WISE Data Elements

CTE Programs is an unordered collection of student CTE program associations to the Career and Technical Education (CTE) program in which the student participates and has a CTE Concentration Summary.

Certified Program Status Type indicates a student's progress toward earning a certificate within the Certified Career Education programs.

Cluster Title (formerly Career Pathway Type) is the career cluster for the Vocational/Career Tech concentrator career path.

A CTE Concentrator is a secondary student in grade 11 or 12 who has completed (passed) a minimum of two CTE courses within a career pathway (career cluster) and who is enrolled in continuing CTE course(s) in that career pathway during their time in high school.

The CTE Department/Program Areas Type represents the Vocational/Career Tech career pathway of the concentrator.

A student is a CTE participant if the student was enrolled in one or more CTE courses in the reporting year and completed (passed) at least one CTE course.

Dual enrollment (DE) includes a variety of programs through which high school students are enrolled simultaneously in both high school and college to earn both high school and college credit. DE is reported as part of school and district report cards and general Career and Technical Education data used for career pathway development.

Grade Type  clarifies which period of time or for what purpose a grade was given, such as Exam, Final Grade, or Progress Report. 

DPI - IAC yo Cluster ListIAC Code Type identifies the number and description of the CIP Code associated with the career pathway and student CTE program.

An industry-recognized credential (IRC) is a verification of a student’s qualification or competence through a technical education program. IRCs are reported as part of school and district report cards and general Career and Technical Education data used for career pathway development.

Final or interim (grading period) indicator of a student's performance in a class as submitted by the instructor

Final or interim (grading period) numeric indicator of a student's performance in a class as submitted by the instructor

Performance Base Conversion Type describes the assessment of the student's performance, such as pass or fail.

Single Parent denotes whether a student who is unmarried or legally separated has sole or joint custody of a minor child or children during the reporting year.

This data element is no longer required - as of the 2019-20 school year. State Endorsed Regional Career Pathway Status Type is a specific state outlined program that combines specific regional requirements for sequence of HS classes, dual credit class(es), IRCs, and work-based learning. 

Indication of a student's performance when participating in a Certified Career Education Program associated to a course

WI DPI Student CTE Program is a data element extension to the Student CTE Program Associations and represents the WI-specific Career and Technical Education (CTE) program in which a student participates.

WI DPI Student CTE Program Association is a data element extension to the Student CTE Program Association end point and is comprised of Status Types for certified Programs and State Endorsed Regional Career Pathway.

Work-Based Learning (WBL) data does not represent one individual field of data entry. Rather, reports on WBL are formulated based on the collection of numerous different data elements (either through courses or programs) reported through the SIS and sent to WISEdata Portal.