This interchange defines grades for a grading period or group of grading periods. Grades are defined for groups of grading periods in the case where the grade is cumulative over a semester or academic year (also referred to as "final 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 Student Grade Interchange can be used to:

Exchange a student's full or partial academic record or transcript.
Exchange interim, grading period, semester, or final report card data.
Exchange grades.
Exchange students' graduation information.

Model Details

The following figure shows a logical view of the Student Grade Interchange schema:

Entities

The following table describes the primary entities of which the Student Grade Interchange is composed.

Name	Description
ReportCard	This educational entity represents the collection of student grades for courses taken during a grading period.
Grade	This educational entity represents an overall score or assessment tied to a course over a period of time (i.e., the grading period). Student grades are usually a compilation of marks and other scores.
CompetencyObjective	This entity holds additional competencies for student achievement that are not associated with specific learning objectives (e.g., paying attention in class).
LearningObjective	This entity represents identified learning objectives for courses in specific grades.
StudentCompetencyObjective	This entity represents the competency assessed or evaluated for the student against a specific learning objective.
StudentLearningObjective	This entity represents the competency assessed or evaluated for the student against a specific LearningObjective.

Extended References

This interchange includes the following Extended References.

Extended Reference Name	Description
EducationOrganizationReference (in CompetencyObjective)	Required. The EducationOrganization that defines the curriculum and courses offered - often the LEA or school.
EducationOrganizationReference (in ReportCard)	Required. Identifies the EducationOrganization that issued the ReportCard.
GradingPeriodReference (in Grade)	Required. Identifies the grading period for the Grade.
GradingPeriodReference (in ReportCard)	Required. Identifies the grading period for this report card.
GradingPeriodReference (in StudentCompetencyObjective)	Required. Relates the CompetencyObjective to a grading period.
GradingPeriodReference (in StudentLearningObjective)	Required. Relates the LearningObjective to a grading period.
LearningStandardReference (in LearningObjective)	Optional. LearningStandard(s) included in this objective.
MandatingEducationOrganizationReference (in LearningObjective)	Optional. Optionally relates the entity mandating the use of the content standard.
StudentProgramAssociationReference (in StudentCompetencyObjective)	Optional. Relates the Student and Program associated with the CompetencyObjective.
StudentProgramAssociationReference (in StudentLearningObjective)	Optional. Relates the Student and Program associated with the LearningObjective.
StudentReference (in ReportCard)	Required. Identifies the student that is associated with the ReportCard.
StudentReference (in StudentCompetencyObjective)	Required. Relates the student associated with the CompetencyObjective.
StudentReference (in StudentLearningObjective)	Required. Relates the Student associated with the LearningObjective.
StudentSectionAssociationReference (in Grade)	Required. Relates the student and Section associated with the Grade.
StudentSectionAssociationReference (in StudentCompetencyObjective)	Optional. Relates the Student and Section associated with the CompetencyObjective.
StudentSectionAssociationReference (in StudentLearningObjective)	Optional. Relates the Student and Section associated with the LearningObjective.

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).
CompetencyLevelDescriptor	Required. This descriptor defines various levels for assessed competencies.
GradeLevelDescriptor	Required. This descriptor defines the set of grade levels. The map to known Ed-Fi enumeration values is required.

Downloads

The following link is a ZIP archive containing the XSD for the Student Grade Interchange v2.1 along with the Ed-Fi Core XSD and a Sample XML Data File:

Interchange-StudentGrade-Bundle.zip

A ZIP archive containing all v2.1 Ed-Fi Standard Interchange Schema can be found in the Download Directory.

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