XML High School Transcript

PESC Approved Standard
July 5, 2006

XML High School Transcript Approved as PESC Standard

1st XML Standard for High School Transcript Bridges Secondary and Postsecondary Communities

The Board of Directors and Steering Committee of the Postsecondary Electronic Standards Council (PESC) are pleased to announce the release of the XML High School Transcript Standard as a PESC Member-Approved National Education Community Standard. This effort marks a significant milestone and achievement for the education community, the Standardization of Postsecondary Education Electronic Data Exchange (SPEEDE) Committee of the American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers (AACRA), and for PESC.

"The adoption of the High School Transcript by PESC Members is a significant milestone, and comes at a great time for California's K-12 and postsecondary communities," states L. Russ Brawn, Chief Operations Officer for the California School Information Services (CSIS). "Having reliable XML-based standard transactions to facilitate matriculation into higher education builds on commitments we made some years back to leverage inherent XML advantages in doing work over the Internet," Mr. Brawn who also serves as Director of the California Educational Technology Professionals Association (CETPA), continues. "PESC brought focus to this concept and CSIS is proud of our involvement in that effort. Standards do work."

The High School Transcript is a specification designed for use by secondary and postsecondary educational institutions, state agencies, and software vendors to communicate current and historical student academic records. The High School Transcript contains personal history and identifying information about the student, the current academic status, dates of attendance, courses completed with grades earned, diplomas and certificates awarded, and selected test scores.

PESC Members that approved the High School Transcript as a National Education Community Standard include:

AcademyOne
American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers (AACRAO)
AES
California Community College System
Citibank
The College Board
Community College of the Air Force
Consumer Bankers Association (CBA)
Datatel
ELM Resources
Florida State University
Georgia Board of Regents
Iowa State University
Law School Admission Council (LSAC)
Miami University - DARS
National Association of Student Loan Administrators (NASLA)
National Career Assessment Services Inc. (NCASI)
National Council of Higher Education Loan Programs (NCHELP)
National Student Clearinghouse
Nelnet
Oracle Corporation
Purdue University
Sallie Mae
Student Loan Servicing Alliance (SLSA)
SunGard Higher Education
University of Illinois at Chicago
University of Illinois Student Financial Services
University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
University of Minnesota
University of Mississippi
University of Northern Iowa
University of Oklahoma
University of Texas at Austin
University of Virginia
USA Funds
U.S. Department of Education
Wachovia Education Finance
XAP Corporation

For any organization looking to communicate their specific use and adoption of the High School Transcript, please contact Michael Sessa directly at michael.sessa@PESC.org 202.261.6516.

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