The work assigned to students, an educational event planned by a teacher to deliver a particular educational concept or skill.

The default language of the text used for the content in the Assessment.

Descriptive name of the activity.

Description and context for the activity.

Operating system, network, and other technical requirements for the activity, if applicable.

Contains information about required software.

Essential materials required to engage in this activity.

Essential material required to engage in this activity.

Educational objectives of the activity.

Description of an educational objective of the activity.

Associated LearningStandardItem objects.

Link from activity to associated LearningStandardItem object.

Skills or competencies the student must have to engage in activity.

Skill or competency the student must have to engage in activity.

Links to any students or group or category of students that this activity is for.

Link to a student.

Source objects assigned to students.

GUID assigned to the source object.

The type of learning object the source object is.

Number of possible points for an activity.

Time structures for the activity.

Creation date of the activity.

Time required to complete the activity.

Unit of time of the Duration value. 

Date activity is started.

Date activity is finished.

Date activity is due.

Link to the SIF Assessment object containing the evaluation information for this activity.

How many tries allowed.

The percentage weight of the activity during the particular course or term.

Field for non-numeric types of grading and evaluation such as "narrative."

A qualifer for what type of evaluation this is. Valid values are "Inline" and "RefId". Inline values are contained in the optional Description element, RefIds are contained in the AssessmentRefId element.

A free text description of the evaluation to be used for this activity

Learning resources that support this activity.

A GUID reference to a SIF LearningResource object that supports this activity

The work assigned to a student, which can comprise of learning resources, activities, and assessments. It must have a student and a time attached to it.

GUID assigned to assignment.

The default language used in the assignment object.

Students given this assignment.

GUID assigned to the student.

GUID assigned to the educator who gave the assignment.

Operating system, network, and other technical requirements for the activity, if applicable.

Contains information about required software.

Essential materials required to engage in the assignment.

Essential material required to engage in the assignment.

Descriptive name of the assignment.

Description and context for the assignment.

Educational objectives of the assignment.

Description of an educational objective of the assignment.

Associated LearningStandardItem objects.

Link from assignment to an associated LearningStandardItem object.

Skills or competencies the student must have to engage in assignment.

Skill or competency the student must have to engage in assignment.

Source objects assigned to students.

GUID assigned to the source object. The source object is the "thing" being assigned to a student.

The type of learning object the source object is. 

Time structures for the assignment.

Creation date of the assignment

Time required to complete the assignment.

Unit of time of the Duration value.

Date assignment is started.

Time assignment is started.

Date assignment is due.

Time assignment is due.

Date that the assignment was administered to student if an assessment.

The number attempts a student may make on this assignment. Assumed to be unlimited if omitted.

Flag to prompt grade book processing.

A GUID that identifies an instance of this object. This RefId is a “transient” value; that is, it SHOULD be generated by the provider at the time the object is provided in a Response message. This value MUST NOT be used in a later Request for the object.

The default language used in this ContentCatalog object.

The learning object.

GUID assigned to the source object.

The name of the Source SIF object to which the GUID relates

Description of location of resource, i.e. location in library or URL, community resource, outside resource supplier.

A qualifying attribute for the Location payload. If ReferenceType is "URI", the payload contains a web address where the resource can be found.

Describes availability status of resource, e.g. "checked out."

Title of the resource, e.g., "The Civil War …"

Description of the resource, e.g., "This textbook is intended for grade 4 social studies students and addresses..."

Name of individual, organization or company that created the resource

The language used by the content to communicate to the Student

A common element used to specify the collection of grade levels supported.

A list of subject areas.

A common element used to designate the subject area of a course or other learning materials, or a department.

Resource media types

The [MIME] type based on IANA registration (see RFC2048) or 'non-digital'

This element contains information related to curriculum standards statements "standards" or "benchmarks" or the like within the document.

A curriculum standards document or the like published by a national, state, district, school site, professional association or other interested party.

Name of the standard document, e.g., "Washington Essential Academic Learning Requirements."

The name of the state or organization that authored and manages updates to the standards document (e.g., NCTM, Ohio Department of Education).

The country of the standard setting body.

The state or province of the standard setting body.

National Center for Education Statistics Id.

The text version of the organization's name.

An alphanumeric Id code as defined by the organization to identify the statement.

An indication of the general nature and difficulty of instruction provided.

Operating system, network, and other technical requirements for the activity, if applicable.

Time required to complete the activity.

Unit of time of the Duration value.

Description of additional curriculum hierarchical level

Number reference of Curriculum Hierarchy

Description of Curriculum Hierarchy level

Parent Level

Skills or competencies the student must have to engage in activity.

Skill or competency the student must have to engage in activity

Adaptations necessary for target students (508)

The size of the learning content objects.

