Highlights

Record Level: Student by year by collection by program 
Record Count: approx. 13,500 students per collection per year 
Years Covered: School Year 2013 - Present 
Population Coverage: Student participants in state-funded Early On services

The Early On and Early Childhood Special Education researcher file contain longitudinal student-level program data reported in the MSDS General collection. Available data reflect information about Early On program participation and services received under Early On. Early On data is obtained in 3 separate collections: fall, spring and year. Data is available for a student during each year in which they were enrolled in an Early On program.

In the case of Early Childhood Special Education (ECSE) services, the universe for this data is children who receive referrals for ECSE and for whom parents consent to be evaluated. This includes all cases even if the child is found to be ineligible for ECSE. For Early On, on other hand, the universe is children who are found eligible for services upon evaluation. For Early On, therefore, the results of initial evaluation are only reported for eligible children – eligible for Early On and/or Michigan Mandatory Special Education.

If you are new to these programs, please review our Early On & Special Education Services Primer.

Program Eligibility

Available data include information on the area of developmental delay of the established condition identified on the IFSP based on which eligibility is determined, and the school and district codes.

Program Enrollment

The service code variable provides the code for the Individual Education Plan (IEP)-designated program(s), or Individual Family Service Plan (IFSP) program(s), in which the student is participating. The Service codes and program codes address the question, “What is being done to address the child’s situation?” and “What services or programs are included in the IFSP or IEP to address the child’s identified needs?”. Note that, the IFSP in Early On or MMSE, and the IEP in Early Childhood Special Education (ECSE) programe are the documents that specify why the child is eligible and what services will be provided.

Program participation is not to be confused with the student's type of disability. In general, disability codes address the question, “Why does this child need special services?” or “Based on what criteria was the child found eligible?”. Note that, in the State’s longitudinal data system, Early On ECSE have different names for the fields and different codes and definitions for both Eligibility and Service.

Importantly, the student's program enrollment is not required to match his/her impairment. For example, a student does not have to be diagnosed as early childhood developmentally delayed to participate in an early childhood special education program. Information on the primary agency and the setting in which the services are provided is also available (i.e. school, home, etc.) as are the start of date of the IFSP, start date of service, type of service provided, exit date and the reason for exit are also available.

The implementation of these programs in Michigan is somewhat unique. The Federal IDEA regulations have Part C ages birth-3 and Part B (which includes ECSE) as ages 3-21. Michigan Mandatory Special Education was established prior to the federal law, and provides for services ages birth through 26. To fit both of these together in Michigan, a child may only receive funded services in one of Early On or ECSE at any point in time. Students may receive both Early On and MMSE services, and almost always MMSE students (who have a higher need) will receive Early On services. The only reason they wouldn’t is if parents opt out of Early On to just receive the MMSE services. However, Early On does not only provide services to MMSE eligible services, and Early On does not provide MMSE services. At age 3, the Early On child eligible for MMSE must move to ECSE to receive those services. Between the ages of 30 and 36 months, the family and the service area can decide to move a child from MMSE to ECSE for additional services. The ECSE IEP must be held on or after the Early On Exit Date; otherwise the “special education” services are considered to be MMSE services until the child exits from Early On.

Early On Assessments

Data on three types of assessments are available: Initial IFSP, Early on / MMSE and Early Childhood Special Education.

Initial IFSP

The following information related to the IFSP is available:

  • Name of the type of agency that notified the responsible agency the child may potentially be eligible for Early On and/or Early Childhood Special Education services (e.g. physician’s office, childcare worker, family member, etc.)
  • The date the lead agency or Education Information System (EIS) provider receives the referral of the child from the responsible agency
  • The result of the Individual Family Service Plan (IFSP) eligibility determination.
  • Whether the IFSP was completed within the required timeline

Early On and MMSE

Child outcomes assessments are required to be completed when the child enters Early On services, annually while the child is receiving services, and upon exit from Early On.

For assessments related to Early On the following information is available: date of the assessment (ASSESSMENT_DATE), the name of the comprehensive assessment tool used when completing the child's assessment (DATA_SOURCE_NAME and ASSESSMENT_TYPE_NAME), and parent input about the child outcomes rating (PARENT_INPUT_NAME).

