Operational framework for the DAAF orchestrator. Defines engagement modes, confirmation protocol, subagent dispatch, context budget, and reference-loading. Loaded exclusively by the orchestrator — not for subagents or user questions.
Mirror-first discovery for Urban Institute Education Data: maps a research question to the mirror dataset FILES that answer it — canonical path, entity grain, year coverage, key variables, and join keys — for CCD, IPEDS, CRDC, College Scorecard, SAIPE,…
CSS — annual Clery Act crime/fire safety for Title IV institutions. Portal: hate crimes only (2005-2021); primary offenses, VAWA, arrests, fire safety need ope.ed.gov directly. Use for campus crime analysis. Identified by IPEDS unitid.
CCD — federal universe of all U.S. public K-12 schools (~100K) and districts (~18K). Enrollment, staffing, finance, directory data (1986-present). Use for public school analysis by grade/race/sex. Public only; excludes private and postsecondary.
CRDC — OCR civil rights collection for U.S. public schools; Portal families have topic-specific coverage from 2011 through 2022. Discipline, course access, harassment, restraint/seclusion by race/sex/disability/EL. Use for civil rights and equity analysis.…
EADA — college athletics gender equity (~2,000+ institutions, 2002-2021). Participation, coaching, salaries, expenses, revenues, athletic aid by gender. Not Title IX compliance data. No sector column; join IPEDS on unitid for institution type.
EDFacts — K-12 outcomes: assessment proficiency, ACGR graduation rates, ESSA accountability at school/district level (2009-2020). Within-state trends and subgroup gaps. Complements CCD with outcome data. Cannot compare across states — use NAEP.
IPEDS — primary federal postsecondary data (~6,500 institutions, 1979-present in the mirror; the IPEDS program dates from 1980): enrollment, completions, graduation rates, finance, aid, admissions, HR. For college/university analysis. Grad rates = first-time…