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Planning, Research and Evaluation
NCES Course Code Classification System
In the fall of 1997, each public and nonpublic school building in the state of Iowa
was mailed a copy of the NCES Course Code Classification Manual entitled.
"A pilot Standard National Course Classification System for Secondary
Education". This manual became the standard in Iowa for coding course
information offered in grades 9-12. Since 1997, additional copies have been
available by contacting:
Sheryl Rinehart
Iowa Department of Education
Bureau of Planning, Research and Evaluation
Grimes State Office Building
Des Moines, IA 50319-0146
(515) 281-3309
sheryl.rinehart@iowa.gov
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Entire NCES Course Code Manual (Chapters 1 and 2) (964K) -
This is the entire manual that includes instructions, codes, and
examples. It is approximately 183 pages long and may require excessive
time for download.
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Chapter 1- Instructions and Usage (182K) -
This document describes how the coding system works and also lists code
descriptions for subject area, level code, unit value, sequencing term
and year, and subject fields.
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Chapter 2- Subject Fields and Course Descriptions (625K) -
This document
includes subject field descriptions and course descriptions for each of
the 29 subject areas. These descriptions should be used to match local
course content with NCES course descriptions.
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Additional Documents:
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Course Codes and Titles- Alphanumeric List (68K)
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Course Codes and Titles- Numeric List (73K)
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List of the 29 Subject Areas (10K)
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Level Codes (12K)
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Unit Codes (10K)
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Sequence Term and Year Codes (10K)
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Subject Field Codes (70K)
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