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ESP's role as a thought leader in the education information space includes helping to clarify the precise meanings of the terms we use to describe solutions for data-driven decision making needs. At edtechglossary.com we have compiled almost 400 terms so far and will continue to add more. You can submit your own term using the button to the right. For each term, we have provided a common definition, then a description of "What This Means."
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- 508 Compliance
A- Abstract
- Action Reports
- Actionable Data
- Active Only
- Ad Hoc Query
- Administration Manual
- Administrator Security Role
- After Action Review
- Agent
- Algorithm
- American Productivity and Quality Center (APQC)
- API (Application Programming Interface)
- Application
- Application Layer
- ASP (Application Service Provider)
- Assessment
- Associated Link
- Asynchronous
- Atomic
- Attribute
- Authenticated Security Role
- Authentication
- Authoritative Data Source
- Authoritative Provider
- Authorization
- AYP (Adequate Yearly Progress)
B- Back Office
- Balanced Scorecard
- Batch
- Beta Testing
- BI (Business Intelligence)
- Blog
- Boolean Data
- Bread Crumbs
- Broadband
- Business Continuation Plan
- Business Rule Logic
- Business Rules
C- Cable Categories
- Cache
- Certification
- Certify
- Change Implications
- Change Order
- Change Type
- Choreography
- Client/Server
- Code
- Collection
- Collection Burden
- Collection Item
- Collection Method
- Collection Name
- Collection Number
- Collection Set
- Collection Type
- Collection Window Closing Date
- Collection Window Opening Date
- Committee
- Common Data Definition
- Common Elements
- Community of Interest
- Community of Practice
- Confidentiality
- COTS (Commercial Off-the-Shelf)
- CourseWalk
- Coverage Period End Date
- Coverage Period Start Date
- CRM (Customer Relationship Management)
- Cross-Collection Clean-Up Window Closing Date
- Cross-Collection Clean-Up Window Opening Date
- Crosswalk
- Crosswalking
- CSV (Comma Separated Value)
- Curriculum
- Cycle Time
D- D3M (Data-Driven Decision Making)
- D3M Framework
- Dashboard
- Data Access and Management Policy
- Data Architecture
- Data Dictionary
- Data Grid View
- Data Length
- Data Management
- Data Model
- Data Object
- Data Quality
- Data Quality Rules
- Data Source
- Data Steward
- Data Store, Database, Data Warehouse, Data Mart, Analysis Database
- Data Type
- Database
- Database Software Title
- Database Software Version
- Database/Instance Name
- DataSpecs
- DBA (Database Administrator)
- DBMS (Database Management System)
- Decision Support System
- Default Value
- Detail Level
- Dictionary Element
- Directory Service
- Disaster Prevention and Recovery
- Display Name
- Download
- Due Date
E- EDEN (Education Data Exchange Network)/EDFacts
- EDFacts
- EDI (Electronic Data Interchange)
- Effective Date
- Element
- Element Categorization
- Element Name
- Element Type
- Encryption
- Enterprise
- Entity Relationship Diagram
- Environment
- ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning)
- ESP Administrator Security Role
- ESP Staff Application Role
- ETL (Extract, Transform, Load)
- Event
- Expected Number of Respondents
- Expiration Date
- Extensibility
- Extension
- External Source
F- Fail Over
- FEP (Fluent English Proficient)
- FERPA (Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act)
- Field Name
- Field Name(s) to associate with Rule
- File Server Name
- Filter
- Firewall
- Format
- Formula
- Front-End Processor
- Fuzzy Logic
G- Gap Analysis
- GPS (Global Positioning System)
- Growth Model
- GUID (Globally Unique Identifier)
H- Horizontal Interoperability
- Hot Back-Up Site
- HTML (HyperText Markup Language)
- HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol)
- HTTPS (Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure)
I- Identity Management
- IEP (Individualized Education Plan)
- Index
- Indicator
- Information Systems Architecture (ISA)
- Infrastructure
- Integrated Notification System
- Internet
- Internet2
- Interoperability
- IP Address
- ISDN (Integrated Services Digital Network)
- ISInsight
- ISO 9000
- Item Dictionary
- Item List
- Item Number
J- Java
- JDBC (Java Database Connectivity)
K- Knowledge Management
- KPI (Key Performance Indicator)
L- Lagging Indicator
- LAN (Local Area Network)
- LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol)
