Enrollment Domain - Entities, References, and Descriptors

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.

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.

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