The following information related to the assessment outcomes is available:

  • Child's assessment rating for positive social relationships (SOCIAL_RELATIONSHIPS_NAME).
  • Child’s assessment for acquisition and use of knowledge and skills (variable: KNOWLEDGE_SKILLS_NAME).
  • Child's assessment rating on the ability to take appropriate actions to meet his/her needs (variable: ACTION_NAME).

In addition to annual and exit assessments, a flag for whether the child showed any new skill or behaviors related to the above three outcomes given the last assessment is also available.

Early Childhood Special Education 
While most of the dataset covers Early On, the ECSE assessment variables are are also present. They include ASSESSMENT_TOOL_NAME/CODE, and the "OUTCOME" suite of variables. The following dates are available: (1) date the child was assessed for entry into the ECSE program and, (2) the date the child was assessed upon their exit from ECSE in the ENTRY_ASSESSMENT_DATE and EXIT_ASSESSMENT_DATE variables, respectively.

Children are assessed on three areas:

  • Social Emotional Skills: To what extent the child shows age-appropriate functioning, across a variety of settings and situations (variable: OUTCOME_1A_CODE).
  • Acquiring and Using Knowledge and Skills: To what extent the child shows age appropriate functioning, across a variety of settings and situations (variable: OUTCOME_2A_CODE).
  • Taking Appropriate Action to meet Needs: To what extent the child shows age appropriate functioning, across a variety of settings and situations (variable: OUTCOME_3A_CODE).

Information on how the child performs on each of these is available. In addition, a flag indicating whether the child has acquired new skills since their last assessment is also available for each of the three areas.

Codebook

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Category Sort descending Variable Description
Category: Endorsements Variable: ENDORSE_GRADE_LEVEL_13 Description: 

The thirteenth endorsement grade level for the staff member sorted alphabetically (e.g., subject area endorsements).

Category: Endorsements Variable: ENDORSE_PERMIT_CODE_7 Description: 

The seventh permit code for the staff member sorted alphabetically.

Category: Endorsements Variable: ENDORSE_PERMIT_CODE_5 Description: 

The fifth permit code for the staff member sorted alphabetically.

Category: Endorsements Variable: LICENSE_TYPE Description: 

Name of the Certificate License Type (e.g., Provisional Teaching Certificate or School Counselor License) which is populated when the educator completes their application for certification through MOECS.

Category: Endorsements Variable: LICENSE_STATUS Description: 

Certificate status description (i.e., Valid, Expired, Invalid, Nullified, Revoked, Suspended, and Withdrawn).

Category: Endorsements Variable: ENDORSE_AUTHORIZATION_4 Description: 

The fourth endorsed authorization of the staff member sorted alphabetically.

Category: Endorsements Variable: ENDORSE_CERTIFICATION_8 Description: 

The eighth endorsement certificate for the staff member sorted alphabetically.

Category: Endorsements Variable: ENDORSE_CERTIFICATION_7 Description: 

The seventh endorsement certificate for the staff member sorted alphabetically.

Category: Endorsements Variable: ENDORSE_CERTIFICATION_6 Description: 

The sixth endorsement certificate for the staff member sorted alphabetically.

Category: Endorsements Variable: ENDORSE_CERTIFICATION_5 Description: 

The fifth endorsement certificate for the staff member sorted alphabetically.

Category: Endorsements Variable: ENDORSE_CERTIFICATION_4 Description: 

The fourth endorsement certificate for the staff member sorted alphabetically.

Category: Endorsements Variable: ENDORSE_CERTIFICATION_3 Description: 

The third endorsement certificate for the staff member sorted alphabetically.

Category: Endorsements Variable: ENDORSE_CERTIFICATION_2 Description: 

The second endorsement certificate for the staff member sorted alphabetically.

Category: Endorsements Variable: ENDORSE_CERTIFICATION_11 Description: 

The eleventh endorsement certificate for the staff member sorted alphabetically.

Category: Endorsements Variable: ENDORSE_CERTIFICATION_10 Description: 

The tenth endorsement certificate for the staff member sorted alphabetically.

Category: Endorsements Variable: ENDORSE_CERTIFICATION_1 Description: 

The first endorsement certificate for the staff member sorted alphabetically (e.g., subject area endorsements).

Category: Endorsements Variable: ENDORSE_AUTHORIZATION_5 Description: 

The fifth endorsed authorization of the staff member sorted alphabetically.

Category: Endorsements Variable: ENDORSE_CERTIFICATION_9 Description: 

The ninth endorsement certificate for the staff member sorted alphabetically.

