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Ed-Fi Categories and Resources

Category

Description

Resource

Descriptors

The Descriptor category is used to describe metadata about the descriptors and their structure. Descriptors define enumeration vocabularies that are not fixed within the Ed-Fi schema, and vary according to the specific state implementation.

descriptor

Education OrganizationThe Education Organization category describes education organizations, their structure, and their education offerings. It is used to exchange education organization information about a state's schools, Local Education Agencies (LEAs), Education Service Centers (ESCs), and others.localEducationAgencies
schools
locations
classPeriods
courses
programs
graduationPlans
Student DemographicsThe Student category describes students, and captures all their identifying information.students
Staff DemographicsThe Staff Demographics category captures staff demographic data and contains identifying information.staffs
Organization CalendarsThe Organization Calendars category represents information about sessions, grading periods, and calendars.sessions
gradingPeriods
calendarDates
Organization SchedulesThe Organization Schedules category captures the information about course and section information for the school year.courseOfferings
sections
Student EnrollmentsThe Student Enrollment category describes student enrollments in schools.studentSchoolAssociations
ContactsThe Contacts category captures any contacts linked to the student including their defined relationship.parents
studentParentAssociations
Staff AssociationsThe Staff Associations category defines staff and teacher information. It can be used to define employment, school associations, and assignments.staffEducationOrganizationEmploymentAssociations
staffEducationOrganizationIdentityAssociations
staffSchoolAssociations
staffEducationOrganizationAssignmentAssociations
Student Teacher SectionsThe Student Teacher Sections category captures section teachers and student section enrollments.staffSectionAssociations
studentSectionAssociations
Student ProgramsThe Student Programs category captures student associations and information related to programs.studentProgramAssociations
studentSpecialEducationProgramAssociations
Student DisciplineThe Student Discipline Data category captures information about student discipline incidents and disciplinary actions.disciplineIncidents
studentDisciplineIncidentAssociations
disciplineActions
AttendanceThe Student Attendance Data category captures student daily and section attendance information.studentSchoolAttendanceEvents
studentSectionAttendanceEvents
Student GradesThe Grades category captures student grades.grades
Student TranscriptsThe Transcripts category captures student record and course transcript data.studentAcademicRecords
courseTranscripts
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