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To activate Version 5 of the Ed-Fi Data Standard, simply turn on the Ed-Fi Data Standard v5 Feature Flag. This version introduces several enhancements aimed at improving data management and reporting. For detailed instructions on activating the feature flag, please refer to the Feature Flag documentation.


NOTE: Aeries is not yet certified on Ed-Fi Data Standard v5. Once Aeries is certified, this Feature Flag will be removed.


Key Enhancements

  1. Entity Renaming
    • Parent entity has been renamed to Contact.
    • StudentParentAssociation has been renamed to StudentContactAssociation.
  2. New Attribute: GradingPeriodName
    • Attribute Name: GradingPeriodName
    • Type: NVARCHAR(60)
    • Min Length: 1
    • Max Length: 60
    • Grading Period Name:
      • For Secondary School: GRP.T1-T12
      • For Elementary without MST: Hardcoded
  3. Entity Updates
    • Changes have been made to use STU.CID instead of STU.ID for the following entities:
      • CourseTranscript
      • DisciplineAction
      • Grade
      • StudentAcademicRecord
      • StudentCohortAssociation
      • StudentCTEProgramAssociation
      • StudentEducationOrganizationAssociation
      • StudentHomelessProgramAssociation
      • StudentLanguageInstructionProgramAssociation
      • StudentMigrantEducationProgramAssociation
      • StudentNeglectedOrDelinquentProgramAssociation
      • StudentParentAssociation
      • Student
      • StudentSchoolAssociation
      • StudentSchoolAttendanceEvent
      • StudentSchoolFoodServiceProgramAssociation
      • StudentSectionAssociation
      • StudentSectionAttendanceEvent
      • StudentSpecialEducationProgramAssociation
      • StudentTitleIPartAProgramAssociation
  4. New Entity: StudentSpecialEducationProgramEligibilityAssociation
  5. Other Updates
    • Education Organization ID in the AcademicRecord Reference was updated to use the SchoolID instead of the District ID.
    • Student Program Association: This entity will no longer include programs that have specific extension entities. Currently, these are the following:
      • Career and Technical Education (StudentCTEProgramAssociation)
      • English as a Second Language (StudentLanguageInstructionProgramAssociation)
      • Homeless (StudentHomelessProgramAssociation)
      • Migrant Education (StudentMigrantEducationProgramAssociation)
      • Neglected and Delinquent Program (StudentNeglectedOrDelinquentProgramAssociation)
      • Special Education (StudentSpecialEducationProgramAssociation)
      • Student School Food Service (StudentSchoolFoodServiceProgramAssociation)
      • Title I Part A (StudentTitleIPartAProgramAssociation)

These enhancements are designed to streamline data processes and improve the accuracy and efficiency of data reporting. For more information on specific entities, see the Ed-Fi Domain Documentation or the Ed-Fi Texas Field Mapping by Domain article.