Category: Endorsements Variable: ENDORSE_AUTHORIZATION_3 Description: 

The third endorsed authorization of the staff member sorted alphabetically.

Category: Endorsements Variable: ENDORSE_AUTHORIZATION_2 Description: 

The second endorsed authorization of the staff member sorted alphabetically.

Category: Endorsements Variable: ENDORSE_AUTHORIZATION_1 Description: 

The first endorsed authorization of the staff member sorted alphabetically.

Category: Endorsements Variable: CERTIFICATE_REINSTATEMENT_DATE Description: 

Date certificate reinstated

Category: Endorsements Variable: CERTIFICATE_ISSUE_DATE Description: 

Date certificate was issued

Category: Endorsements Variable: CERTIFICATE_EXPIRATION_DATE Description: 

Date certificate will/has expired

Category: Endorsements Variable: AUTHORIZATION_TYPE Description: 

Name of Authorization type (There are four different types of authorizations). Authorizations are utilized in situations where a school is unable to fill a position with an appropriately certified and/or endorsed educator.

Category: Endorsements Variable: AUTHORIZATION_STATUS Description: 

Authorization status description (e.g., Valid, Expired, etc.).

Category: Endorsements Variable: PROGRAM_TYPE_NAME Description: 

Populated when the educator completes their application for certification through MOECS. This field identifies whether the staff is certified to teach elementary, secondary, or occupational classes.

Category: Endorsements Variable: PROGRAM_TYPE_CODE Description: 

Populated when the educator completes their application for certification through MOECS.

Category: Endorsements Variable: ENDORSE_CODE_9 Description: 

The ninth endorsement code for the staff member sorted alphabetically (e.g., subject area endorsements).

Category: Endorsements Variable: ENDORSE_GRADE_LEVEL_9 Description: 

The ninth endorsement grade level for the staff member sorted alphabetically (e.g., subject area endorsements).

Category: Endorsements Variable: ENDORSE_GRADE_LEVEL_8 Description: 

The eighth endorsement grade level for the staff member sorted alphabetically (e.g., subject area endorsements).

Category: Endorsements Variable: ENDORSE_GRADE_LEVEL_7 Description: 

The seventh endorsement grade level for the staff member sorted alphabetically (e.g., subject area endorsements).

Category: Endorsements Variable: ENDORSE_GRADE_LEVEL_6 Description: 

The sixth endorsement grade level for the staff member sorted alphabetically (e.g., subject area endorsements).

Category: Endorsements Variable: ENDORSE_GRADE_LEVEL_5 Description: 

The fifth endorsement grade level for the staff member sorted alphabetically (e.g., subject area endorsements).

Category: Endorsements Variable: ENDORSE_GRADE_LEVEL_4 Description: 

The fourth endorsement grade level for the staff member sorted alphabetically (e.g., subject area endorsements).

Category: Endorsements Variable: ENDORSE_GRADE_LEVEL_3 Description: 

The third endorsement grade level for the staff member sorted alphabetically (e.g., subject area endorsements).

Category: Endorsements Variable: ENDORSE_GRADE_LEVEL_2 Description: 

The second endorsement grade level for the staff member sorted alphabetically (e.g., subject area endorsements).

Category: Endorsements Variable: ENDORSE_GRADE_LEVEL_11 Description: 

The eleventh endorsement grade level for the staff member sorted alphabetically (e.g., subject area endorsements).

Category: Endorsements Variable: ENDORSE_GRADE_LEVEL_10 Description: 

The tenth endorsement grade level for the staff member sorted alphabetically (e.g., subject area endorsements).

Category: Endorsements Variable: ENDORSE_GRADE_LEVEL_1 Description: 

The first endorsement grade level for the staff member sorted alphabetically (e.g., subject area endorsements).

Category: Endorsements Variable: ENDORSE_CODE_8 Description: 

The eighth endorsement code for the staff member sorted alphabetically (e.g., subject area endorsements).

Category: Endorsements Variable: ENDORSE_CODE_7 Description: 

The seventh endorsement code for the staff member sorted alphabetically (e.g., subject area endorsements).

Category: Endorsements Variable: ENDORSE_CODE_6 Description: 

The sixth endorsement code for the staff member sorted alphabetically (e.g., subject area endorsements).

Category: Endorsements Variable: ENDORSE_CODE_5 Description: 

The fifth endorsement code for the staff member sorted alphabetically (e.g., subject area endorsements).