- LEA (Local Education Agency)
- LEA Content Area Specialist Application Role
- LEA Data Staff Application Role
- Leading Indicator
- Legacy System
- Level 1, 2, 3 Business Rules
- Level 1, 2, 3 Support
- Link Description
- Link Notes
- Link URL
- Liquidity
- List of Field Names
- Logical Data Model
- Longitudinal Data
- Longitudinal Data Store
- Longitudinal Data System
M- Mainframe
- Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award
- Mandate
- Mapping
- Master
- Max Value
- Max Yield Data
- Metadata
- MHz (MegaHertz)
- Min Value
- Month Collected
- Month Reported
- MOTS (Modified Off-the-Shelf)
N- National Transcript Center (NTC)
- NCES (The National Center for Education Statistics)
- NCES Category Name
- NCES Domain Name
- NCES Element ID
- NCES Element Number
- NCES Option Set
- NCES Related Categories
- NCES Section Name
- NCLB (No Child Left Behind Act)
- NEDM (National Education Data Model)
- Nest Level
- Network Topology
- NRP (Network Resource Planning)
O- ODBC (Open Database Connectivity)
- ODS (Operational Data Store)
- Office
- Official Data
- OLAP (Online Analytical Processing)
- Open Architecture
- Open Source
- Open Standards
- Option
- Option Set
- Order
- OS (Operating System)
- Other Documentation
- Output
- Output Item
- Output or Report Name
P- Packets
- Parent
- PBDMI (Performance-Based Data Management Initiative)
- Periodicity
- PESC (Postsecondary Electronic Standards Council)
- Phone
- Physical Data Model
- Pilot Program
- Platform
- Platform Dependent
- Politimetrics
- Portal
- Portlet
- Post
- Precision
- Presentation Layer
- Primary Key
- Primary Key Order
- Privacy Restriction
- Process Management
- Prompt
- Protocol
- Provide
- Proxy Server
- Publish
- Pull Technology
- Push Technology
Q- QA (Quality Assurance)
- QPM (Quality Project Management)
- Quality Criteria
- Query
R- RAID (Redundant Array of Independent Disks)
- Rank
- Real Time
- Relational Database/RDS (Relational Data Store)
- Reliability
- Repeatable
- Report
- Report Manifest
- Report Manifest ID
- Report Number
- Report Set
- Reporting Data Store
- Repository
- Repository Description
- Repository Name
- Repository Table
- Repository Type
- Request
- Required
- Response
- RFP (Request for Proposals), RFO (Request for Offers), RFI (Request for Information)
- Risk Mitigation
- RSS (Really Simple Syndication)
- Rule Description
- Rule Detail Message / Description
- Rule ID
- Rule Name
- Rule Official Message/Summary Description
S- SCED (School Codes for the Exchange of Data)
- Schema Name
- School Content Area Specialist Application Role
- School Data Staff Application Role
- Scope
- Scorecard
- SCORM (Sharable Content Object Reference Model)
- SEA (State Education Agency)
- Search Dictionary
- Section Number
- Security
- Session Layer
- Severity
- Short Name
- SIF (Schools Interoperability Framework)
- SIF Element Description
- SIF Element Name
- SIF Implementation Specification
- SIF Object Name
- SIF Task Force
- SIF Version
- SIF Work Group
- SIF-certified
- SIF-compliant
- SIFA (Schools Interoperability Framework Association)
- SIFA University
- SIF_Ack
- Single Sign-On
- SIS (Student Information System)
- Six Sigma
- SOA (Service Oriented Architecture)
- SOAP (Simple Object Access Protocol)
- Software as a Service (SaaS )
- Source
- Specifications
- SPED (Special Education)
- SPEEDE/ExPRESS
- Staging Data Store
- Standards
- State Alias
- State Content Area Specialist Application Role
- State Data Staff Administrator Application Role
- State Number
- State Report Manager (SRM)
- Status
- Storage Location
- Student Identifier
- Student Record
- Student Transcript
- Support
- Synchronous
- System
- System Redundancy
T- Table Description
- Table Field
- Table Name
- Table Type
- Target Audience
- TCP/IP (Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol)
- Thin Client
- Time Per Respondent
- Title I
- Title III
- Trailing Indicator
- Transactional Software
- Transformation Rules
U- UI (User Interface)
- Unauthenticated Security Role
- UNIX
- Unofficial Data
- Update Schedule
- Upload
- Upload Template
- User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
V- Value-Added Model
- Version
- Vertical Interoperability
- Vertical Reporting Choreography
- VoIP (Voice Over IP)
- VSAM (Virtual Storage Access Method)
W- WAN (Wide Area Network)
- Web Analytics
- Web Services
- Window
X- X12
- XML (Extensible Markup Language)
Y- None
Z- ZIS
- Zone