The price of the object requested

An object designed to contain instructional objects such as units, lessons, activities, and assessments—or other containers—joined together under a particular topic and/or duration.

GUID for this particular object.

The default language of the text used for the content in object

Name of this type of curriculum object (e.g., "American Revolutionary War")

Description of this curriculum object

Describes the position of this object in the curriculum hierarchy.

Integer assigned to each hierarchical level within the CurriculumStructure tree. The top level is 1.

Used to describe what role this is serving in the structure. Some curriculum objects describe their levels in terms of programs of study, courses and units. Others use other terms. This attribute names the level of the item.

Used to describe what role this is serving in the structure. Some curriculum objects describe their levels in terms of programs of study, courses and units. Others use other terms.

CurriculumStructure objects directly above this one in the hierarchy tree. These are repeatable because a single object can have multiple parent levels in the hierarcy.

GUID assigned to the CurriculumStructure object directly above it in the hierarchy tree.

Learning objectives for this object.

Narrative description of a learning objective.

Component objects, if any, that make up this object.

A GUID reference to a component object.

The type of learning object being referenced.

Associated learning standards.

GUID of an associated LearningStandardItem object

This object contains information related to learning resources that may be used in educational settings. These include textbooks, Internet content, educational software, videos and DVDs, supplemental print material, etc.

GUID assigned to this LearningResource.

The default language used in the LearningResource object.

Name of learning resource.

Name of organization or company that created the resource.

Contains contact information about resource authors.

Contains contact information about a resource author.

Name of contact person. Use the generic element Name.

Address of organization or company.

Phone number of organization or company.

The email of the organization or company.

Description of location of resource, i.e. location in library or URL, community resource, outside resource supplier.

A qualifying attribute for the Location payload. If ReferenceType is "URI", the payload contains a web address where the resource can be found.

Describes availability status of resource, e.g. "checked out."

Description of the resource, e.g., "This textbook is intended for grade 4 social studies students and addresses..."

Resource media types.

MIME type [MIME] based on IANA registration (see RFC2048) or 'non-digital'.

Describes terms of use for resource.

A date that defines the date of agreement.

Authorizations to use this resource. For example, this resource may be included as part of the district's standard curriculum model.

A sub-element containing an authorization to use this resource. For example, this resource may be included as part of the district's standard curriculum model.

Name of agency that approved use of resource.

Date resource was approved.

Evaluations/review of the resource.

Evaluation/review of resource.

GUID assigned to an evaluation.

Description of evaluation of resource.

Date evaluation was performed

Name of individual who submitted evaluation.

Lesson or activity-sized portions of a resource.

A lesson or activity-sized portion of a resource.

Name of learning resource component within the resource, i.e. "Chapter 1, Section 4.

Description of where ResourceComponent is located within resource or in general, i.e. "Section 4, pages 32-38," or URL string, or whatever locator is appropriate for media.

Description of ResourceComponent, i.e. "Discover how changing the scale of a map can either increase or decrease the level of detail you see."

Teaching/learning strategies used in the learning resource.

Teaching/learning strategy used in the learning resource. One per element.

References from component to associated elements within another SIF object.

Reference from component to associated elements within another SIF object.

Attribute that identifies the type of SIF object being referenced.

References to LearningStandardItems.

Reference to a LearningStandardItem.

Reference to a LearningResourcePackage, a transport envelope for teaching and learning object files.

The Id (GUID) that uniquely identifies this LearningStandardAssociation.

A URI that establishes uniqueness.

Declares whether the this RefId references a LearningStandardItem or a LearningStandardDocument

At least one target for the learning standard linkage.

The Target Object name referenced.

The RefId for the LearningResource or AssessmentItem

A number greater than 0 and less than or equal to 1. This indicates the strength of the association between the one or more Learning Standards and this target object.

The type of relationship or cardinality being modeled, e.g., predecessor, prerequisite, unidirectional, nondirectional, is a component of, etc.

The object type of the object representing the Creator.

RefId of SIF object representing the creator if such exists.

A curriculum standards document or the like published by a national, state, district, school site, professional association or other interested party. The LearningStandardDocument reflects an expectation of student work.

Id for the standards document

The default language of the text used for the content in the learning standard document.

A URI that establishes uniqueness of the object instance.

Name of standard document, i.e., "Washington Essential Academic Learning Requirements."

A short name for the document.

Identifies the version of the document that this object instance represents. Note that new versions of documents must generate new RefIds and therefore a new object instance. This element is immutable in that once the object has been published with a value (other than blank) it must never be changed.

Description of the standards document.

Defines source of standard document. This is the descriptive type of the organization listed in Organization. It serves to describe the type of the standards contained within the document.

Name of organization represented by the document, i.e., "National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM)," "Washington," "Seattle School District."

