Models and Schemas

Standard reporting schemas ensure portable information and interoperable systems.

National Education Data Model

• Education Data Model Version 1 (PK-12)
  The National Education Data Model provides a catalogue of the data used in PK-12 education and a description of the relationships among those data. It serves as a blueprint for schools, districts, and states to identify, merge, and match data across systems; specify the content and structure of data systems; enhance the movement of data between agencies; and evaluate and improve instructional tools. It contains information related to the processes associated with teaching, learning, and the business operations of education organizations. The data model is currently adding the following into its catalogue: aggregate items, the P-20 connection, federal reporting, and a complete inventory of the NCES Handbooks.

XML Standards

• Postsecondary Electronic Standards Council (PESC)
  PESC supports the maintenance and implementation of electronic data interchange (EDI) and the development, maintenance, and implementation of extensible markup language (XML).
• Schools Interoperability Framework (SIF)
  SIF, an organization that develops open source XML standards for P-12 data, has developed an Implementation Toolkit containing three documents that are designed to serve as an aid for schools.

Reporting Requirements

• Reporting Requirements for the Common Core of Data (CCD)
  The Coordinator's Corner includes the instructions for the fiscal and nonfiscal CCD surveys.
• Education Data Exchange Network (EDEN) Workbook 2005-06: Version 2.2, August 2006 (776 KB)
  Reporting Regulations for the Education Data Exchange Network (EDEN).
• IPEDS Resource Center
  The IPEDS Resource Center contains useful information on the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) for data providers and users and access resources such as the Race/Ethnicity Information Center, Archived Survey Forms, and the Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP).

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