The K-12 staffing data, also known as the Registry for Educational Personnel, contain individual-level records on all education personnel for the academic years 2004-05 through 2019-20. While these data include information on employees from any educational entity in Michigan, the level of information recorded is not uniform for all employees. Private schools, for example, are able but not required to participate in the data collection. Additionally, for some positions (i.e. non-instructional) only a limited number of fields are required to be reported, regardless of the type of entity. These data are contained in nine datasets, which we categorize into the following three broad topical areas: Assignment, Employment, and Demographics; Education and Certifications; and Mobility. Note that some of these datasets could be used by researchers as a standalone product, but others should not due to differences in how and when districts record terminations and leaves of absence.
The Staff Demographics, Assignment, and Employment datasets comprise a significant portion of K-12 staffing data available through the Michigan Education Data Center. They contain information on who is employed, where they are employed, and for what function each semester. Researchers should exercise caution in using any of these datasets separately as there is some variability in how information is reported, and note that information on non-instructional employees is more limited. For example, districts may adopt different policies for recording staff members who are employed for partial semesters or for vacant positions. As a result, there may be some staffers included in the data that do not actually work in a given semester (e.g. substitute teachers).
Demographics
Highlights
Record Level: Employee-level
Record Count: 1,021,070 observations
Years Covered: 2004-Present
Population Coverage: Part-time and full-time employees of educational entities in Michigan
The demographics file is a time-invariant file for all staff members included in REP, uniquely identified by the researcher personal identification code (RPIC). Note that while there should in theory be one observation per staff member, there are 2,341 RPICS with at least one duplicate observations. These duplicates are due to the fact that date of birth and gender are stored in the State’s personnel master file, while race/ethnicity is stored at the district level. Thus, if a staff member is employed by multiple districts and the districts have conflicting values for race/ethnicity, the staff member and their associated RPIC will have multiple observations in the base file. The variables included are RPIC, the old ID number, race/ethnicity, gender, and date of birth.
Researchers should be aware that in 2022, changes were made to how a staff member's race/ethnicity is aggregated when differing values reported in separate systems. Educators self-report their own race/ethnicity in MOECS, and districts report their employees’ race/ethnicity in the REP. MOECS and REP are two separate database systems. The race/ethnicity variable in the staff base file is created by first taking the self-reported race from MOECS and then, for educators who did not have race data in MOECS, they use the most recent race reported for that person in the REP. This has always been the case. What changed is how CEPI handles individuals whose race is reported as “unknown” in MOECS. Previously, CEPI would only extract race data from the REP if there was a missing value for their race in MOECS. This means that if the race was listed “unknown” (which is a non-missing value), they would not extract race data from the REP. They changed this in calendar year 2022. Now they extract race data from the REP for anyone with either a missing value or “unknown” race/ethnicity in MOECS. These changes apply to all staff members listed in the staff demographic file.
Employment
Highlights
Record Level: Employee by collection by school district
Record Count: approx. 330,000 observations per collection
Years Covered: 2004-Present
Population Coverage: Part-time and full-time employees of educational entities in Michigan
The employment dataset contains information on the tenure of each staff member’s employment with a given district. Note that a staff member may work across multiple districts, and there may be conflicts in information reported across districts for the same staff member (e.g. highest education level). Researchers should be cautious in using the annual salary variable as not all districts are required to report this. The Employment data are theoretically unique at the RPIC x Collection X District level, but there are 97 RPICs with at least on duplicate record which may be due to having multiple hiring or termination dates in a given semester or multiple highest education levels.
Variables included are hire date, termination date, whether the position is funded, whether the position is filled by a permanent employee, employment status with the district, the highest educational degree earned, and annual salary (only required for Title 1).
