Ed-Fi Descriptors¶

Academic Subjects¶

Career and Technical Education
Composite
Critical Reading
Cross Subject
English
English Language Arts
Fine and Performing Arts
Foreign Language and Literature
Life and Physical Sciences
Mathematics
Military Science
Other
Physical, Health, and Safety Education
Reading
Religious Education and Theology
Science
Social Sciences and History
Social Studies
Writing

Additional Credit Type¶

Advanced Placement
Career and Technical Education
Dual credit
International Baccalaureate
Other

Descriptors with an asterisk (*) have been added by the Landing Zone team to the core set defined by Ed-Fi

Behavior¶

This descriptor holds the categories of behavior describing a discipline incident.

Other
School Code of Conduct
School Violation
State Offense

Calendar Event¶

This descriptor holds the different types of calendar events.

Emergency day
Holiday
Instructional day
Make-up day
Non-instructional day
Other
Strike
Student late arrival/early dismissal
Teacher only day
Weather day

Classroom Position¶

Assistant Teacher
Substitute Teacher
Support Teacher
Teacher of Record

Cohort Type¶

Academic Intervention
Attendance Intervention
Classroom Pullout
Counselor List
Discipline Intervention
Extracurricular Activity
Field Trip
In-school Suspension
Other
Principal Watch List
Study Hall

Course Attempt Result¶

Fail
Incomplete
Pass
Withdrawn

Course GPA Applicability¶

Applicable
Not Applicable
Weighted

Course Identification System¶

CSSC course code
Intermediate agency course code
LEA course code
NCES Pilot SNCCS course code
Other
SCED course code
School course code
State course code
University course code

Course Level Characteristics¶

Accepted as high school equivalent
Advanced
Advanced Placement
Basic
Career and Technical Education
College-level
Core Subject
Correspondence
Distance Learning
Dual Credit
English Language Learner
General
Gifted and Talented
Graduation Credit
Honors
International Baccalaureate
Magnet
Other
Pre-AP
Pre-IB
Remedial
Students with disabilities
Untracked

Course Repeat Code¶

Not Counted Other
Repeat Counted
Repeat NotCounted
Repeat Other Institution
Replaced NotCounted
Replacement Counted

Credit Category¶

Advanced Placement
Dual Credit
Honors
International Baccalaureate

Credit Type¶

Adult education credit
Career and Technical Education credit
Carnegie unit
Converted occupational experience credit
Correspondence credit
Credit by examination
Intersession hour credit
Long session hour credit
Mini-term hour credit
Nine month year hour credit
Other
Quarter hour credit
Quinmester hour credit
Semester hour credit
Summer term hour credit
Trimester hour credit
Twelve month year hour credit

Discipline¶

Community Service
Detention
Expulsion
Expulsion with Services
In School Suspension
No action for incident
Other
Out of School Suspension
Removal from Classroom

Education Organization Category¶

Education Organization Network
Education Service Center
Local Education Agency
Other
School
State Education Agency
Post Secondary Institution

Email Address Type¶

Home/Personal
Organization
Other
Work

Employment Status¶

Probationary
Contractual
Employed or affiliated with outside agency part-time
Employed or affiliated with outside organization
Employed part-time
Non-contractual
Other
Substitute/temporary
Tenured or permanent
Volunteer/no contract

Exit Withdraw Types¶

Completed
Died or is permanently incapacitated
Dropout
End of school year
Enrolled in a high school diploma program
Expelled
Graduated
Incarcerated
Invalid enrollment
Involuntarily Removed
No show
Other
Reached maximum age
Transferred
Withdrawn

Grade Level¶

Early Education
Infant/toddler
Preschool/Prekindergarten
Transitional Kindergarten*
Kindergarten
First grade
Second grade
Third grade
Fourth grade
Fifth grade
Sixth grade
Seventh grade
Eighth grade
Ninth grade
Tenth grade
Eleventh grade
Twelfth grade
Grade 13
Postsecondary
Adult Education
Ungraded
No grade level
Other

Descriptors with an asterisk (*) have been added by the Landing Zone team to the core set defined by Ed-Fi

Grade Type¶

Conduct
Exam
Final
Grading Period
Mid-Term Grade
Progress Report
Semester

Grading Period¶

First Six Weeks
Second Six Weeks
Third Six Weeks
Fourth Six Weeks
Fifth Six Weeks
Sixth Six Weeks
First Nine Weeks
Second Nine Weeks
Third Nine Weeks
Fourth Nine Weeks
First Semester
Second Semester
First Trimester
Second Trimester
Third Trimester
Summer Semester
First Summer Session
Second Summer Session
Third Summer Session
End of Year

