H - Student Grade History File 2024-2025
Introduction
The Student Grade History file includes one record for each high school course where a student attempted to earn credit. The file includes all of the student's historical grade records for high school. The final grade for the course must be the same grade that will appear on the student's transcript. Grade history records for courses the student received from schools outside the serving district should be reported using Location ID 9999.
Selection Criteria
Selection criteria determine which database records are used in the report. Refer to selection criteria for analysis of report results when the report does not return the correct records.
Grade Selection
The report selects records from the [StoredGrades] and [CC] tables based on the following criteria:
The school where the grade was awarded must not offer grade levels below 9 or above 12.
The school where the grade was awarded must not be excluded from state reporting.
The course for which the grade was awarded must offer credit (potential credit must be greater than zero).
The student's school Entry Date must be on or before the last day of the current school year.
The student's school Exit Date must be on or after the first day of the current school year.
The student must not be a no-show (the school Exit Date must occur after the school Entry Date).
Report Input
For help with report navigation and generation, see How to Find and Generate a Report.
Field | Description |
Select Schools | Choose one of the following:
The All Schools option is only available when running the report from the District Office. |
Current Selection Students | Indicate which students to include in the report by selecting one of the following options:
If you are running the report for a single student, or a group of students, select the students before running the report. |
School Year | Choose the year for which to run the report. |
Default Course Number for Imported Historical Grades With Blank Course Number | Enter the default course number for historical grades that do not have an assigned associated course. |
Scheduling | Select Schedule to run the report on a specific date and time. The default selection is "Run Now." |
Report Output
Each of the fields displayed in the output of the report is described below. See Understanding the Report Output Table for a definition of each column in the table.
Item | Data Element | Description | [Table]FieldName | Reqd | Field Type | Length |
H01 | School Year | The four-digit year in which the school year ends. | [Terms]LastDay | Yes | Char | 4 |
H02 | Serving County District Code | The county district code for the district providing service to the student. Use leading zeroes where necessary. All grades from outside serving districts should be 9999. | [Prefs]Value [Prefs]Name=districtnumber | Yes | Char | 5 |
H03 | District Student ID | The locally assigned student identifier. | [Students]Student_Number | Yes | VarChar | 50 |
H04 | State Student ID (SSID) | The identifier assigned to each WA public school student by OSPI. Rule: This field is not required if the student has not yet been assigned an SSID. | [Students]State_StudentNumber | Con | Char | 10 |
H05 | No longer an Active Data Element. | This data element is no longer used in CEDARS. Deprecated as of 2017-2018. This position in the extract is now filler (null). | N/A | N/A | N/A | 4 |
H06 | No longer an Active Data Element. | This data element is no longer used in CEDARS. Deprecated as of 2017-2018. This position in the extract is now filler (null). | N/A | N/A | N/A | 20 |
H07 | Course ID | The unique course number assigned by the district. Grades without an associated course will use the school-level or district-level default course numbers. | [StoredGrades]Course_Number [S_WA_SCH_X]TransferCrsNumber [Pref]WA_TransferCrsNumber | Yes | VarChar | 20 |
H08 | Course Title | Course name assigned by the school and district. | [StoredGrades]Course_Name | Yes | VarChar | 50 |
H09 | Grade Level Code | The student's grade level at the time the grade was awarded. | [StoredGrades]Grade_Level | Yes | VarChar | 2 |
H10 | Letter Grade | The letter grade awarded for the course. | [StoredGrades]Grade | Yes | VarChar | 2 |
H11 | Credits Attempted | The number of credits the student could have earned for the course. Valid range: 00.00 to 99.99 | [StoredGrades]PotentialCrHrs | Yes | Numeric | 4,2 |
H12 | Credits Earned | The number of credits awarded to the student upon completion of the course. Valid range: 00.00 to 99.99 | [StoredGrades]EarnedCrHrs | Yes | Numeric | 4,2 |
H13 | Course Designation Code | Course designation code outlined in WAC 392-415-070. Include this field for grades 7–12 for all courses that receive high school credit. The report output for each record will contain a concatenated list of unique codes as populated across the following locations:
A single course can have multiple designation codes. Refer to OSPI rules regarding which can go together. The report output does not display the concatenated value of codes. If the user selects only the B course designation code, the report output displays B. If the user selects only J or selects J along with other codes, then the report output displays only J. If the user selects only J and B or selects J and B along with other codes, the report output displays only J B. If the user selects other codes but does not select J and B, the report output displays only the other selected codes. For example, if the user selects the newly code Paid Work Experience (F) along with Science Lab (S) and Internation Baccalaureate (I), the report will display the value as “FSI”. | [S_WA_CRS_X] [S_WA_SEC_X] [S_WA_SGR_X] | Con | VarChar | 10 |
H14 | Content Area Code | Primary content area. Content Area Code values of 1-122 are no longer reported for any grade. Content Area Codes of ZZZ and 123 are still reported (if populated). | [S_WA_SEC_X]ContentAreaCd [S_WA_CRS_X]ContentAreaCd | Con | VarChar | 3 |