Assignments
Highlights
Record Level: Employee by year by school district by assignment
Record Count: 6,622,529 observations
Years Covered: 2004-Present
Population Coverage: Part-time and full-time employees of educational entities in Michigan
The assignment dataset contains detailed information about the job function(s) a staff member performs each semester in a given location. Data are reported per semester, but employees may have multiple rows per semester for reasons including performing multiple jobs in the same school, the same job for multiple grade levels, or the same job and grade for multiple schools and/or districts. Researchers should note that some assignment codes have changed over time, but we retain a variable with a description of the position which should be used to check for this issue. Researchers should also exercise caution when trying to use FTE or generate a total FTE as some staff members may perform the same position across multiple grades or settings.
The variables in the Assignment dataset can be categorized into variables about the staff member and about the assigned school. Note that staff members employed at the district level, and thus not associated with a particular school (e.g. district superintendent), will have missing values for the school variables. The school variables included are entity type, school code and name, district code and name, ISD code and name, and school open and close dates. The inclusion of the school, district, and ISD identifiers allow researchers to merge on additional information from their respective datasets. The staff variables include information on the staff member’s highly qualified status, effectiveness rating, FTE, assignment code and description, whether funded by a federal grant, flags to identify as a teacher or principal, type of position, funding code and description, grade(s) working with, and special settings.
Codebook
Category Sort descending | Variable | Description |
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Category: Special Education | Variable: ELIGIBILITY_REASON_NAME_2 |
Description: The name/descriptor of the area of developmental delay or the established condition identified on the child's IFSP by which the child’s eligibility was determined. |
Category: Special Education | Variable: PART_C_EXIT_REASON_CODE |
Description: The reason (Code)given for a child discontinuing services through Part C. |
Category: Special Education | Variable: EO_SERVICE_CODE_5 |
Description: 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. This is not to be confused with the student's type of disability. The student's program assignment is not required to match his/her impairment. (E.g., a student does not have to be diagnosed as early childhood developmentally delayed to participate in an early childhood special education program.) |
Category: Special Education | Variable: CURRENT_IFSP_DATE |
Description: The date of the child's most recent Individualized Family Service Plan (IFSP). --This data element is consistent with the field Plan Date in MICIS. |
Category: Special Education | Variable: IFSP_TIMELINESS_NAME |
Description: The name that indicates if the Individual Family Service Plan (IFSP) was completed within the required timeline. |
Category: Special Education | Variable: ELIGIBILITY_REASON_NAME_6 |
Description: The name/descriptor of the area of developmental delay or the established condition identified on the child's IFSP by which the child’s eligibility was determined. |
Category: Special Education | Variable: REFERRAL_AGENCY |
Description: The name of the type of agency that notified the responsible agency the child may potentially be eligible for Part C services. |
Category: Special Education | Variable: ELIGIBILITY_REASON_CODE_2 |
Description: The code used to identify the area of developmental delay or the established condition identified on the child's IFSP by which the child’s eligibility was determined. |
Category: Special Education | Variable: ELIGIBILITY_REASON_NAME_5 |
Description: The name/descriptor of the area of developmental delay or the established condition identified on the child's IFSP by which the child’s eligibility was determined. |
Category: Special Education | Variable: EO_SERVICE_NAME_2 |
Description: The name of the Individual Education Plan (IEP)-designated program(s), or Individual Family Service Plan (IFSP) program(s), in which the student is participating. This is not to be confused with the student's type of disability. The student's program assignment is not required to match his/her impairment. (E.g., a student does not have to be diagnosed as early childhood developmentally delayed to participate in an early childhood special education program.) |
Category: Special Education | Variable: TRANSITION_CONF_TIMELINESS_NAME |
