Draft a local-code to Ed-Fi descriptor mapping gap list for state reporting prep
Takes the district's local SIS code tables (code values and labels only, for example attendance or exit codes; no student records) and drafts a gap list against Ed-Fi default descriptors: which local codes map cleanly to ed-fi.org namespace values, which have no match, and which are in locally defined namespaces. Names the Data Standard version used (Ed-Fi lists v6.1.0 as current, and notes v6.0 brought breaking API changes).
Human in the loop: Data coordinator decides every mapping; the state agency's own reporting manual governs (UNKNOWN which states use Ed-Fi and which descriptors they require). Limits: Wrong mappings change state-reported counts, a consequential outcome that stays with staff. PowerSchool, Infinite Campus and Skyward Ed-Fi connectors: UNKNOWN (not verified today). Methodology 1.0: Strong candidate for replay (with Grand Bend ISD fictitious sample data, which Ed-Fi publishes).
How to run: Draft a local-code to Ed-Fi descriptor mapping gap list for state reporting prep
- Takes the district's local SIS code tables (code values and labels only, for example attendance or exit codes; no student records) and drafts a gap list against Ed-Fi default descriptors: which local codes map cleanly to ed-fi.org namespace values, which have no match, and which are in locally defined namespaces. Names the Data Standard version used (Ed-Fi lists v6.1.0 as current, and notes v6.0 brought breaking API changes).
- Data coordinator decides every mapping; the state agency's own reporting manual governs (UNKNOWN which states use Ed-Fi and which descriptors they require).
- Wrong mappings change state-reported counts, a consequential outcome that stays with staff. PowerSchool, Infinite Campus and Skyward Ed-Fi connectors: UNKNOWN (not verified today).