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Cohorts

This category captures student cohorts (groups), and includes any activities and students associated with those activities. The Student Cohort Groups category includes the following data views and resources:


Cohorts

This data view represents a detailed list of Cohorts successfully published. The published view layout provides the School Name, Cohort Identifier, Cohort Name, Last Publish Date, Publishing ID, and Resource ID.

cohorts

This resource represents any type of list of designated students for tracking, analysis, or intervention.

Primary PowerSchool Source Data

  • Gen

Selection Criteria

Records are published if the following criteria are met:

  • One or more students at the school are in the cohort and none of the students are marked as being excluded.

Resource Output

  • The cohort resource is dependent on the prior publishing of the following entities: schools

  • LEAs and Schools may upload (publish) data to the Ed-Fi ODS in real time or on-demand (“Run Now” button).

Note: Click Export to export the data collection results to an Excel spreadsheet.                       

Data Element

Description

Data Type

Stored in Table.Field

Req’d

educationOrganizationReference

A reference to the related EducationOrganization resource.

R

/educationOrganizationId

The school with which the cohort is associated.

Integer

Derived from:

Gen.SchoolID

R

identifier

The name or ID for the cohort.

String

When Gen.Cat = Activity derived from Gen.DCID and Gen.Value

Otherwise:

Derived from Gen.DCID and Gen.Name

R

description

The description of the cohort and its purpose.

String

Gen.Name

O

type

The type of the cohort (academic intervention, attendance intervention, discipline intervention, breakout session, etc.).

String

When Gen.Cat = Activity Gen.Value

Otherwise: Gen.ID

R

scopeType

 The scope of cohort (e.g., campus, district, classroom).

String

When Gen.SchoolID = 0: 'District'

Otherwise: 'School'

O

Student Cohort Association

This data view represents a detailed list of Student Cohort Associations successfully published. The published view layout provides the School Name, Student Number, Student Name, State Identifier, Grade Level, Cohort Name, Begin Date, End Date, Last Publish Date, Publishing ID, and Resource ID.

studentCohortAssociation

This association represents the cohort(s) for which a student is designated.

Primary PowerSchool Source Data

  • Gen

  • Students

Selection Criteria

Records are published if the following criteria are met:

  • The student must not be excluded from state reporting.

  • The student’s school of enrollment must not be excluded from state reporting.

  • StudentUniqueId must be populated in PowerSchool.

Resource Output

  • The studentCohortAssociation resource is dependent on the prior publishing of the following entities: students, cohorts

  • LEAs and Schools may upload (publish) data to the Ed-Fi ODS in real time or on-demand (“Run Now” button).

Note: Click Export to export the data collection results to an Excel spreadsheet.                   

Data Element

Description

Data Type

Stored in Table.Field

Req’d

cohortReference

A reference to the related Cohort resource.

R

/identifier

The name or ID for the cohort.

String

When Gen.Cat = Activity derived from Gen.DCID and Gen.Value

Otherwise:

Derived from Gen.DCID and Gen.Name

R

/educationOrganizationId

The organization associated with the cohort.

Integer

Derived from:

Gen.SchoolID

R

studentReference

A reference to the related Student resource.

R

/studentUniqueId

The student associated with the cohort.

String

Students.State_StudentNumber

R

beginDate

The month, day, and year on which the Student was first identified as part of the Cohort.

Date

Students.EntryDate

R

endDate

The month, day, and year on which the Student was removed as part of the Cohort.

Date

Students.ExitDate

O

Staff Cohort Association

This data view represents a detailed list of Staff Cohort Associations successfully published. The published view layout provides the School Name, Teacher Number, Staff Name, State Identifier, Cohort Name, Begin Date, End Date, Last Publish Date, Publishing ID, and Resource ID.

staffCohortAssociation

This association indicates the staff associated with a cohort of students.

Primary PowerSchool Source Data

  • Gen

  • S_USR_EdFi_CohortGroups_C

Selection Criteria

Records are published if the following criteria are met:

  • The staff member must not be excluded from state reporting.

  • The staff's school of enrollment must not be excluded from state reporting.

  • StaffUniqueId must be populated in PowerSchool.

Resource Output

  • The staffCohortAssociation resource is dependent on the prior publishing of the following entities: staffs, cohorts

  • LEAs and Schools may upload (publish) data to the Ed-Fi ODS in real time or on-demand (“Run Now” button).

Note: Click Export to export the data collection results to an Excel spreadsheet. 

Data Element

Description

Data Type

Stored in Table.Field

Req’d

cohortReference

A reference to the related Cohort resource.

R

/identifier

The name or ID for the cohort.

String

When Gen.Cat = Activity derived from Gen.DCID and Gen.Value

Otherwise:

Derived from Gen.DCID and Gen.Name

R

/educationOrganizationId

The organization associated with the cohort.

Integer

Derived from:

Gen.SchoolID

R

staffReference

A reference to the related Staff resource.

R

/staffUniqueId

The staff associated with the cohort.

String

S_USR_EdFi_CohortGroups_C.DCID

R

beginDate

Start date for the association of staff to this cohort.

Date

Later date of:

S_USR_EdFi_CohortGroups_C.Start_Date

Terms.FirstDay

R

endDate

End date for the association of staff to this cohort.

Date

S_USR_EdFi_CohortGroups_C.EndDate if less than Terms.LastDay

Otherwise: Terms.LastDay

O

studentRecordAccess

Indicator of whether the staff has access to the student records of the cohort per district interpretation of FERPA and other privacy laws, regulations, and policies.

Boolean

When S_USR_EdFi_CohortGroups_C.StudentAccess = 1: Published Value = '1'

Otherwise: Published Value = '0'

O