Reference files and tools for implementing the ADS standard.
Interactive Tool
Use the ADS rubric to explore what achieving merit or participating at a given competition level translates to quantitatively — for any activity in the standard.
Invite-only · Preview available
A shared calendar of school and institutional events — board exams, campus tours, outreach webinars — so admissions teams can plan around real academic schedules instead of guessing them.
University Toolkit
Subject names and maximum marks for each board — for use in application form design.
Actively being built out — files are published as they are completed. Additional boards will be added over time.
Download all boards — 66 files
Boards_SubjectNames_MaxScores.zip
India School Board Names — reference file
ADS_India_SchoolBoardNames_V1.0.xlsx
Personal Identifier Fields — ISO/national standards reference
ADS_PersonalIdentifierFields_V1.0.xlsx
Assam
Assam Higher Secondary Education Council
Uttar Pradesh
Aligarh Muslim University Board (Secondary / Sr. Secondary)
Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh Open School Society
Rajasthan
Banasthali Vidyapith
Bihar
Bihar Board of Open Schooling & Examination
Andhra Pradesh
Board of Intermediate Education, Andhra Pradesh
West Bengal
Board of Open Schooling & Skill Education
National
Bhartiya Shiksha Board
Odisha
Board of Secondary Education, Odisha
Telangana
Board of Secondary Education, Telangana
Andhra Pradesh
Board of Secondary Education, Andhra Pradesh
Bihar
Bihar School Examination Board
Haryana
Board of School Education, Haryana
Manipur
Board of Secondary Education, Manipur
Bihar
Bihar State Madrasa Education Board
Bihar
Bihar Sanskrit Shiksha Board
International
Cambridge Assessment International Education (CAIE)
National
Central Board of Secondary Education
National
Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations
Manipur
Council of Higher Secondary Education, Manipur
National
Central Sanskrit University (Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan)
Chhattisgarh
Chhattisgarh Board of Secondary Education
Chhattisgarh
Chhattisgarh State Open School
Chhattisgarh
Chhattisgarh Madarsa Board
Chhattisgarh
Chhattisgarh Sanskrit Board, Raipur
Odisha
Odisha Council of Higher Secondary Education
Uttar Pradesh
Dayalbagh Educational Institute
Delhi
Delhi Board of School Education
Kerala
Kerala Board of Higher Secondary Education
Delhi
Delhi State Open School (not govt. recognised)
Gujarat
Gujarat Secondary & Higher Secondary Education Board
Uttarakhand
Gurukula Kangri Vishwavidyalaya
Himachal Pradesh
Himachal Pradesh Board of School Education
International
International Baccalaureate — MYP & DP
Jharkhand
Jharkhand Academic Council
J&K
J&K State Board of School Education
J&K
J&K State Open School
Karnataka
Dept. of Pre-University Education, Karnataka
Kerala
Kerala Board of Public Examinations
Assam
Assam Sanskrit Board
Karnataka
Karnataka Secondary Education Assessment Board
Meghalaya
Meghalaya Board of School Education
Mizoram
Mizoram Board of School Education
Madhya Pradesh
Board of Secondary Education, Madhya Pradesh
Madhya Pradesh
MP State Open School Education Board
Madhya Pradesh
Maharishi Patanjali Sanskrit Sansthan
Maharashtra
Maharashtra State Board of Secondary & Higher Secondary Education
Nagaland
Nagaland Board of School Education
National
National Institute of Open Schooling
National
National Institute of Rural Open Schooling (data unverified)
Odisha
Odisha State Board of Madrasa Education
Punjab
Punjab School Education Board
Rajasthan
Board of Secondary Education, Rajasthan
Telangana
Rajiv Gandhi University of Knowledge Technologies, Basar
Rajasthan
Rajasthan State Open School, Jaipur
Assam
Board of Secondary Education, Assam
Assam
State Madrassa Education Board, Assam
Tripura
Tripura Board of Secondary Education
Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu State Board (Directorate of Government Examinations)
Telangana
Telangana Open School Society
Telangana
Telangana State Board of Intermediate Education
Uttar Pradesh
UP Board of High School and Intermediate Education
Uttar Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh State Open School Board
Kerala
Board of Vocational Higher Secondary Education, Kerala
International
Western Australian Certificate of Education
West Bengal
West Bengal State Council of Technical & Vocational Education
Intended for use in designing application forms and intake workflows. Spot an error? Open an issue on GitHub. Full repository at learnram/ads-academic-standard.