diff --git a/app/services/survey_item_values.rb b/app/services/survey_item_values.rb
index b5d460e0..8538cc3d 100644
--- a/app/services/survey_item_values.rb
+++ b/app/services/survey_item_values.rb
@@ -169,6 +169,8 @@ class SurveyItemValues
   end
 
   def valid_sd?
+    return true if survey_type == :early_education
+
     survey_item_headers = headers.filter(&:present?).filter { |header| header.start_with?('s-', 't-') }
     likert_scores = []
     survey_item_headers.each do |header|