CPM: ECDS Uploads for Pre-K Data

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) child progress monitoring data.

2024-25 ECDS Process for Pre-K Data

Teachers complete progress monitoring throughout the school year
Districts must review student information data and resolve any errors

ECDS will accept pre-K data beginning Monday, November 11, 2024. Districts can choose to upload BOY data after their initial progress monitoring window closes, followed by EOY data later in the Spring (preferred method). Or, upload both BOY and EOY data together.

Due date for prekindergarten ECDS data: Thursday, June 26, 2025 by 11:59 PM

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
Update and adjust enrollment and withdrawal dates to exclude students who were not enrolled during your assessment window

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 at 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
- Students with missing, invalid, or duplicate TSDS ID are not included

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). The measures for this school year have not changed since prior years. 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) in prekindergarten classrooms.

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 in your prekindergarten classrooms 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

If you have any questions regarding prekindergarten, kindergarten, grade 1, or grade 2 instruments, please contact the Division of Early Childhood by email at earlychildhoodeducation@tea.texas.gov.

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