diff --git a/src/additional_functions/simulation.jl b/src/additional_functions/simulation.jl
index da3e6a90..a787516b 100644
--- a/src/additional_functions/simulation.jl
+++ b/src/additional_functions/simulation.jl
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 
     (2) replace_observed(model::AbstractSemSingle, observed; kwargs...)
 
+    (3) replace_observed(model::SemEnsemble; column = :group, weights = nothing, kwargs...)
+
 Return a new model with swaped observed part.
 
 # Arguments
@@ -10,6 +12,14 @@ Return a new model with swaped observed part.
 - `kwargs`: additional keyword arguments; typically includes `data` and `specification`
 - `observed`: Either an object of subtype of `SemObserved` or a subtype of `SemObserved`
 
+# For SemEnsemble models:
+- `column`: if a DataFrame is passed as `data = ...`, which column signifies the group?
+- `weights`: how to weight the different sub-models,
+    defaults to number of samples per group in the new data
+- `kwargs`: has to be a dict with keys equal to the group names.
+    For `data` can also be a DataFrame with `column` containing the group information,
+    and for `specification` can also be an `EnsembleParameterTable`.
+
 # Examples
 See the online documentation on [Replace observed data](@ref).
 """
@@ -37,51 +47,28 @@ function update_observed end
 replace_observed(model::AbstractSemSingle; kwargs...) =
     replace_observed(model, typeof(observed(model)).name.wrapper; kwargs...)
 
-# construct a new observed type
-replace_observed(model::AbstractSemSingle, observed_type; kwargs...) =
-    replace_observed(model, observed_type(; kwargs...); kwargs...)
-
-replace_observed(model::AbstractSemSingle, new_observed::SemObserved; kwargs...) =
-    replace_observed(
-        model,
-        observed(model),
-        implied(model),
-        loss(model),
-        new_observed;
-        kwargs...,
-    )
-
-function replace_observed(
-    model::AbstractSemSingle,
-    old_observed,
-    implied,
-    loss,
-    new_observed::SemObserved;
-    kwargs...,
-)
+function replace_observed(model::AbstractSemSingle, observed_type; kwargs...)
+    new_observed = observed_type(;kwargs...)
     kwargs = Dict{Symbol, Any}(kwargs...)
 
     # get field types
     kwargs[:observed_type] = typeof(new_observed)
-    kwargs[:old_observed_type] = typeof(old_observed)
-    kwargs[:implied_type] = typeof(implied)
-    kwargs[:loss_types] = [typeof(lossfun) for lossfun in loss.functions]
+    kwargs[:old_observed_type] = typeof(model.observed)
+    kwargs[:implied_type] = typeof(model.implied)
+    kwargs[:loss_types] = [typeof(lossfun) for lossfun in model.loss.functions]
 
     # update implied
-    implied = update_observed(implied, new_observed; kwargs...)
-    kwargs[:implied] = implied
-    kwargs[:nparams] = nparams(implied)
+    new_implied = update_observed(model.implied, new_observed; kwargs...)
+    kwargs[:implied] = new_implied
+    kwargs[:nparams] = nparams(new_implied)
 
     # update loss
-    loss = update_observed(loss, new_observed; kwargs...)
-    kwargs[:loss] = loss
-
-    #new_implied = update_observed(model.implied, new_observed; kwargs...)
+    new_loss = update_observed(model.loss, new_observed; kwargs...)
 
     return Sem(
         new_observed,
-        update_observed(model.implied, new_observed; kwargs...),
-        update_observed(model.loss, new_observed; kwargs...),
+        new_implied,
+        new_loss
     )
 end
 
@@ -92,6 +79,39 @@ function update_observed(loss::SemLoss, new_observed; kwargs...)
     return SemLoss(new_functions, loss.weights)
 end
 
+
+function replace_observed(
+    emodel::SemEnsemble;
+    column = :group,
+    weights = nothing,
+    kwargs...,
+)
+    kwargs = Dict{Symbol, Any}(kwargs...)
+    # allow for EnsembleParameterTable to be passed as specification
+    if haskey(kwargs, :specification) && isa(kwargs[:specification], EnsembleParameterTable)
+        kwargs[:specification] = convert(Dict{Symbol, RAMMatrices}, kwargs[:specification])
+    end
+    # allow for DataFrame with group variable "column" to be passed as new data
+    if haskey(kwargs, :data) && isa(kwargs[:data], DataFrame)
+        kwargs[:data] = Dict(
+            group => select(
+                filter(
+                    r -> r[column] == group,
+                    kwargs[:data]),
+                Not(column)) for group in emodel.groups)
+    end
+    # update each model for new data
+    models = emodel.sems
+    new_models = Tuple(
+        replace_observed(m; group_kwargs(g, kwargs)...) for (m, g) in zip(models, emodel.groups)
+    )
+    return SemEnsemble(new_models...; weights = weights, groups = emodel.groups)
+end
+
+function group_kwargs(g, kwargs)
+    return Dict(k => kwargs[k][g] for k in keys(kwargs))
+end
+
 ############################################################################################
 # simulate data
 ############################################################################################
diff --git a/src/frontend/fit/standard_errors/bootstrap.jl b/src/frontend/fit/standard_errors/bootstrap.jl
index 4589dc02..4b3e302b 100644
--- a/src/frontend/fit/standard_errors/bootstrap.jl
+++ b/src/frontend/fit/standard_errors/bootstrap.jl
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
     se_bootstrap(sem_fit::SemFit; n_boot = 3000, data = nothing, kwargs...)
 
 Return boorstrap standard errors.
-Only works for single models.
 
