Washington, DC, 16 October 2024—Today, at the PESC October DSU-focused summit, the Access 4 Learning (A4L) Community and the Postsecondary Education Standards Council (PESC) announced the creation of a joint venture to facilitate their work together. This is a major step forward for the education standards communities, with two standards bodies taking the first step towards formalizing their collaboration through the creation of an agreement in the form of a joint venture.
This agreement will enable the standards bodies to collaborate in a safe space on common projects. It will allow the organizations to share resources and work more efficiently together without requiring additional legal or contractual agreements. The structure provided by the joint venture will enable the collaborative work to flourish and enhance the traditional efforts of the organizations. This initiative is anticipated to serve as a model for additional standards bodies to join and further streamline the PK20W standards landscape.
“The creation and adoption of data standards and protocols are central to orchestrating how the P20w ecosystem can scale to serve the objectives of our key constituents. We look forward to a long-term relationship that stimulates insights, infrastructure and innovations to increase collaboration, reduce costs, streamline data access, enhance privacy and security, and improve interoperability.” David Moldoff, Chair of PESC.
“A4L has a long track record of standing up the SIF architecture and expanding technologies to support privacy and security commitments. The EdTech community is composed of thousands of members. A4L is well-positioned to broaden the platform to reinforce the benefits of implementing data standards through our collaboration.” Steve Smith, Executive Director, A4L Community.