Assessment Registration Domain - Entities, References, and Descriptors

Assessment Registration Domain Entities

Name	Description
AssessmentAdministration	The anticipated administration of an assessment under the purview of an EducationOrganization.
AssessmentAdministrationParticipation	Identifies the point of contact for the administration of an assessment under the purview of an EducationOrganization.
StudentAssessmentRegistration	Identifies an assessment registration that a student is expected to participate in including the testing organization, reporting organization and assessment delivery details.
AssessmentBatteryPart	The parts organized for administering an assessment which together provide a comprehensive assessment of the students.
StudentAssessmentRegistrationBatteryPartAssociation	The association to the part(s) of the assessment battery that the student is to be tested for this administration of the assessment.
StudentEducationOrganizationAssessmentAccommodation	The accommodation(s) required or expected for administering assessments as determined by the education organization.

Extended References

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.
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.
ObjectiveAssessment	This entity represents subtests that assess specific learning objectives.
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.
StudentDemographic	The demographic information associated to a student.

Assessment Domain Descriptors

Name	Entity	Description	Usage Classification	EDFacts Mapping	Commonly Used	Commonly State-Defined
Accommodation	StudentAssessmentRegistration StudentEducationOrganizationAssessmentAccommodation StudentAssessmentRegistrationBatteryPartAssociation	The special variation(s) to be used for the specific part of the assessment battery on how is presented, how it is administered, or how the test taker is allowed to respond.	Local		Yes
AncestryEthnicOrigin	StudentDemographic	The original peoples or cultures with which the individual identifies.	Local			Yes
CitizenshipStatus	StudentDemographic	An indicator of whether or not the person is a U.S. citizen.	Orthodox
Country	StudentDemographic	The name of the country. It is strongly recommended that entries use only ISO 3166 2-letter country codes.	Standard		Yes
Disability	StudentDemographic	A disability category that describes a individual's impairment.	Orthodox	Yes	Yes
DisabilityDesignation	StudentDemographic	Whether the disability is IDEA, Section 504, or other disability designation.	Orthodox		Yes
DisabilityDeterminationSourceType	StudentDemographic	The source that provided the disability determination.	Orthodox		Yes
EconomicDisadvantage	StudentDemographic	The indication of an inadequate financial condition of an individual's family, as determined by family income, number of family members/dependents, participation in public assistance programs, and/or other characteristics considered relevant by federal, state, and local policy.
GradeLevel	StudentAssessmentRegistration	The grade level or primary instructional level at which the student is to be assessed.	Orthodox	Yes	Yes
PlatformType	StudentAssessmentRegistration	The environment or format in which the assessment is expected to be administered.	Orthodox
IdentificationDocumentUse	StudentDemographic	The primary function of the document used for establishing identity.	Orthodox
Language	StudentDemographic	A specification of which written or spoken communication is being used.	Standard	Yes	Yes
LanguageUse	StudentDemographic	A description of how the language is used (e.g. Home Language, Native Language, Spoken Language).	Orthodox
LimitedEnglishProficiency	StudentDemographic	An indication that the student has been identified as limited English proficient by the Language Proficiency Assessment Committee (LPAC), or English proficient.	Standard	Yes
PersonalInformationVerification	StudentDemographic	The category of the document relative to its purpose.	Orthodox
Race	StudentDemographic	The general racial category which most clearly reflects the individual's recognition of his or her community or with the which the individual most identifies as last reported to the education organization. The data model allows for multiple entries so that each individual can specify all appropriate races.	Standard
Sex	StudentDemographic	The student's birth sex as reported to the education organization.	Standard
StudentCharacteristic	StudentDemographic	The characteristic designated for the student.	Local
SupporterMilitaryConnection	StudentDemographic	Military connection of the person/people whom the student is a dependent of.	Standard
TribalAffiliation	StudentDemographic	An American Indian tribe with which the student is affiliated as last reported to the education organization.	Orthodox
Visa	StudentDemographic	An indicator of a non-US citizen's Visa type.	Standard

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