Need for grading period reference in Student Academic Records

Hi Ed-Fi,

We wanted to raise a possible limitation of the Ed-Fi data model that we're running up against when storing course transcript grades. We have districts that schedule courses into a year long session, have multiple grading periods under that session, and award credit twice a year at the close of a grading period.

For example:

Session: 2020-2021 school year

Grading Periods:

• Semester 1
• Semester 2

In the example above, the school may offer a Algebra I class that's scheduled for the year session. They may then award 0.5 credit for the Semester 1 grading period and another 0.5 for Semester 2. Let's imagine the student receives a C for Semester 1 and an F for Semester 2.

Student academic records includes a term descriptor, but does not include a grading period descriptor. This means in the example above we would store course transcript data referencing a student academic record for the 2020-2021 school year. We'd store the 2 grades for the 2 semesters tying them to the 2020-2021 term. In the ODS, it'd be unclear which semester the student failed. We would need to also reference the grading period to know that.

Thoughts?

Marcos

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