Standards Interchange - v2.1
- Ian Christopher
- Becky McKnight
The Standards Interchange describes learning objectives and learning standards taught in courses, tested by assessments, and logged as grades.
Like all standard Ed-Fi interchanges, this schema references the Ed-Fi Core XSD and can be extended using the Ed-Fi Extensions Framework. See the XML Design & Implementation Guidelines for more information.
Use Cases
The Standards Interchange can be used to:
- Exchange learning standard information to be used when defining courses, assessments and grades.
- Exchange learning objective information to be used when defining courses, assessments and grades.
Model Details
The following figure shows a logical view of the Standards Interchange schema:
Entities
The following table describes the primary entities of which the Standards Interchange is composed.
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| LearningObjective | This entity represents identified learning objectives for courses in specific grades. |
| LearningStandard | This entity is a sub-element of a learning objective consisting of a precise statement of the expectation of a student's proficiency. |
Extended References
This interchange includes the following Extended References.
| Extended Reference Name | Description |
|---|---|
| MandatingEducationOrganizationReference (in LearningObjective) | Optional. Optionally relates the entity mandating the use of the content standard. |
Descriptor Dependencies
This interchange references the following Ed-Fi Descriptors, thus requiring them to have been defined using the Descriptors interchange prior to this interchange. For more information on the Ed-Fi Descriptor Pattern, see the XML Design & Implementation Guidelines.
| Descriptor Name | Description |
|---|---|
| AcademicSubjectDescriptor | Required. This descriptor holds the description of the content or subject area (e.g., arts, mathematics, reading, stenography, or a foreign language). |
| GradeLevelDescriptor | Required. This descriptor defines the set of grade levels. The map to known Ed-Fi enumeration values is required. |
The following link is a ZIP archive containing the XSD for the Standards Interchange v2.1 along with the Ed-Fi Core XSD and a Sample XML Data File:
Interchange-Standards-Bundle.zip
A ZIP archive containing all v2.1 Ed-Fi Standard Interchange Schema can be found in the Download Directory.