Incident Location¶

Administrative offices area
Athletic field or playground
Auditorium
Bus stop
Cafeteria area
Classroom
Computer lab
Hallway or stairs
Library/media center
Locker room or gym areas
Off campus
Off-campus at a school sponsored activity
Off-campus at another location unrelated to school
Off-campus at other school
Off-campus at other school district facility
On campus
On-campus other inside area
On-campus other outside area
Online
Parking lot
Restroom
School bus
Stadium
Unknown
Walking to or from school

Level of Education¶

Did Not Graduate High School
High School Diploma
Some College No Degree
Associate’s Degree (two years or more)
Bachelor’s
Master’s
Doctorate

Limited English Proficiency¶

Limited
Limited Monitored 1
Limited Monitored 2
NotLimited

Local Education Agency Category¶

Charter
Independent

Method Credit Earned¶

Classroom credit
Converted occupational experience credit
Correspondence credit
Credit by examination
Credit recovery
Online credit
Other
Transfer credit

Performance Base Conversions¶

Advanced
Basic
Below Basic
Fail
Pass
Proficient
Well Below Basic

Program Assignments¶

Bilingual/English as a Second Language
Other
Regular Education
Special Education
Title I-Academic
Title I-Non-Academic

Race¶

American Indian - Alaska Native
Asian
Black - African American
Choose Not to Respond
Native Hawaiian - Pacific Islander
Other
Two or More Races*
White

Descriptors with an asterisk (*) have been added by the Landing Zone team to the core set defined by Ed-Fi

Responsibility¶

Accountability
Attendance
Discipline
Funding
Graduation
Individualized Education Program
Transportation
Residency

School Food Service Program Services¶

Free Breakfast
Free Lunch
Free Milk
Free Snack
Free Supper
Full Price Breakfast
Full Price Lunch
Full Price Milk
Full Price Snack
Full Price Supper
Other
Reduced Price Breakfast
Reduced Price Lunch
Reduced Price Snack
Reduced Price Supper

Sex¶

Female
Male
Not Selected

Staff Classifications¶

Instructional Aide
School Administrator
Librarians/Media Specialists
Substitute Teacher
Counselor
Principal
Teacher
Assistant Principal
Operational Support
Superintendent
Instructional Coordinator
School Leader
Assistant Superintendent
Other
Support Services Staff
LEA Specialist
State Administrator
LEA Administrator
School Specialist
LEA System Administrator

State Abbreviations¶

AA
AE
AK
AL
AP
AR
AS
AZ
CA
CO
CT
DC
DE
FL
FM
GA
GU
HI
IA
ID
IL
IN
KS
KY
LA
MA
MD
ME
MH
MI
MN
MO
MP
MS
MT
NC
ND
NE
NH
NJ
NM
NV
NY
OH
OK
OR
PA
PR
PW
RI
SC
SD
TN
TX
UT
VA
VI
VT
WA
WI
WV
WY

Student Participation Code¶

Perpetrator
Reporter
Victim
Witness

Term¶

Semester
Fall Semester
Spring Semester
Summer Semester
Quarter
First Quarter
Second Quarter
Third Quarter
Fourth Quarter
Trimester
First Trimester
Second Trimester
Third Trimester
MiniTerm
Year Round
Other

Ed-Fi Descriptors¶

Academic Subjects¶

Additional Credit Type¶

Attendance Event Categories¶

Behavior¶

Calendar Event¶

Classroom Position¶

Cohort Type¶

Course Attempt Result¶

Course GPA Applicability¶

Course Identification System¶

Course Level Characteristics¶

Course Repeat Code¶

Credit Category¶

Credit Type¶

Discipline¶

Education Organization Category¶

Email Address Type¶

Employment Status¶

Exit Withdraw Types¶

Grade Level¶

Grade Type¶

Grading Period¶

Incident Location¶

Level of Education¶

Limited English Proficiency¶

Local Education Agency Category¶

Method Credit Earned¶

Performance Base Conversions¶

Program Assignments¶

Race¶

Responsibility¶

School Food Service Program Services¶

Sex¶

Staff Classifications¶

State Abbreviations¶

Student Participation Code¶

Term¶