H15 | State Course Code | Unique course code assigned by the state. | [S_WA_SEC_X]StateCourseCd [S_WA_CRS_X]StateCourseCd | Con | Char | 6 |
H16 | Advanced Placement (AP) and International Baccalaureate (IB) Code | Code for an AP- or IB-designated course. Rule: An AP or IB code must be reported if data element H13 contains an A or I. | [S_WA_SGR_X]Desig_AP [S_WA_SEC_X]APCode [S_WA_CRS_X]APCode [S_WA_SGR_X]Desig_IB [S_WA_SEC_X]Desig_IB [S_WA_CRS_X]IBCode | Con | Numeric | 4,2 |
H17 | Classification of Instructional Program (CIP) Code Number | CIP code assigned by OSPI to approved CTE courses. Rule: A valid CIP Code Number must be reported if data element H13 contains a T. | [Courses]Code | Con | Char | 6 |
H18 | Term End Date | The month and year of the final grading period for the course, reported in the format MM/YYYY. | [Terms]LastDay | Yes | Char | 7 |
H19 | Term | The term during which the student took the course. Rule: This field is not required for transfer credits. | [Terms]Abbreviation | Con | VarChar | 12 |
H20 | Is CTE Completer (Deactivated starting school year 2022 - 2023) | Indicates whether the student acquired 360 hours of instruction in a single CTE program area for the CTE course indicated in data element H13. Rule: This field is required if data element H13 is T. Default value: N – No This element is not required beginning with the 2022-23 school year | [S_WA_CC_X]VocationalCompleter | Con | Char | 1 |
H21 | Has Industry Certification (Deactivated starting school year 2022 - 2023) | Indicates whether the student received certification or passed a certification exam as part of a state or nationally-recognized industry certification program during the reporting period for the CTE course indicated in data element H17. Rule: This field is required if data element H17 is reported. Default value: N – No This element is not required beginning with the 2022-23 school year | [S_WA_CC_X]IndustryCert | Con | Char | 1 |
H22 | No longer an active data element. Formerly Is Direct Transcription Available (Deactivated starting school year 2022 - 2023) | Beginning with the 2012-2013 school year, this element is no longer an active data element. This position in the extract is now filler (null). | N/A | N/A | N/A | 1 |
H23 | Is CTE Dual Credit (Tech Prep) Completer | This field will report a blank value. | [S_WA_CC_X]TechPrepCompleter | Con | Char | 1 |
H24 | CTE Assessment | Indicates if the student has taken and/or passed a state or nationally recognized assessment in the approved CTE Course identified in data element H17. Rule: This field is required if element H17 is reported. | [S_WA_CC_X]CTEAssessment | Con | Char | 1 |
H25 | Certification Number | The State Certification number assigned to this staff member's certificate. The Certification Number may be blank for any high school transfer credits taken outside the submitting district. | [S_WA_USR_X]TeacherCredentialID | Con | Char | 7 |
H26 | School Code | This is a four-digit code assigned to the school by OSPI. | [schools]school_number [schools]alternate_school_number | Yes | Char | 4 |
H27 | ALE Course Type | Indicates whether the student is receiving ALE funded instruction for the course being reported. Valid Values:
| [S_WA_SGR_X]ALEFunded [S_WA_SEC_X]ALEFunded [S_WA_CRS_X]ALEFunded | Con | Char | 1 |
H28 | No Longer An Active Data Element | This data element is no longer used in CEDARS. Deprecated as of 2017-2018. This position in the extract is now filler (null). | N/A | N/A | N/A | 1 |
H29 | No Longer An Active Data Element | This data element is no longer used in CEDARS. Deprecated as of 2017-2018. This position in the extract is now filler (null). | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
H30 | Course School Year | The second year of the four-digit school year in which the course was taken. | [Courses]CourseYear | Yes | Char | 4 |
H31 | Industry Recognized Certifications Earned | Indicates which, if any, state or nationally industry-recognized certification(s) a student earned as a result of taking the CTE course when recognized industry certifications are available for that CTE course as identified in Element D17 – Industry Recognized Certifications Offered. Defaults to "1 - No Industry Certification Offered" for CTE course enrollments where the CTE Course does not offer a certification (CEDARS D17 = 1). Default to "2 - No Industry Certification Earned" for CTE course enrollments where the CTE Course offers a certification, but one was not earned by the student. Refer to Appendix AK of the CEDARS Appendices 23 - 24 document for the complete list of certifications available. http://www.k12.wa.us/CEDARS/Manuals.aspx. | [S_WA_CC_X]IndustryCertEarned | Cond | Varchar | 40 |
H32 | Student Work-Based Learning Activities | The work-based learning (WBL) activities the student participated in as a result of taking the CTE Course reported in Element H17 – Classification of Instructional Program (CIP) Code. All CTE courses have the expectation that WBL activities are embedded in the curriculum. Rules: Data is required when Element H17 – Classification of Instructional Program(CIP) Code Number contains a value and Element H30 – Course School Year is 2022 or after. More than one valid value may be used (separated by a comma) to identify all of the WBL activities the student participated in for this CTE course. If H32 is 10 or 11, no other valid value may be used. 11 may only be This value will default to 10 if the 'corresponding course record Element D10 – Classification of Instructional Program (CIP) Code Number is not null', and the cc and stored grades fields are null. Valid Values: 1 – Career Research and Job Interview/Job Shadow in Course-Related Area | [S_WA_CC_X]StudentWorkBasedLearningActivities | Cond | Varchar | 40 |