Standards

A suite of IEEE standards defining how adaptive, personalized instructional systems, such as intelligent tutoring systems, represent learners, content, and interactions.

A PESC standard for electronically exchanging college admissions application data among applicants, agencies, and institutions.

An IEEE standard defining how augmented-reality learning activities and content are structured, sequenced, and tracked.

A framework for capturing and exchanging learning activity as standardized events, giving educators real-time insight into engagement and performance.

A common vocabulary of standardized definitions and metadata for more than 1,500 data elements spanning early learning through the workforce.

A technical map showing how CEDS data elements relate to one another across the education lifecycle.

A machine-readable, AI-ready representation of the Common Education Data Standards expressed in the Web Ontology Language (OWL).

A PESC standard for the electronic exchange of postsecondary transcripts among institutions, agencies, and service providers.

A standard for digitally publishing and exchanging learning standards and competency frameworks so that software can consume them directly.

A suite of IEEE standards for representing skills and competencies in a consistent, machine-readable form.

A verifiable digital record that captures a learner's achievements, competencies, and skills across formal and informal learning.

A PESC standard for exchanging structured course catalog and inventory data between institutions and systems.

A PESC standard for describing and exchanging data about credentials and experiential, work-based learning.

A shared vocabulary for describing the who, what, where, and how of any credential published in the public Credential Registry.

An extension of CTDL for describing competencies, skills, and their relationships to credentials and jobs.

A standard that medical schools use to report their curriculum structure to the AAMC for benchmarking and research.

A standardized set of web services that let applications push and pull K-12 data to an Ed-Fi data store without custom integration.

A practical K-12 data model that defines how students, teachers, courses, and outcomes relate to one another.

A Schema.org type for marking up diplomas, degrees, certifications, and badges so they are understandable on the open web.

A PESC standard for exchanging electronic portfolio data that documents a learner's work and achievements.

The formal international standard for the Experience API (xAPI), which records learning experiences as data across any platform or environment.

A conformance test suite and standard for verifying that products correctly implement the Experience API (xAPI).

A suite of standards for managing the identity and credentials of health professionals throughout their careers.

A PESC standard for the electronic exchange of secondary-school transcripts among schools, districts, and postsecondary institutions.

A family of interoperable HR data standards organized into modules:

• Common: This module serves as the foundational library, containing reusable data elements—such as person names, addresses, and contact information—that are shared across all other standards.
• Assessments: This part facilitates the exchange of data related to psychometric tests, skills evaluations, and performance exams, allowing for seamless integration between employers and assessment vendors.
• Benefits: These standards handle the enrollment and administration of employee perks, including health insurance, retirement plans, and other voluntary benefits provided by an organization.
• Compensation: This section focuses on the structures of pay, such as salary grades, bonus schemes, and stock options, ensuring that financial reward data is communicated consistently.
• Interviewing: This module streamlines the scheduling and coordination of the interview process, including the exchange of feedback, logistics, and candidate availability between systems.
• Payroll: This part defines the data required for processing employee earnings, deductions, and tax withholdings, ensuring accurate transmission between HR systems and payroll providers.
• Recruiting: This standard governs the core talent acquisition process, covering everything from job postings and requisitions to candidate applications and hiring workflows.
• Screening: This section manages the requests and results for background checks, drug tests, and reference verifications, ensuring secure and standardized communication with third-party screening services.
• Timecard: This module handles the recording and reporting of employee attendance, labor hours, and leave requests to ensure accurate tracking for both project management and pay.
• Wellness: This part supports the integration of health and well-being programs, allowing organizations to track participation and data related to employee health initiatives.