Wave 1 (BOY) and Wave 3 (EOY)
- For those using CPM 4 waves: Wave 1 (BOY) and Wave 4 (EOY)
TSDS IDs required for students
- Reports include scores only for students with a valid 10-digit TSDS ID

Required CPM Measures for ECDS

The following table shows the Circle Progress Monitoring measures that will be required for the Early Childhood Data System (ECDS). For complete reporting to ECDS, organizations must assess the measures listed below at beginning-of-year (known as Wave 1 in CLI Engage) and end-of-year (Wave 3).

Recommended Measures for Better Instructional Planning

The following table shows all available Circle Progress Monitoring measures on CLI Engage. CLI and TEA strongly recommend using the following bolded measures at multiple time points throughout the school year to capture a more complete snapshot of children’s development.

Click on the video to watch more about Pre-K ECDS:

TEA Resources

For important information and deadlines visit:

If you have any questions regarding prekindergarten, kindergarten, grade 1, or grade 2 instruments, please contact the TEA Division of Early Childhood by email at earlychildhoodeducation@tea.texas.gov or submit a help ticket through ECE Support Portal.

CPM: ECDS Uploads for Pre-K Data