Education Data System Administration

The Education Data System is a centralized suite of web-based applications regarding educational data. It is used by: state agencies, educational service districts (ESDs), school districts, schools, teachers, teaching certificate applicants, non-profit organizations and businesses for a variety of purposes related to education in the State of Washington. This system is administered by data security managers for each organization and maintained by OSPI.

EDS Admin

• Directory Data Tip Sheet (PDF)
• EDS Administration Manual (Updated December 15, 2017) (PDF)
• EDS Security Management Policy (Updated December 15, 2017) (PDF)
  • DDSM Appointment and/or Removal Form (PDF)
• EDS Bulk Upload Instructions (PDF)
• EDS User Role Matrix (Updated April 2018) (PDF)
• eCert User Role Matrix (PDF)
• Creating an EDS Account and Claiming Certificate Records (PDF)

eVal and eCOE

• How to Request Access to eVal or eCOE (PDF)
• How to Access eVal (PDF)
• eVal Compatable Roles: How to Avoid E_Role Mismatch (PDF)
• eVal Role Descriptions (PDF)
• eCOE Role Descriptions (PDF)

District Data Security Manager Trainings
All trainings are posted in .WMV format.