Plain English Meaning

Keeping accurate, organized records of what a student has been taught, how they performed, and what they still need to complete.

Full Definition

The systematic creation, organization, and retention of written or electronic documents that track a student's training progress, endorsements, lesson completion, and instructor evaluations throughout a course of flight or ground instruction.

Context Anchor

Seen in flight training programs, instructor files, learner progress tracking, logbooks, and required training documentation.

Derivation

Record comes from an older Latin idea meaning “to remember” or “bring back to mind.” Keeping means holding onto something. Together, recordkeeping is the of keeping a reliable written memory of what happened in training.