Student Transcript Interchange - v2.1

This interchange defines transcript information for a course and student academic records for a given session. Course transcripts link to the student academic record for the session in which the course was taken.

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 Transcript Interchange can be used to:

  1. Exchange a student's full or partial academic record.
  2. Exchange a transcript for a course or set of courses.

Model Details

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

Entities

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

NameDescription
StudentAcademicRecordThis educational entity represents the cumulative record of academic achievement for a student.
CourseTranscriptThis entity is the final record of a student's performance in their courses at the end of a semester or school year.

Extended References

This interchange includes the following Extended References.

Extended Reference NameDescription
CourseReference (in CourseTranscript)Required. The course recorded in the course transcript entry.
EducationOrganizationReference (in StudentAcademicRecord)Required. Provides user information to lookup and link to an existing educational organization record.
ExternalEducationOrganizationReference (in CourseTranscript)Optional. Optional association between CourseTranscript and ExternalEdOrg is designed to capture cases in which the student takes a course via an ExternalEducationOrganization (like an enrolled student taking a Khan Academy course).
ReportCardReference (in StudentAcademicRecord)Optional. Report cards for the student.
StudentReference (in StudentAcademicRecord)Required. Identifies the student who is associated with the StudentAcademicRecord.

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 NameDescription
AchievementCategoryDescriptorOptional. This descriptor defines the category of achievement attributed to the learner.
GradeLevelDescriptorOptional. This descriptor defines the set of grade levels. The map to known Ed-Fi enumeration values is required.
TermDescriptorRequired. This descriptor defines the term of a session during the school year (e.g., Fall Semester).
Downloads

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

Interchange-StudentTranscript-Bundle.zip

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