 # Arguments
 - `n_boot`: number of boostrap samples
@@ -10,19 +9,12 @@ Only works for single models.
 - `kwargs...`: passed down to `replace_observed`
 """
 function se_bootstrap(
-    semfit::SemFit;
+    semfit::SemFit{Mi, So, St, Mo, O};
     n_boot = 3000,
     data = nothing,
     specification = nothing,
     kwargs...,
-)
-    if model(semfit) isa AbstractSemCollection
-        throw(
-            ArgumentError(
-                "bootstrap standard errors for ensemble models are not available yet",
-            ),
-        )
-    end
+    ) where {Mi, So, St, Mo <: AbstractSemSingle, O}
 
     if isnothing(data)
         data = samples(observed(model(semfit)))
@@ -69,6 +61,62 @@ function se_bootstrap(
     return sd
 end
 
+function se_bootstrap(
+    semfit::SemFit{Mi, So, St, Mo, O};
+    n_boot = 3000,
+    data = nothing,
+    specification = nothing,
+    kwargs...,
+    ) where {Mi, So, St, Mo <: SemEnsemble, O}
+
+    models = semfit.model.sems
+    groups = semfit.model.groups
+    
+    if isnothing(data)
+        data = Dict(g => samples(observed(m)) for (g, m) in zip(groups, models))
+    end
+
+    data = Dict(k => prepare_data_bootstrap(data[k]) for k in keys(data))
+
+    start = solution(semfit)
+
+    new_solution = zero(start)
+    sum = zero(start)
+    squared_sum = zero(start)
+
+    n_failed = 0.0
+
+    converged = true
+
+    for _ in 1:n_boot
+        sample_data = Dict(k => bootstrap_sample(data[k]) for k in keys(data))
+        new_model = replace_observed(
+            semfit.model;
+            data = sample_data,
+            specification = specification,
+            kwargs...,
+        )
+
+        new_solution .= 0.0
+
+        try
+            new_solution = solution(fit(new_model; start_val = start))
+        catch
+            n_failed += 1
+        end
+
+        @. sum += new_solution
+        @. squared_sum += new_solution^2
+
+        converged = true
+    end
+
+    n_conv = n_boot - n_failed
+    sd = sqrt.(squared_sum / n_conv - (sum / n_conv) .^ 2)
+    print("Number of nonconverged models: ", n_failed, "\n")
+    return sd
+end
+
 function prepare_data_bootstrap(data)
     return Matrix(data)
 end
diff --git a/src/types.jl b/src/types.jl
index 44d472eb..660c1c43 100644
--- a/src/types.jl
+++ b/src/types.jl
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ end
 # ensemble models
 ############################################################################################
 """
-    (1) SemEnsemble(models...; weights = nothing, kwargs...)
+    (1) SemEnsemble(models...; weights = nothing, groups = nothing, kwargs...)
 
     (2) SemEnsemble(;specification, data, groups, column = :group, kwargs...)
 
@@ -192,24 +192,24 @@ Returns a SemEnsemble with fields
 
 For instructions on multigroup models, see the online documentation.
 """
-struct SemEnsemble{N, T <: Tuple, V <: AbstractVector, I} <: AbstractSemCollection
+struct SemEnsemble{N, T <: Tuple, V <: AbstractVector, I, G <: Vector{Symbol}} <: AbstractSemCollection
     n::N
     sems::T
     weights::V
     param_labels::I
+    groups::G
 end
 
 # constructor from multiple models
-function SemEnsemble(models...; weights = nothing, kwargs...)
+function SemEnsemble(models...; weights = nothing, groups = nothing, kwargs...)
     n = length(models)
-
     # default weights
-
     if isnothing(weights)
         nsamples_total = sum(nsamples, models)
         weights = [nsamples(model) / nsamples_total for model in models]
     end
-
+    # default group labels
+    groups = isnothing(groups) ? Symbol.(:g, 1:n) : groups
     # check parameters equality
     param_labels = SEM.param_labels(models[1])
     for model in models
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ function SemEnsemble(models...; weights = nothing, kwargs...)
         end
     end
 
-    return SemEnsemble(n, models, weights, param_labels)
+    return SemEnsemble(n, models, weights, param_labels, groups)
 end
 
 # constructor from EnsembleParameterTable and data set
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ function SemEnsemble(; specification, data, groups, column = :group, kwargs...)
         model = Sem(; specification = ram_matrices, data = data_group, kwargs...)
         push!(models, model)
     end
-    return SemEnsemble(models...; weights = nothing, kwargs...)
+    return SemEnsemble(models...; weights = nothing, groups = groups, kwargs...)
 end
 
 param_labels(ensemble::SemEnsemble) = ensemble.param_labels
diff --git a/test/examples/multigroup/build_models.jl b/test/examples/multigroup/build_models.jl
index f6a7a230..f5ea0b5d 100644
--- a/test/examples/multigroup/build_models.jl
+++ b/test/examples/multigroup/build_models.jl
@@ -20,6 +20,13 @@ model_ml_multigroup2 = SemEnsemble(
     loss = SemML,
 )
 
+model_ml_multigroup3 = replace_observed(
+    model_ml_multigroup2,
+    column = :school,
+    specification = partable,
+    data = dat,
+)
+
 # gradients
 @testset "ml_gradients_multigroup" begin
     test_gradient(model_ml_multigroup, start_test; atol = 1e-9)
@@ -46,6 +53,12 @@ end
     )
 end
 
+@testset "replace_observed_multigroup" begin
+    sem_fit_1 = fit(semoptimizer, model_ml_multigroup)
+    sem_fit_2 = fit(semoptimizer, model_ml_multigroup3)
+    @test sem_fit_1.solution ≈ sem_fit_2.solution
+end
+
 @testset "fitmeasures/se_ml" begin
     solution_ml = fit(model_ml_multigroup)
     test_fitmeasures(