Education Organization Domain - Entities and Descriptors

Entities and Descriptors

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Education Organization Domain Entities

Name	Description
AccountabilityRating	An accountability rating for a school or district.
CommunityOrganization	This entity represents an administrative unit at the state level which exists primarily to operate local community providers.
CommunityProvider	This entity represents an educational organization that includes staff and students who participate in classes and educational activity groups.
CommunityProviderLicense	The legal document held by the CommunityProvider that authorizes the holder to perform certain functions and or services.
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.
EducationOrganizationNetwork	This entity is a self-organized membership network of peer-level education organizations intended to provide shared services or collective procurement.
EducationOrganizationNetworkAssociation	Properties of the association between the EducationOrganization and its network(s).
EducationOrganizationPeerAssociation	The association from an education organization to its peers.
EducationServiceCenter	This entity represents a regional, multi-services public agency authorized by state law to develop, manage and provide services, programs, or other support options (e.g., construction, food services, and technology services) to LEAs.
FeederSchoolAssociation	The association from feeder school to the receiving school.
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.
OrganizationDepartment	An organizational unit of another education organization, often devoted to a particular academic discipline, area of study, or organization function.
PostSecondaryInstitution	This entity represents an educational organization that provides programs for individuals who have completed or otherwise left educational programs in secondary school(s).
School	This entity represents an educational organization that includes staff and students who participate in classes and educational activity groups.
StateEducationAgency	This entity represents the agency of the state charged with the primary responsibility for coordinating and supervising public instruction, including the setting of standards for elementary and secondary instructional programs.

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Education Organization Domain Descriptors

Entity	Name	Description	Usage Classification*	EDFacts Mapping*	Commonly Used*	Commonly State-Defined*
CommunityProvider	ProviderCategory	Indicates the category of the provider.	Local
	ProviderProfitability	Indicates the profitability status of the provider.	Standard
	ProviderStatus	Indicates the status of the provider.	Flexible
CommunityProviderLicense	LicenseStatus	An indication of the status of the license.	Flexible
CommunityProviderLicense	LicenseType	An indication of the category of the license.	Flexible
EducationOrganization	AddressType	The type of address listed for an individual or organization.	Orthodox	Yes	Yes	Yes
	Country	The name of the country. It is strongly recommended that entries use only ISO 3166 2-letter country codes.	Standard		Yes
	EducationOrganizationCategory	The classification of the education agency within the geographic boundaries of a state according to the level of administrative and operational control granted by the state.	Standard		Yes	Yes
	EducationOrganizationIdentificationSystem		Orthodox		Yes
	Indicator	The name or code for the indicator or metric.	Local
	IndicatorGroup	The name for a group of indicators.	Local
	IndicatorLevel	The value of the indicator or metric, as a value from a controlled vocabulary. The semantics of an empty value is "not submitted."	Local
	InstitutionTelephoneNumberType	The type of communication number listed for an individual or organization.	Orthodox	Yes	Yes	Yes
	Locale	A general geographic indicator that categorizes U.S. territory (e.g., City, Suburban).	Orthodox		Yes
	OperationalStatus	The current operational status of the EducationOrganization (e.g., active, inactive).	Standard	Yes	Yes	Yes
	StateAbbreviation	The abbreviation for the state (within the United States) or outlying area in which an address is located.	Standard		Yes
EducationOrganizationNetwork	NetworkPurpose	The purpose(s) of the network (e.g., shared services, collective procurement).	Flexible
LocalEducationAgency	CharterStatus	A school or agency providing free public elementary or secondary education to eligible students under a specific charter granted by the state legislature or other appropriate authority and designated by such authority to be a charter school.	Standard	Yes	Yes	Yes
	GunFreeSchoolsActReportingStatus	An indication of whether the school or Local Education Agency (LEA) submitted a Gun-Free Schools Act (GFSA) of 1994 report to the state, as defined by Title 18, Section 921.	Standard	Yes	Yes
	LocalEducationAgencyCategory	The category of local education agency/district. For example: Independent or Charter.	Local	Yes	Yes
	SchoolChoiceImplementStatus	An indication of whether the LEA was able to implement the provisions for public school choice under Title I, Part A, Section 1116 of ESEA as amended.	Standard
OrganizationDepartment	AcademicSubject	The intended major subject area of the department.	Local
PostSecondaryInstitution	AdministrativeFundingControl	A classification of whether a postsecondary institution is operated by publicly elected or appointed officials (public control) or by privately elected or appointed officials and derives its major source of funds from private sources (private control).	Local
	MediumOfInstruction	The categories in which an institution serves the students.	Orthodox		Yes
	PostSecondaryInstitutionLevel	A classification of whether a post secondary institution's highest level of offering is a program of 4-years or higher (4 year), 2-but-less-than 4-years (2 year), or less than 2-years.	Orthodox
School	AdministrativeFundingControl	The type of education institution as classified by its funding source, for example public or private.	Local
	CharterApprovalAgencyType	The type of agency that approved the establishment or continuation of a charter school.	Standard	Yes	Yes
	CharterStatus	A school or agency providing free public elementary or secondary education to eligible students under a specific charter granted by the state legislature or other appropriate authority and designated by such authority to be a charter school.	Standard	Yes	Yes	Yes
	GradeLevel	The grade levels served at the school.	Orthodox	Yes	Yes
	InternetAccess	The type of Internet access available.	Flexible
	MagnetSpecialProgramEmphasisSchool	A school that has been designed: 1) to attract students of different racial/ethnic backgrounds for the purpose of reducing, preventing, or eliminating racial isolation; and/or 2) to provide an academic or social focus on a particular theme (e.g., science/math, performing arts, gifted/talented, or foreign language).	Standard	Yes	Yes
	SchoolCategory	The one or more categories of school. For example: High School, Middle School, and/or Elementary School.	Local		Yes
	SchoolType	The one or more categories of school. For example: High School, Middle School, and/or Elementary School.	Standard	Yes	Yes
	TitleIPartASchoolDesignation	Denotes the Title I Part A designation for the school.	Standard	Yes	Yes

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