Category: Endorsements Variable: ENDORSE_CODE_4 Description: 

The fourth endorsement code for the staff member sorted alphabetically (e.g., subject area endorsements).

Category: Endorsements Variable: ENDORSE_CODE_3 Description: 

The third endorsement code for the staff member sorted alphabetically (e.g., subject area endorsements).

Category: Endorsements Variable: ENDORSE_CODE_2 Description: 

The second endorsement code for the staff member sorted alphabetically (e.g., subject area endorsements).

Category: Endorsements Variable: ENDORSE_CODE_11 Description: 

The eleventh endorsement code for the staff member sorted alphabetically (e.g., subject area endorsements).

Category: Endorsements Variable: ENDORSE_CODE_10 Description: 

The tenth endorsement code for the staff member sorted alphabetically (e.g., subject area endorsements).

Category: Endorsements Variable: ENDORSE_CODE_1 Description: 

The first endorsement code for the staff member sorted alphabetically (e.g., subject area endorsements).

Category: English Language Learner Variable: COMPREHENSION_PL Description: 

The performance level for the comprehension portion of the assessment.

Category: English Language Learner Variable: OVERALL_PL Description: 

The performance level for the entire assessment.

Category: English Language Learner Variable: SPEAKING_VALID Description: 

Flag denoting whether the student's test was valid for the speaking portion of the assessment.

Category: English Language Learner Variable: LITERACY_PL Description: 

The performance level for the literacy portion of the assessment.

Category: English Language Learner Variable: OVERALL_PL_NAME Description: 

The performance level name for the entire assessment.

Category: English Language Learner Variable: OVERALL_VALID Description: 

Flag denoting whether the student's test was valid for the entire assessment.

Category: English Language Learner Variable: ORAL_SS Description: 

The scaled score for the oral portion of the assessment.

Category: English Language Learner Variable: COMPREHENSION_VALID Description: 

Flag denoting whether the student's test was valid for the comprehension portion of the assessment.

Category: English Language Learner Variable: SPEAKING_SS Description: 

The scaled score for the speaking portion of the assessment.

Category: English Language Learner Variable: LISTENING_PL Description: 

The performance level for the listening portion of the assessment.

Category: English Language Learner Variable: LITERACY_PL_NAME Description: 

The performance level name for the literacy portion of the assessment.

Category: English Language Learner Variable: COMPREHENSION_PL_NAME Description: 

The performance level name for the comprehension portion of the assessment.

Category: English Language Learner Variable: SPEAKING_PL Description: 

The performance level for the speaking portion of the assessment.

Category: English Language Learner Variable: OVERALL_SS Description: 

The scaled score for the entire assessment.

Category: English Language Learner Variable: ORAL_PL_NAME Description: 

The performance level name for the oral portion of the assessment.

Category: English Language Learner Variable: SPEAKING_PL_NAME Description: 

The performance level name for the speaking portion of the assessment.

Category: English Language Learner Variable: COMPREHENSION_SS Description: 

The scaled score for the comprehension portion of the assessment.

Category: English Language Learner Variable: LISTENING_PL_NAME Description: 

The performance level name for the listening portion of the assessment.

Category: English Language Learner Variable: LITERACY_SS Description: 

The scaled score for the literacy portion of the assessment.

Category: English Language Learner Variable: LISTENING_SS Description: 

The scaled score for the listening portion of the assessment.

Category: English Language Learner Variable: ORAL_VALID Description: 

Flag denoting whether the student's test was valid for the oral portion of the assessment.

Category: English Language Learner Variable: LISTENING_VALID Description: 

Flag denoting whether the student's test was valid for the listening portion of the assessment.

Category: English Language Learner Variable: ORAL_PL Description: 

The performance level for the oral portion of the assessment.

Category: English Language Learner Variable: LITERACY_VALID Description: 

Flag denoting whether the student's test was valid for the literacy portion of the assessment.

Category: English Learner and Immigrant Variable: LEP_INSTR_PROG_CODE_3 Description: 

The code for the English language acquisition program in which the student is currently enrolled.

Category: English Learner and Immigrant Variable: LEP_LANGUAGE_CODE_3 Description: 

The code for the student's primary or home language if a home language survey indicates that the language of the home is not English or the student's primary language is not English.

Category: English Learner and Immigrant Variable: LEP_INSTR_PROG_CODE_1 Description: 

The code for the English language acquisition program in which the student is currently enrolled.

