NV School Courses is cataloged based on the SCED System. The goal is to:

• Facilitate Student Record Exchanges - Ensuring transcripts are equivalent across the state.
• Develop Statewide Longitudinal Data Systems - Ability to maintain and compare data from diverse systems without compromising data integrity.
• Standardizing Reporting - Ensuring comparable accountability reporting across the state.
• Facilitating Research - Identifying trends in course-taking and students’ access to educational experiences.
• Managing Teacher Assignments - Strategically using data to optimize organizational capacity and increase learning opportunities.

The course catalog is integrated into the district’s Student information System (SIS) called Infinite Campus. The approval of this course catalog with it’s SCED Code is through the Infinite Campus Governing Board who is composed of the SIS administrators and curriculum directors, IC representatives, and Nevada Department Education. The district’s Infinite Campus opens and closes the courses for enrollment every school. District’s Course offerings are based on what IC have in their system.

The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) establish the SCED Code and is updated periodically. Nevada adopted its classification system in its course catalog. The current version is 11. Each time there is an update from NCES, there are new courses added to their classification and some minor changes. This triggers a need to patch the current School Information System (SIS) or Infinite Campus, and an opportunity to update the Nevada Specific Courses.

3. The content description, course level, credit, sequence, and instructional delivery of the new and old courses are then examined by the Office of Teaching and Learning at the Nevada Department of Education.
4. Then sent to Infinite Campus Governing Board (ICGB) for technical and input from districts and approval.
5. The Approved Course Catalog are patched into the SIS of every district.
6. The Nevada Department of Education Published the Course Catalog.

Figure 1 below shows the SCED Code parts. The first two characters indicates the Course Subject Area. The third to fifth characters indicates the Course Number. The sixth character is a letter that indicates the Course level. The seventh to tenth character indicates either Available Credits (9-12 grades) or Grade Span (PK-8th grade). The eleventh and twelfth indicates the Sequence of Course. Lastly, the thirteenth indicates the Instructional Delivery Mode. Here’s a link for more information about SCED Code.

The table below shows the different options and definitions on what the SCED Code Part should be depending on the course being identified.

Table 1. Different options for the different SCED Code parts.