Education Organization Domain - Entities and Descriptors

Education Organization Domain Entities

Name	Description
AccountabilityRating	An accountability rating for a school or district.
CommunityOrganization	This entity represents an administrative unit at the state level which exists primarily to operate local community providers.
CommunityProvider	This entity represents an educational organization that includes staff and students who participate in classes and educational activity groups.
CommunityProviderLicense	The legal document held by the CommunityProvider that authorizes the holder to perform certain functions and or services.
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.
EducationOrganizationIdentificationCode	This entity holds different identity codes for an education organization.
EducationOrganizationNetwork	This entity is a self-organized membership network of peer-level education organizations intended to provide shared services or collective procurement.
EducationOrganizationNetworkAssociation	Properties of the association between the EducationOrganization and its network(s).
EducationOrganizationPeerAssociation	The association from an education organization to its peers.
EducationServiceCenter	This entity represents a regional, multi-services public agency authorized by state law to develop, manage and provide services, programs, or other support options (e.g., construction, food services, and technology services) to LEAs.
FeederSchoolAssociation	The association from feeder school to the receiving school.
LocalEducationAgency	This entity represents an administrative unit at the local level which exists primarily to operate schools or to contract for educational services. It includes school districts, charter schools, charter management organizations, or other local administrative organizations.
OrganizationDepartment	An organizational unit of another education organization, often devoted to a particular academic discipline, area of study, or organization function.
PostSecondaryInstitution	This entity represents an educational organization that provides programs for individuals who have completed or otherwise left educational programs in secondary school(s).
School	This entity represents an educational organization that includes staff and students who participate in classes and educational activity groups.
StateEducationAgency	This entity represents the agency of the state charged with the primary responsibility for coordinating and supervising public instruction, including the setting of standards for elementary and secondary instructional programs.

Education Organization Domain Descriptors

Entity	Name	Description	Usage Classification	EDFacts Mapping	Commonly Used	Commonly State-Defined
OrganizationalDepartment	AcademicSubject	The intended major subject area of the department.
School	AccreditationStatus	The accreditation status for an education preparation provider.
EducationOrganization	AddressCharacteristic	The address characteristic mainly to reflect if Primary and type of communication to be received, e.g.: Primary, Validated, Gets Copy of Report, Discipline Correspondence.
EducationOrganization	AddressType	The type of address listed for an individual or organization. (For example: Physical Address, Mailing Address, Home Address, etc.)	Orthodox	Yes	Yes	Yes
PostSecondaryInstitution School	AdministrativeFundingControl	The type of education institution as classified by its funding source, for example public or private.	Local
School	CharterApprovalAgencyType	The type of agency that approved the establishment or continuation of a charter school.	Standard	Yes	Yes
LocalEducationAgency School	CharterStatus	A school or agency providing free public elementary or secondary education to eligible students under a specific charter granted by the state legislature or other appropriate authority and designated by such authority to be a charter school.	Standard	Yes	Yes	Yes
EducationOrganization	Country	The name of the country. It is strongly recommended that entries use only ISO 3166 2-letter country codes.	Standard		Yes
EducationOrganization	EducationOrganizationCategory	The classification of the education agency within the geographic boundaries of a state according to the level of administrative and operational control granted by the state.	Standard		Yes	Yes
EducationOrganizationIdentificationCode	EducationOrganizationIdentificationSystem	A coding scheme that is used for identification and record-keeping.
School	FederalLocaleCode	The federal locale code associated with an education organization.
School	GradeLevel	The grade levels served at the school.	Orthodox	Yes	Yes
LocalEducationAgency	GunFreeSchoolsActReportingStatus	An indication of whether the school or Local Education Agency (LEA) submitted a Gun-Free Schools Act (GFSA) of 1994 report to the state, as defined by Title 18, Section 921.	Standard	Yes	Yes
EducationOrganization	Indicator	The name or code for the indicator or metric.	Local
EducationOrganization	IndicatorGroup	The name for a group of indicators.	Local
EducationOrganization	IndicatorLevel	The value of the indicator or metric, as a value from a controlled vocabulary. The semantics of an empty value is "not submitted."	Local
EducationOrganization	InstitutionTelephoneNumberType	The type of communication number listed for an individual or organization.	Orthodox	Yes	Yes	Yes
School	InternetAccess	The type of Internet access available.	Flexible
CommunityProviderLicense	LicenseStatus	An indication of the status of the license.	Flexible
CommunityProviderLicense	LicenseType	An indication of the category of the license.	Flexible
EducationOrganization	Locale	A general geographic indicator that categorizes U.S. territory (e.g., City, Suburban).	Orthodox		Yes
LocalEducationAgency	LocalEducationAgencyCategory	The category of local education agency/district.	Local	Yes	Yes
School	MagnetSpecialProgramEmphasisSchool	A school that has been designed: 1) to attract students of different racial/ethnic backgrounds for the purpose of reducing, preventing, or eliminating racial isolation; and/or 2) to provide an academic or social focus on a particular theme (e.g., science/math, performing arts, gifted/talented, or foreign language).	Standard	Yes	Yes
PostSecondaryInstitution	MediumOfInstruction	The categories in which an institution serves the students.	Orthodox		Yes
EducationOrganizationNetwork	NetworkPurpose	The purpose(s) of the network (e.g., shared services, collective procurement).	Flexible
EducationOrganization	OperationalStatus	The current operational status of the education organization (e.g., active, inactive).	Standard	Yes	Yes	Yes
PostSecondaryInstitution	PostSecondaryInstitutionLevel	A classification of whether a post secondary institution's highest level of offering is a program of 4-years or higher (4 year), 2-but-less-than 4-years (2 year), or less than 2-years.	Local
CommunityProvider	ProviderCategory	Indicates the category of the provider.	Local
CommunityProvider	ProviderProfitability	Indicates the profitability status of the provider.	Standard
CommunityProvider	ProviderStatus	Indicates the status of the provider.	Flexible
School	SchoolCategory	The one or more categories of school.	Local		Yes
LocalEducationAgency	SchoolChoiceImplementStatus	An indication of whether the LEA was able to implement the provisions for public school choice under Title I, Part A, Section 1116 of ESEA as amended.	Standard
School	SchoolType	The type of education institution as classified by its primary focus.
EducationOrganization	StateAbbreviation	The abbreviation for the state (within the United States) or outlying area in which an address is located.	Standard		Yes
School	TitleIPartASchoolDesignation	Denotes the Title I Part A designation for the school.	Standard	Yes	Yes

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