Common Education Data Standards (CEDS) Version 5 Data Model Guide January 2015 CONTENTS Introduction ......................................................................................................................................... 1 About This Document .......................................................................................................................... 2 The Domain Entity Schema (DES) .......................................................................................................... 2 The Normalized Data Schema (NDS) ..................................................................................................... 2 Naming Conventions and Key Terms .................................................................................................... 3 Entity Terms .................................................................................................................................... 4 Property Terms ............................................................................................................................... 4 Representation Terms .................................................................................................................... 4 Qualifiers (Optional) ....................................................................................................................... 5 Element Identifiers ................................................................................................................................ 5 CEDS Domain Entity Schema ................................................................................................................ 6 Domain Entity Schema (DES) Structure ................................................................................................. 6 Domains ................................................................................................................................................ 7 Entities .................................................................................................................................................. 8 Early Learning (EL) .......................................................................................................................... 8 Elementary and Secondary (K12) ................................................................................................. 10 Postsecondary (PS) ....................................................................................................................... 12 Career and Technical Education (CTE) .......................................................................................... 12 Adult Education (AE) ..................................................................................................................... 13 Workforce (WF) ............................................................................................................................ 14 Assessments ................................................................................................................................. 14 Learning Standards ....................................................................................................................... 16 Learning Resources ....................................................................................................................... 16 Authentication and Authorization ................................................................................................ 16 CEDS Normalized Data Schema (NDS) ................................................................................................ 17 NDS Core Structure Logic .................................................................................................................... 17 NDS Entity Relationship Model ........................................................................................................... 19 A High-Level Logical Model ........................................................................................................... 19 Common Model ............................................................................................................................ 21 Understanding the NDS Entity Relationship Diagrams ....................................................................... 21 January 2015 http://ceds.ed.gov i NDS Table and Field Syntax .......................................................................................................... 21 Finding CEDS Elements in the NDS Model .......................................................................................... 23 CEDS Use within P-20W Enterprise and Web-Scaled Architectures ................................................... 24 Case Study #1: The Teacher-Student Data Link—Data to Analyze Student Growth and Teacher Preparation ................................................................................................................................... 24 From Source System to Operational Data Store ........................................................................... 25 Moving to the Data Warehouse ................................................................................................... 27 Case Study #2: Data Warehouse Star Schema for Student Enrollment ........................................ 30 Appendix A: NDS Entity Relationship Diagrams .................................................................................. 32 Common: Person ................................................................................................................................. 33 Common: Organization ....................................................................................................................... 34 Common: Role ..................................................................................................................................... 35 Common: Location .............................................................................................................................. 36 Early Learning: Organization ............................................................................................................... 37 Early Learning: Participation ............................................................................................................... 38 Early Learning: Staff ............................................................................................................................ 39 Early Learning: Class Group ................................................................................................................. 40 Early Learning: Professional Development ......................................................................................... 41 K12: SEA .............................................................................................................................................. 42 K12: LEA .............................................................................................................................................. 43 K12: School .......................................................................................................................................... 44 K12: Course Section ............................................................................................................................ 45 K12: Student ........................................................................................................................................ 46 Postsecondary: Institution .................................................................................................................. 47 Postsecondary: Student ...................................................................................................................... 48 Achievement ....................................................................................................................................... 49 Adult Education ................................................................................................................................... 50 Assessment: Design ............................................................................................................................. 51 Assessment: Delivery .......................................................................................................................... 52 Assessment: Results ............................................................................................................................ 53 Awards, Honors, Credentials ............................................................................................................... 54 Calendar .............................................................................................................................................. 55 January 2015 http://ceds.ed.gov ii Career and Technical Education .......................................................................................................... 56 Financial Reporting ............................................................................................................................. 57 Formative Assessment Process ........................................................................................................... 58 Identity, Authentication, and Authorization ....................................................................................... 59 K12 Incident and Discipline Reporting 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