Name of the organization that authored the standards document, i.e. "Mid-Continent Research for Education & Learning (McREL)." May be the same as "Organization" above.

A brief description of how to contact the organization maintaining the standards. It could be a phone number, email address, or URL.

The date the current status was achieved.

The date the local organization adopted this standard document

The date the local organization stopped using this standard document and superseded by a new document.

This is the date that the governing organization retired this document. 

Copyright for document.

Copyright date

Name of the copyright holder

SIF common GradeLevels element

Date document data was added to the repository

Link to the first/top LearningStandardItem in the standard hierarchy

Links to related LearningStandardDocument

GUID assigned to each statement at each level within the document hierarchy

The default language of the text used for the content in the LearningStandardItem.

A URI that establishes uniqueness of the object instance.

A short name for the item.

Identifies the version of the item that this object instance represents. Note that new versions of items must generate new RefIds and therefore a new object instance. This element is immutable in that once the object has been published with a value (other than blank) it must never be changed.

A text description of the item.

The name of the state or organization that authored and manages updates to the standards document (i.e., NCTM, Ohio Department of Education).

This is the text version of the organization's name.

Description of hierarchical level within standards tree.

Integer assigned to each hierarchical level within standards tree. The top level is "1".

Used to describe what role this item is serving in the structure. Some standards describe their levels in terms of standard, strands, and topics. Others use standards, benchmarks, and indicators. This attribute names the level of the item.

GUID assigned to the LearningStandardItem directly above it in the hierarchy tree. This is a repeatable element because a single granular item may relate to multiple parent levels of the hierarchy.

An alphanumeric Id code as defined by the organization to identify the statement.

The text of the "standard," or "benchmark."

This element describes the unique identifier for each LearningStandard.

This represents the year that this specific learning standard was created. This is important to indicate as standards are updated to reflect the appropriate year it was created. This would be assigned and unique to the standard setting body.

This represents the subject or content area this learning standard addresses. This would be assigned and unique to the standard setting body.\

This is the specific number of the standard. For example, if the subject is mathematics and this standard is Patterns, Functions and Algebra, this would be StandardNumber 1. This would be assigned and unique to the standard setting body.

This represents the grade level(s) this specific learning standard will address. This may be addressed in different ways. Some states have a grade level that covers several grades and others have just one grade. This would be assigned and unique to the standard setting body.

This is the next level within the hierarchy of the learning standard. For example, if the subject is mathematics and the standard is algebra, this would be the next delineation - Represent an unknown quantity as a variable using a symbol, including letters. This would be assigned and unique to the standard setting body.

This is the specific grade level. This is to be utilized if the GradeLevel covers several grades. This would be assigned and unique to the standard setting body.

This would be the most granular level of the learning standard associated with the grade level. Following the same example, an indicator for Algebra GradeLevel 5-7, the indicator for the benchmark above at 6 grade would be to Evaluate simple expressions by replacing variables with given values, and use formulas in problem-solving situations. This would be assigned and unique to the standard setting body.

This element is for an organization to utilize for an internal code. This may be used for an alignment schema or other purposes that are only internal for the organization.

An alphanumeric Id code as defined by the organization to identify the statement.

Name of organization represented by the document, i.e., "National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM)," "Washington," "Seattle School District." This is the name of the organization that has this AlternateIdentificationCode. This should be a text field.

The RefId of the item's parent LearningStandardDocument.

Container for external relationships.

A relationship between the current standard item and another standard item.

Type of the relationship between the current standard and the target standard. The value identifies the type of standard of the target item. The purpose of this information is to allow applications to sort/display these relationships in the appropriate context.

This element has been deprecated as of version 2.6. Use of this element is not recommended. This is the second to most granular level of the learning or performance standard associated with the grade level.

This element has been deprecated as of version 2.6. Use of this element is not recommended. This is the most granular level of the learning or performance standard associated with the grade level.

A series of Activities and LearningResources tied together under a particular topic or period of time to deliver a particular educational concept or skill.

The default language of the text used for the content in the Lesson.

Reference to the source object.

The type of learning object being referred to.

A GUID reference to the parent CurriculumStructure object of this Lesson.

Name of lesson.

Desired duration of the lesson

Unit of time of the Duration value.

Description of the lesson plan.

Text field to describe how to use and implement the lesson.

Teaching strategy used in this lesson plan.

Description of learning objective(s) for this lesson, i.e., "Student will be able to use Pythagorean Theorem."—equates to 'benchmark' or 'goal' or other terminology

Links to Activity objects that may support the lesson

Link to an associated LearningStandardItem. This allows for a single Lesson to be aligned to multiple standard statements.

Link to an aligned LearningResource object.

One or more sources for the lesson. This describes the lesson's origin.

For each source, the authors of the source.

