WISE Data Elements

Attempt Status Descriptor indicates whether a student has been enrolled in a section for the minimum amount of time to receive an outcome.

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.

Name defines the portion of a typical daily session in which students receive instruction in a specified subject (e.g., morning, sixth period, block period, or AB schedules).

Classroom Identification Code defines a unique number or alphanumeric code assigned to a room by a school, school system, state, or other agency or entity.

Classroom Position Descriptor defines the type of position the staff member holds in a specific class/section.

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

For Xello Users Only: The course transcript data element is used to integrate with Xello to retrieve course transcripts from the WISEdata API and store them back into the Course Planner tool.

A reference to the related DPI-populated Course resource, including its information, such as the ID of the Educational Organization that defines the curriculum and courses offered, often the LEA or school, or the actual code that identifies the organization of subject matter and related learning experiences provided for the instruction of students.

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.

Reporting Disability is indicated in the pupil’s individualized education plan (IEP) or individualized service plan (ISP). Only one primary reportable disability can be submitted to WISEdata. The impairment that is most disabling shall be reported as the primary reportable disability. This data element is required for Choice and public schools.

For WISEdata collection purposes, the data element District (also known as Submitting District) is the code for the agency submitting the WISEdata record.

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.

The effective dates are the entry and exit dates when a student receives educational services from a school during a period of continuous enrollment at a school and is designated by WISEdata logic if overlapping enrollments occur. This data element is required for Choice and public schools.

The school enrollment date is the date a student initially receives educational services from a school during a period of continuous enrollment at a school. An exit date is the date a student withdraws or exits a school and no longer receives services. A separate enrollment and exit withdraw date pair is required for each continuous period of enrollment at any given school. This data element is required for Choice and public schools.

The enrollment type describes how a student is enrolled at a school, whether as a primary or non-primary enrollment. This data element is required for Choice and public schools.

First Day of School (FDS) and Last Day of School (LDS) refer to the school calendar dates (Month / Day / Year) that indicate the beginning and end of a school year. This information is displayed on the School Directory Public Portal and is highly sought and utilized by various organizations, families, vendors, sports conferences, etc.

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

Month, day, and year of the first day and the last day of the grading period.

Descriptor defines the name of the grading period during the school year in which the grade is offered (e.g., 1st cycle, 1st semester).

The unique identifier of the resource assigned to a school by the State Education Agency (SEA).

The total days available for educational instruction during the grading period, such as 180.

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.

The Language Instruction Services data element describes which services an English language learner is receiving.

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

Local course code defines the the LEA-assigned local code that identifies the organization of subject matter and related learning experiences provided for the instruction of students.

Local course title defines the descriptive name given to a course of study offered in the school, if different from the SCED Course Title.

Local Person ID is a unique field used by an agency to cross-reference and join a local system’s person ID to the state system’s WISEid. Local Person ID Type defines whether the ID is for a staff or student. This data element is required for Choice and public schools.

Medium of Instruction Type defines the media through which teachers provide instruction to students and how students and teachers communicate about instructional matters, for example, technology-based instruction in classroom correspondence, face-to-face instruction, virtual/online, distance learning center-based instruction, etc.

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.

Programs are collected with a specific code set on WISEdata Portal, displayed either on the School Roster Details screen or on a Specific Student Details screen.

• For information on CTE/Career Ed and Dual Enrollment Programs, please visit the Career Education Programs data element page.
• For more information about Language Instructional (sLIPA) Services, visit the Language Instruction Services data element page.
• For more information about Programs within the Wisconsin School Finance Portal (WiSFiP) - Pilot Project for 2022-23 and 2023-24 SY, please visit the Pupil Count Pilot Program data element page.
• For more detailed information about World Languages, visit the World Language Programs data element page. 

Sequence of Course is the order number when a course section is part of a sequence of multiple course parts. If the course has only one part, the value of this Section should be 1.

Begin Date and End Date are collected to define the specific time span of the term. These dates should belong to the school year for which the data is submitted.

A reference to the related Grading Period resource, including information such as the descriptor, the name of the grading period during the school year in which the grade is offered.

The identifier for the academic session calendar (e.g., 2010/11, 2011 Summer). 

A reference to the related Session resource, including information about the school ID and the school year.

A reference to the unique identifier of the resource assigned to a school by the State Education Agency (SEA).

Total Instructional Days are the total number of instructional days in the school calendar within the term.

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.

Staff Section Associations Begin Date refers to the month, day, and year of a teacher's assignment to a section. The Staff Section Associations End Date refers to the month, day, and year of the last day of a staff member's assignment to the section.

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. 

Student CTE Program Associations Begin Date refers to the month, day, and year on which the student first received services as part of Career Education. The Student CTE Program Associations End Date refers to the month, day, and year on which the student exited the program or stopped receiving services.

Begin Date includes month, day, and year of the student's entry or assignment to the section. End Date includes month, day, and year of the withdrawal or exit of the student from the section.

first, last, **middle, **suffix (e.g., Jr. or III) The student's or staff member's legal name shall be submitted. This data element is required for Choice and public schools.

The term descriptor defines the term of a session during the school year (e.g., Fall Semester).

Unique Section Code is a unique identifier for the section that is defined by the classroom, the subjects taught, and the instructors who are assigned.

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.

The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction shall assign each student a WISEid, a unique, permanent, and unduplicated identifier. This data element is required for Choice and public schools.

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.

World Language (WL) Programs data does not represent one individual field of data entry. Rather, this data element page reports on WL programs as they are seen on the School Roster Details screen in WISEdata Portal. WL data is collected on WISEdata Portal with a specific code set.