This post was updated to reflect current trends and information.
In this post, I would like to introduce a very important EDI document, becoming very popular in use especially in the Education Industry – EDI 130 Student Educational Record (Transcript).
We are used to the fact that EDI is an integral part of a business, so you may ask: “Why Educational Institutions use EDI?” it is for the same reasons commercial organizations use EDI in its business transactions. EDI improves security, accuracy of data, speed in information transmission, and at the same time reduces costs.
What is EDI 130 Student Educational Record (Transcript)?
X12 130 Student Educational Record (Transcript) was developed for the Education Community in order to exchange the information about students. With EDI 130 X12 transaction, educational institutions are able to exchange the historical and current information on academic achievements and other important data about their students.
The student transcript contains the following information about the student:
- identity information and personal history
- the actual academic status
- dates of attendance
- courses completed with grades received
- degrees and diplomas awarded
- test score Record
- health information (only up to Grade 12)
When an EDI 130 Student Educational Record (Transcript) used?
The Student Educational Record (Transcript) (EDI 130) is exchanged between educational institutions when a student transfers from one educational institution to another. For the receiving institution, it is important to know what courses the student has already completed so that he will be placed in the appropriate educational programs at the new institution.
The EDI 130 transaction set may be used also when a student looks for a job or wishes to inform other institutions about his academic accomplishments, so the student transcripts may be sent to a prospective employer, a division of the military, or another government agency.
This EDI 130 document is heavily exchanged in the following educational institutions:
- Elementary/secondary schools
- Post-secondary schools (universities, academies, colleges, seminaries, conservatories, and institutes of technology)
- State and Federal education agencies
- Student data providers and other third parties
The content of X12 Transaction Sets
In the process of exchanging student’s information, an educational establishment may operate the four main X12 Transaction Sets: 
- ANSI X12 EDI – 130 Student Educational Record (Transcript)
- ANSI X12 EDI – 131 Student Educational Record (Transcript) Acknowledgment.
- ANSI X12 EDI – 146 Request for Student Educational Record (Transcript)
- ANSI X12 EDI – 147 Response to Request for Student Educational Record (Transcript)
130 Student Educational Record (Transcript) Exchange between educational institutions. As mentioned above, the student transcript contains all personal history and identifying information about the student. These data elements (items of information) are grouped into data segments (sets of related data elements) which are corresponding to “records” in a paper document. Many of the data segments are optional, but data segments that provide the necessary information to determine which record sent is mandatory. Most of the information in the transcript format are set up in “loops.” Loops are sets of segments that provide multiple instances of the related information.
131 Student Educational Record (Transcript) Acknowledgment.
EDI 131 transaction set is used in response to the initiation of the request of EDI 130 Student Educational Record (Transcript). It serves both security and information purpose. Most of the data segments in this transaction set are mandatory. Included are segments containing information about the sender, the student’s name, its identification number, number of course segments, and academic summary information.
146 Request for Student Educational Record (Transcript) Communicates from one institution to another a request for a student’s educational record. EDI 146 includes data segments containing information needed to provide appropriate student’s record such as student and parents names, previous address, identification numbers, demographic information, and dates of enrollment.
147 Response to Request for Student Educational Record (Transcript). Communicates back to the requesting institution that the request was received, but the receiving institution is unable to respond immediately. EDI 147 can also be used to inform the requesting institution when the transcript will be sent or why it can’t be sent. Included are segments repeating information about the student whose record was requested, a request rejection reason code.
997 Functional Acknowledgment. This transaction set also may be used. Communicates to the sender that a receiver has in fact successfully received EDI transactions.
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