Assessment Information
The Assessment domain in Ed-Fi is designed to capture assessment definitions, the structure of those assessments, and the results students earn when taking them.
At a high level, the Assessment domain answers three questions:
- What assessment was administered?
- What content or objectives did it measure?
- How did students perform?
Core Conceptual Principle
Ed-Fi separates:
- the definition of an assessment
- a student's assessment attempt/result
This is extremely important.
Assessment Domain
Assessments depend on:
- active student identity
- school association
- grade level
Objective Assessment – Guidance:
ObjectiveAssessment
Represents:
- assessment subsections/objectives.
Why ObjectiveAssessment Exists:
Many assessments report:
- subscores
- reporting categories
Ed-Fi models these through:
- ObjectiveAssessment
Objective Assessment - Fields:
Student Academic Record – Guidance:
Represents transcript-level academic history.
Commonly used for:
- GPA
- class rank
- graduation tracking
- cumulative credits
StudentAcademicRecord is one of the most important longitudinal academic-history resources in Ed-Fi.
It represents:
a summarized academic record for a student during a session/term at an education organization.
This resource is heavily tied to:
- GPA calculations
- credits earned
- graduation tracking
- class ranking
- longitudinal student history
It acts as a bridge between:
- operational instructional data
and - official academic outcomes.
Core Conceptual Purpose
StudentAcademicRecord models:
the official summarized academic outcome for a student during an academic term.
Think of it as:
term-level transcript summary
Rather than:
individual assignments or grades
Conceptual Hierarchy
High-level structure:
Student
└── StudentAcademicRecord
├── Session
├── GPA
├── Credits Earned
├── Academic Honors
├── Class Rank
Example
| Resource | Purpose |
|---|---|
| Grade | Individual grading outcomes |
| StudentAcademicRecord | Term/academic summary |
Student Academic Record - Fields:
Student Assessment – Guidance:
StudentAssessment is the operational centerpiece of the Ed-Fi Assessment domain.
It represents:
- a student's participation in an assessment administration.
This resource answers:
- Which student took which assessment,
- When
- Under what conditions,
- And with what results?
Core Conceptual Model
High-level hierarchy:
Assessment
└── StudentAssessment
├── ObjectiveAssessment/Results
Critical Architectural Principle
Ed-Fi intentionally separates:
| Resource | Purpose |
| Resource | Purpose |
|---|---|
| Assessment | Defines the test |
| StudentAssessment | Student participation instance |
What StudentAssessment Represents
A StudentAssessment record models:
- Student X took Assessment Y on Date Z
It is NOT:
- the assessment definition
- only the score
It is:
- the assessment event/attempt
Relationship Structure
Student
└── StudentAssessment
├── Assessment
├── Objective Assessments
└── Performance Levels