The Timeback APIs are built on 1EdTech standards. 1EdTech (formerly IMS Global) maintains the most comprehensive set of education interoperability standards.
| Standard | What it enables | What you skip building |
|---|
| OneRoster | Sync students, classes, and enrollments with school SIS systems | Identity management, rostering pipelines, enrollment logic |
| LTI | Single sign-on launch from LMS platforms into your app | OAuth flows, session management, user provisioning |
| QTI | Interoperable question and assessment formats | Custom question schemas, scoring engines, item banks |
| Caliper | Standardized learning event stream for analytics | Event taxonomies, data pipelines, analytics infrastructure |
| CASE | Alignment to academic standards (Common Core, NGSS, state frameworks) | Standards databases, crosswalk mappings |
| CLR | Portable learner records across platforms | Transcript formats, credential verification |
Timeback extends these standards where necessary to support learning science requirements (mastery thresholds, XP calculations, closed-loop validation) while maintaining compatibility with the base specs.
Standards let apps work together. A tutoring app can read progress from an assessment app
because both use the same data model.