Assessment Domain - Entities, References, and Descriptors

Assessment Domain Entities

Name	Description
Assessment	This entity represents a tool, instrument, process, or exhibition composed of a systematic sampling of behavior for measuring a student's competence, knowledge, skills, or behavior. An assessment can be used to measure differences in individuals or groups and changes in performance from one occasion to the next.
AssessmentItem	This entity represents one of many single measures that make up an assessment.
AssessmentScoreRangeLearningStandard	Score ranges of an assessment associated with one or more learning standards.
LearningObjective	Deprecated. Users of this element are advised to use LearningStandard instead. Expect removal of this element in a future release.
LearningStandard	A statement that describes a specific competency or academic standard.
LearningStandardEquivalenceAssociation	Indicates a directional association of equivalence from a source to a target learning standard.
ObjectiveAssessment	This entity represents subtests that assess specific learning objectives.
StudentAssessment	This entity represents the analysis or scoring of a student's response on an assessment. The analysis results in a value that represents a student's performance on a set of items on a test.

Extended References

Name	Description
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.
Program	This entity represents any program designed to work in conjunction with, or as a supplement to, the main academic program. Programs may provide instruction, training, services, or benefits through federal, state, or local agencies. Programs may also include organized extracurricular activities for students.
Section	This entity represents a setting in which organized instruction of course content is provided, in-person or otherwise, to one or more students for a given period of time. A course offering may be offered to more than one section.
Student	This entity represents an individual for whom instruction, services, and/or care are provided in an early childhood, elementary, or secondary educational program under the jurisdiction of a school, education agency or other institution or program. A student is a person who has been enrolled in a school or other educational institution.

Assessment Domain Descriptors

Entity	Descriptor	Description	Usage Classification	EDFacts Mapping	Commonly Used	Commonly State-Defined
Assessment	AcademicSubject	The description of the content or subject area (e.g., arts, mathematics, reading, stenography, or a foreign language) of an assessment.	Local	Yes	Yes
AssessedGradeLevel	The grade level(s) for which an assessment is designed. The semantics of null is assumed to mean that the assessment is not associated with any grade level.	Orthodox	Yes	Yes
AssessmentCategory	The category of an assessment based on format and content. For example: Achievement test, Advanced placement test, Alternate assessment/grade-level standards, Attitudinal test, Cognitive and perceptual skills test...	Orthodox	Yes	Yes
AssessmentIdentificationSystem	A coding scheme that is used for identification and record-keeping purposes by schools, social services, or other agencies to refer to an assessment.	Orthodox
AssessmentPeriod	The period of time in which an assessment is supposed to be administered (e.g., Beginning of Year, Middle of Year, End of Year).	Local		Yes
AssessmentReportingMethod	The method that the administrator of the assessment uses to report the performance and achievement of all students. It may be a qualitative method such as performance level descriptors or a quantitative method such as a numerical grade or cut score. More than one type of reporting method may be used.	Local		Yes	Yes
Language	An indication of the languages in which the assessment is designed.	Orthodox	Yes	Yes	Yes
PerformanceLevel	The performance level(s) defined for the assessment.	Local	Yes	Yes
PlatformType	The platforms with which the assessment may be delivered.	Orthodox
PublicationStatus	The publication status of the document (i.e., Adopted, Draft, Published, Deprecated, Unknown).	Orthodox
ResultDatatypeType	The datatype of the result. The results can be expressed as a number, percentile, range, level, etc.	Orthodox			Yes
AssessmentItem	AssessmentItemCategory	Category or type of the AssessmentItem. For example: Multiple choice, Analytic, Prose...	Orthodox		Yes
AssessmentScoreRangeLearningStandard	AssessmentReportingMethod	The method that the administrator of the assessment uses to report the performance and achievement of all students. It may be a qualitative method such as performance level descriptors or a quantitative method such as a numerical grade or cut score. More than one type of reporting method may be used.	Local
LearningStandard	AcademicSubject	Subject area for the LearningStandard.	Local	Yes	Yes
GradeLevel	The grade levels for the specific learning standard.	Orthodox	Yes	Yes
LearningStandardCategory	An additional classification of the type of a specific learning standard.	Orthodox
LearningStandardScope	Signals the scope of usage the standard. Does not necessarily relate the standard to the governing body.	Orthodox
PublicationStatus	The publication status of the document (i.e., Adopted, Draft, Published, Deprecated, Unknown).	Orthodox
LearningStandardEquivalenceAssociation	LearningStandardEquivalenceStrength	A measure that indicates the strength or quality of the equivalence relationship.	Orthodox
ObjectiveAssessment	AcademicSubject	The subject area of the objective assessment.	Local	Yes	Yes
AssessmentReportingMethod	The method that the instructor of the class uses to report the performance and achievement of all students. It may be a qualitative method such as individualized teacher comments or a quantitative method such as a letter or numerical grade. In some cases, more than one type of reporting method may be used.	Local		Yes	Yes
PerformanceLevel	The performance level(s) defined for the assessment.	Local	Yes	Yes
ResultDatatypeType	The datatype of the result. The results can be expressed as a number, percentile, range, level, etc.	Orthodox			Yes
StudentAssessment	Accommodation	The specific type of special variation used in how an examination is presented, how it is administered, or how the test taker is allowed to respond. This generally refers to changes that do not substantially alter what the examination measures. The proper use of accommodations does not substantially change academic level or performance criteria. For example: Braille, Enlarged monitor view, Extra time ,Large Print, Setting, Oral Administration...	Local		Yes
AdministrationEnvironment	The environment in which the test was administered.	Orthodox
AdministrationLanguage	The language in which an assessment is written and/or administered.	Orthodox
AssessmentReportingMethod	The method that the administrator of the assessment uses to report the performance and achievement of all students. It may be a qualitative method such as performance level descriptors or a quantitative method such as a numerical grade or cut score. More than one type of reporting method may be used.	Local		Yes	Yes
EventCircumstance	An unusual event occurred during the administration of the assessment. This could include fire alarm, student became ill, etc.	Flexible
PerformanceLevel	A specification of which performance level value describes the student proficiency.	Local	Yes	Yes
PlatformType	The platform with which the assessment was delivered to the student during the assessment session.	Orthodox
ReasonNotTested	The primary reason student is not tested. For example: Absent, Refusal by parent, Refusal by student, Medical waiver, Illness, Disruptive behavior, LEP Exempt...	Flexible	Yes
ResultDatatypeType	The datatype of the result. The results can be expressed as a number, percentile, range, level, etc.	Orthodox			Yes
RetestIndicator	Indicator if the test was retaken. For example: Primary administration, First retest, Second retest...	Flexible
WhenAssessedGradeLevel	The grade level of a student when assessed.	Orthodox		Yes

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See Non-normative Descriptor Classifications for more information on Usage Classification.