Category: English Learner and Immigrant Variable: LEP_INSTR_PROG_CODE_4 Description: 

The code for the English language acquisition program in which the student is currently enrolled.

Category: English Learner and Immigrant Variable: LEP_LANGUAGE_CODE_5 Description: 

The code for the student's primary or home language if a home language survey indicates that the language of the home is not English or the student's primary language is not English.

Category: English Learner and Immigrant Variable: LEP_INSTR_PROG_CODE_5 Description: 

The code for the English language acquisition program in which the student is currently enrolled.

Category: English Learner and Immigrant Variable: LEP_INSTR_PROG_CODE_2 Description: 

The code for the English language acquisition program in which the student is currently enrolled.

Category: English Learner and Immigrant Variable: LEP_LANGUAGE_CODE_1 Description: 

The code for the student's primary or home language if a home language survey indicates that the language of the home is not English or the student's primary language is not English.

Category: English Learner and Immigrant Variable: LEP_LANGUAGE_CODE_2 Description: 

The code for the student's primary or home language if a home language survey indicates that the language of the home is not English or the student's primary language is not English.

Category: English Learner and Immigrant Variable: LEP_LANGUAGE_CODE_4 Description: 

The code for the student's primary or home language if a home language survey indicates that the language of the home is not English or the student's primary language is not English.

Category: Enrollment and Attendance Variable: MOD_CREDITS_EARNED_SESSION Description: 

Sum Total of STARR credits earned and NSC FTE Days converted to Credits Earned, during a session.

Category: Enrollment and Attendance Variable: IHE_UNDER_OVER_AGE_25 Description: 

The student's age status (under 25 or over 25) as of September 30th of the enrollment year.

Category: Enrollment and Attendance Variable: IHE_MILITARY_STATUS Description: 

The student’s military status at the time of enrollment.

Category: Enrollment and Attendance Variable: IS_FULL_TIME_24 Description: 

An indicator of whether or not a student is a full time student using 24 attempted credits per academic school year as the metric.

Category: Enrollment and Attendance Variable: ENROLLMENT_TYPE Description: 

An indicator of the enrollment type of a student at the beginning of the respective academic session. (Examples: FirstTime, Continuing, TransferIn)

Category: Enrollment and Attendance Variable: SESSION_TYPE Description: 

The type of academic session as reported by the IHE for STARR records, and as calculated by CEPI for NSC records. Examples: Semester, Quarter, Trimester, Quinmester, MiniTerm, SummerSession.

Category: Enrollment and Attendance Variable: IS_STARR_SESSION Description: 

Designates if the session record came from the STARR collection.

Category: Enrollment and Attendance Variable: IHE_LEVEL Description: 

Designates whether an IHE is a 2-year or 4-year institution.

Category: Enrollment and Attendance Variable: MOD_CREDITS_EARNED_CUM Description: 

Cumulative total to date of STARR Credits Earned and NSC FTE Days converted to Credits Earned, at all institutions the student has attended.

Category: Enrollment and Attendance Variable: IS_REMEDIAL_MATH_SESSION Description: 

Y/N indicator of whether any remedial math courses were taken during the session.

Category: Enrollment and Attendance Variable: ENROLLED_IN_AWARD_LEVEL Description: 

The level of education the student is working toward during the academic session.

Category: Enrollment and Attendance Variable: DEGREE_SEEKING Description: 

Indicates whether the student is a degree-seeking student or a non-degree-seeking student at the IHE.

Category: Enrollment and Attendance Variable: IS_TRANSFER_NOGRADE Description: 

Indicator of whether or not ALL courses in a specific session had a grade status of ‘TransferNoGrade’.

Category: Enrollment and Attendance Variable: MOD_CREDITS_EARNED_2YR_CUM Description: 

Cumulative total to date of STARR Credits Earned and NSC FTE Days converted to Credits Earned, at all 2 year institutions the student has attended.

Category: Enrollment and Attendance Variable: MOD_CREDITS_EARNED_PUBLIC_CUM Description: 

Cumulative total to date of STARR Credits Earned and NSC FTE Days converted to Credits Earned, at all public institutions the student has attended.

Category: Enrollment and Attendance Variable: DELIVERY_METHOD_CODE Description: 

The code for the type of location where the child attends the reported program or receives early childhood services. This includes School Based, Home Based, and Community Based.