Enrollment Domain - Entities, References, and Descriptors

Entities, Extended References, and Descriptors

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Enrollment Domain Entities

Name	Description
AccountabilityRating	An accountability rating for a school or district.
GraduationPlan	This entity is a plan outlining the required credits, credits by subject,credits by course, and other criteria required for graduation. A graduation plan may be one or more standard plans defined by an education organization and/or individual plans for some or all students.
StudentEducationOrganizationAssociation	This association represents student information that is specific to a student's relationship with an EducationOrganization.
StudentEducationOrganizationResponsibilityAssociation	This association indicates any relationship between a student and an education organization other than how the state views enrollment. Enrollment relationship semantics are covered by StudentSchoolAssociation.
StudentSchoolAssociation	This association represents the School in which a student is enrolled. The semantics of enrollment may differ slightly by state. Non-enrollment relationships between a student and an education organization may be described using the StudentEducationOrganizationAssociation.

Extended References

Name	Description
EducationOrganization	This entity represents any public or private institution, organization, or agency that provides instructional or support services to students or staff at any level.
LocalEducationAgency	This entity represents an administrative unit at the local level which exists primarily to operate schools or to contract for educational services. It includes school districts, charter schools, charter management organizations, or other local administrative organizations.
School	This entity represents an educational organization that includes staff and students who participate in classes and educational activity groups.
Student	This entity represents an individual for whom instruction, services, and/or care are provided in an early childhood, elementary, or secondary educational program under the jurisdiction of a school, education agency or other institution or program. A student is a person who has been enrolled in a school or other educational institution.

Enrollment Domain Descriptors

Entity	Name	Description	*Usage Classification	EDFacts Mapping*	Commonly Used*	Commonly State-Defined*
GraduationPlan	AcademicSubject	The intended major subject area of the graduation requirement.	Local	Yes	Yes
	AssessmentReportingMethod	The method that the administrator of the assessment uses to report the performance and achievement of all students. It may be a qualitative method such as performance level descriptors or a quantitative method such as a numerical grade or cut score. More than one type of reporting method may be used.	Local		Yes	Yes
	CreditType	The type of credits or units of value awarded for the completion of a course.	Flexible
	GraduationPlanType	The type of academic plan the student is following for graduation: for example, Minimum, Recommended, Distinguished, or Standard.	Local		Yes
	PerformanceLevel	The performance level(s) defined for the assessment.	Local	Yes	Yes
	ResultDatatypeType	The datatype of the result. The results can be expressed as a number, percentile, range, level, etc.	Orthodox			Yes
	WhenTakenGradeLevel	The grade level when the student is planned to take the course.	Orthodox	Yes	Yes
StudentEducationOrganizationAssociation	AddressType	The type of address listed for an individual or organization. For example: Physical Address, Mailing Address, Home Address, etc.)	Orthodox	Yes	Yes	Yes
	CohortYearType	The type of cohort year (9th grade, graduation).	Local
	Country	The name of the country. It is strongly recommended that entries use only ISO 3166 2-letter country codes.	Standard	Yes	Yes	Yes
	Disability	A disability category that describes a child's impairment.	Orthodox	Yes	Yes
	DisabilityDesignation	Whether the disability is IDEA, Section 504, or other disability designation.	Orthodox		Yes
	DisabilityDeterminationSourceType	The source that provided the disability determination.	Orthodox		Yes
	ElectronicMailType	The type of email listed for an individual or organization. For example: Home/Personal, Work, etc.	Standard		Yes	Yes
	Language	A specification of which written or spoken communication is being used.	Orthodox	Yes	Yes	Yes
	LanguageUse	A description of how the language is used (e.g. Home Language, Native Language, Spoken Language).	Orthodox		Yes	Yes
	LimitedEnglishProficiency	An indication that the student has been identified as limited English proficient by the Language Proficiency Assessment Committee (LPAC), or English proficient.	Standard	Yes	Yes
	Locale	A general geographic indicator that categorizes U.S. territory (e.g., City, Suburban).	Standard	Yes	Yes
	OldEthnicity	Previous definition of Ethnicity combining Hispanic/Latino and race: 1 - American Indian or Alaskan Native, 2 - Asian or Pacific Islander, 3 - Black, not of Hispanic origin, 4 - Hispanic, and 5 - White, not of Hispanic origin.	Standard		Yes
	ProgramCharacteristic	Reflects important characteristics of the Program, such as categories or particular indications.	Local	Yes	Yes
	ProgramType	The type of program.	Flexible	Yes	Yes	Yes
	Race	The general racial category which most clearly reflects the individual's recognition of his or her community or with which the individual most identifies as last reported to the education organization. The data model allows for multiple entries so that each individual can specify all appropriate races.	Standard	Yes	Yes	Yes
	Sex	The student's gender as last reported to the education organization.	Standard	Yes	Yes	Yes
	StateAbbreviation	The abbreviation for the state (within the United States) or outlying area in which an address is located.	Standard
	StudentCharacteristic	The characteristic designated for the Student.	Local
	StudentIdentificationSystem	A coding scheme that is used for identification and record-keeping purposes by schools, social services, or other agencies to refer to a student.	Orthodox
	TelephoneNumberType	The type of communication number listed for an individual or organization.	Standard
	TribalAffiliation	An American Indian tribe with which the student is affiliated as last reported to the education organization.	Orthodox
StudentEducationOrganizationResponsibilityAssociation	Responsibility	Indications of an education organization's responsibility for a student, such as accountability, attendance, funding, etc.	Local		Yes
StudentSchoolAssociation	EducationPlan	The type of education plan(s) the student is following, if appropriate.	Local		Yes
	EntryGradeLevel	The grade level or primary instructional level at which a student enters and receives services in a school or an educational institution during a given academic session.	Orthodox	Yes	Yes
	EntryGradeLevelReason	The primary reason as to why a staff member determined that a student should be promoted or not (or be demoted) at the end of a given school term.	Local
	EntryType	The process by which a student enters a school during a given academic session.	Local		Yes
	ExitWithdrawType	The circumstances under which the student exited from membership in an educational institution.	Local		Yes
	GraduationPlanType	The type of academic plan the student is following for graduation: for example, Minimum, Recommended, Distinguished, or Standard.	Local
	ResidencyStatus	An indication of the location of a persons legal residence relative to (within or outside of) the boundaries of the public school attended and its administrative unit.	Local		Yes

* On these columns, please see the technical article Descriptor Guidance