Name of the author.

Organization name.

Address of the author.

Email address of the author.

This object contains personal information about individuals to allow them to be tracked and information collected in role specific objects (e.g., StudentPersonal and StaffPersonal) to be related. In a future major release, the architecture may allow this to be streamlined..

The GUID of the person.

The Social Security number of the person.

The driver's license of the individual.

The state/province that issued the driver's license.

The state-assigned identifier for this person. This will probably not be the same State Province Id as the one assigned to the various roles such as StudentPersonal.

The label associated with this id for instance: "MPI ID" or "P20ID".

Electronic identifier(s) associated with this entity.

Common element containing person demographic information.

If no other data then defaults to object creation date.

This object contains personal information about individuals to allow them to be tracked and information collected in role specific objects (e.g., StudentPersonal and StaffPersonal) to be related. In a future major release, the architecture may allow this to be streamlined..

The RefId of the PersonRoleAssociation object.

The GUID of the person.

The RefId of the *Personal SIF_Object representing this Person's role .

The ZoneId for the target object.

The object type of the Person's associated role.

Effective start date of the association.

Effective end date of the association.

Body or organization creating this association.

Name of the Creator of this association.

The type of the object representing the Creator.

RefId of SIF object representing the creator if such exists- Mandatory if a Creator/ObjectType exists.

Creation date of the relationship.

Response to Intervention (RTI) is a multi-tier approach to the early identification and assistance of students who are having learning and/or behavioral needs. The process includes intervention, frequent progress measurement, and research-based instructional interventions for students. This object represents the information that describes the Response to Intervention. Multiple ResponsetoIntervention objects may be created for an individual student.

The Id (GUID) that uniquely identifies a particular Response to Intervention.

The Id (GUID) of the student to whom this intervention is being administered.

The Id (GUID) of the school to which this intervention applies.

The Id (GUID) of the staff member who is administering this intervention.

The Id (GUID) that references the StudentPlacement Object that contains information that describes a specific instructional, related or transitional service that has been prescribed or recommended in the program plan developed for a student who has been placed in an individualized special program.

A local ID that may be used to identify this intervention for the student.

This is where the actual intervention would take place. For example, if at a tutoring provider, then the tutoring organization would be named.

A list of persons providing the intervention.

The person providing the intervention.

The StaffPersonalRefId of the staff member. Either the StaffPersonalRefId of the staff member or name must be provided

The name of the person if not a staff member. Either the StaffPersonalRefId of the staff member or name must be provided.

The specific tier of intervention.

The list of interventions applied here.

Details of an intervention.

Naming of the intervention.

Description of the intervention.

The description of the type of intervention that is delivered.

How the instruction is delivered.

The subject for which this intervention is intended.

List of LearningStandardItems.

GUID that references the LearningStandardItem object that contains information related to curriculum standards statements "standards" or "benchmarks" or the like within the document. This object primarily focuses upon state department curriculum standards, published curriculum standards and local education agency learning standards. Each LearningStandardItem reflects an individual standard statement and may occur at several levels within a hierarchially structured document.

List of learning objectives.

The specific learning objective(s) being addressed by this intervention.

The specific tool that will be used to gather data about how the student is improving.

The frequency of the measuement.

List of pre-assessment data used to evaluate the student on the learning objective.

The pre-assessment data to evaluate the student on the learning objective.

List of specific end aims.

The specific end aim that is desired to achieve for the student.

When the intervention begins.

When the intervention is anticipated to end.

Date of when the intervention actually ended.

The frequency of the intervention.

The frequency in segments of time.

The actual duration of the frequency of the intervention. For example, if the student is to have the intervention for 40 minutes, then 40 would be entered.

Identifies unit of measure in which amount of time is expressed.

Response to Intervention (RTI) is a multi-tier approach to the early identification and assistance of students who are having learning and/or behavioral needs. This object records the individual learner information for an assigned ResponseToIntervention.

The Id (GUID) that uniquely identifies the results of a particular Response to Intervention.

The Id (GUID) of the student being administered the intervention..

The Id (GUID) that references the StudentPlacement Object that contains information that describes a specific instructional, related or transitional service that has been prescribed or recommended in the program plan developed for a student who has been placed in an individualized special program.

The Id (GUID) of the reference to the ResponseToIntervention that has been assigned for this individual learner.

A local ID that may be used to identify this intervention for the student.

Naming of the intervention.

The specific measurement goal at the end of the intervention that each student should reach.

The specific tool that will be used to gather data about how the student is improving.

The frequency of the measuement.

List of pre-assessment data used to evaluate the student on the learning objective.

The pre-assessment data to evaluate the student on the learning objective.

List of specific end aims.

The specific end aim that is desired to achieve for the student.

This represents the results based on each measurement period.