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New Element for Locale
Author(s) Emily Kohler
Authoring Organization(s) EdTech Evidence Exchange InnovateEDU
Email address [email protected]
Use Case Title New Element for Locale
Use Case Description Proposed element name(s): Locale
Proposed element definition(s): A general geographic indicator that describes the type of area where a school is located
Proposed element option set(s): City – Large City - Midsize City - Small Suburban - Large Suburban - Midsize Suburban - Small Town - Fringe Town - Distant Town - Remote Rural - Fringe Rural - Distant Rural - Remote
Use Case Background Locale is a critical characteristic for understanding a school context. The proposed definition and option set are based on the NCES locale framework.
Usage Note: The NCES locale framework is composed of four basic types (City, Suburban, Town, and Rural) that each contains three subtypes. It relies on standard urban and rural definitions developed by the U.S. Census Bureau, and each type of locale is either urban or rural in its entirety. The subtypes are differentiated by size (in the case of City and Suburban assignments) and proximity (in the case of Town and Rural assignments). The NCES locales can be fully collapsed into a basic urban–rural dichotomy, or expanded into a more detailed collection of 12 distinct categories.
Location of Element in the Domain Entity Schema K12 > K12 School > Address
There is a need for "Locale" at the Postsecondary domain, as well. The Education-to-Workforce Indicator Framework recommends disaggregating by urbanicity and references the same definition described in the Usage Note above. https://educationtoworkforce.org/disaggregates/urbanicity
Proposed Solution for Issue 542
The attached document is the proposed solution for this use case. As a community, please review. If no objections exist for the proposed solution, it will be approved as part of the CEDS standard 60 days following the announcement of this proposal as outlined in the OSC Use Case Rubrics/Process (The OSC Use Case Rubrics/Process can be found here: https://github.com/CEDStandards/CEDS-Elements/tree/master/doc).