Description: Part C Indicator 8 C: Indicate if the transition IFSP conference was held within the required timeframe (at least 90 days but not more than nine months prior to the toddler's third birthday). |
Category: Special Education | Variable: PRIM_SERVICE_SETTING_CODE |
Description: The code for the environment in which the majority of the services are being provided to the child. |
Category: Special Education | Variable: PART_C_EXIT_DATE |
Description: The date on which the child ceased receiving Part C services. --This data element is consistent with the field Status Date in MICIS. |
Category: Special Education | Variable: EO_SERVICE_NAME_1 |
Description: The name of the Individual Education Plan (IEP)-designated program(s), or Individual Family Service Plan (IFSP) program(s), in which the student is participating. This is not to be confused with the student's type of disability. The student's program assignment is not required to match his/her impairment. (E.g., a student does not have to be diagnosed as early childhood developmentally delayed to participate in an early childhood special education program.) |
Category: Special Education | Variable: EO_AS_OF_DATE |
Description: The date a new record was entered for a student. |
Category: Special Education | Variable: ELIGIBILITY_REASON_CODE_1 |
Description: The code used to identify the area of developmental delay or the established condition identified on the child's IFSP by which the child’s eligibility was determined. |
Category: Special Education | Variable: IFSP_TIMELINESS_CODE |
Description: The code that indicates if the Individual Family Service Plan (IFSP) was completed within the required timeline. |
Category: Special Education | Variable: REFERRAL_DATE |
Description: The date the lead agency or Education Information System (EIS) provider receives the referral of the child. |
Category: Special Education | Variable: TRANSITION_IFSP_TIMELINESS_NAME |
Description: Part C Indicator 8 A: Indicate if the transition plan in the IFSP was completed within the required timeframe (at least 90 days but not more than nine months prior to the toddler's third birthday). |
Category: Special Education | Variable: ELIGIBILITY_REASON_CODE_9 |
Description: The code used to identify the area of developmental delay or the established condition identified on the child's IFSP by which the child’s eligibility was determined. |
Category: Standard Assessment | Variable: WRI_IS_PROFICIENT |
Description: Flag denoting whether the student was proficient on the writing portion of the assessment. |
Category: Standard Assessment | Variable: STATE_FAY |
Description: Is the student considered a full academic year (FAY) participant for the state during this year (Y= Yes; N=No; U=Unknown). |
Category: Standard Assessment | Variable: SCHOOL_FAY |
Description: Is the student considered a full academic year (FAY) participant for the school during this year (Y= Yes; N=No; U=Unknown). |
Category: Standard Assessment | Variable: ELA_IS_PROFICIENT |
Description: Flag denoting whether the student was proficient on the English language arts portion of the assessment. (Y= Yes; N=No) |
Category: Standard Assessment | Variable: MTH_IS_PROFICIENT |
Description: Flag denoting whether the student was proficient on the mathematics portion of the assessment. (Y= Yes; N=No) |
Category: Standard Assessment | Variable: DISTRICT_FAY |
Description: Is the student considered a full academic year (FAY) participant for the district during this year (Y= Yes; N=No; U=Unknown). |
Category: Standard Assessment | Variable: SOC_IS_PROFICIENT |
Description: Flag denoting whether the student was proficient on the social studies portion of the assessment. |
Category: Standard Assessment | Variable: SCI_IS_PROFICIENT |
Description: Flag denoting whether the student was proficient on the science portion of the assessment. |
Category: Standard Assessment | Variable: RDG_IS_PROFICIENT |
Description: Flag denoting whether the student was proficient on the reading portion of the assessment. (Y= Yes; N=No) |
Category: Testing Accommodations | Variable: MASKING |
Description: MASKING |
Category: Testing Accommodations | Variable: AUDIO_PART_B |
Description: AUDIO PART B |
Category: Testing Accommodations | Variable: LEP_TEST_ENGLISH |
Description: LEP TEST ENGLISH |
Category: Testing Accommodations | Variable: VISUAL_AIDS |
Description: VISUAL AIDS |
Category: Testing Accommodations | Variable: LEP_OTHER_ACCOM_PART_A |
Description: LEP OTHER ACCOM PART A |
Category: Testing Accommodations | Variable: VIDEO_ARABIC |
Description: VIDEO ARABIC |
Category: Testing Accommodations | Variable: LEP_DIR_AUDIO |
Description: LEP DIR AUDIO |
Category: Testing Accommodations | Variable: STD_RSPND_BRAILLE |
Description: STUDENT RESPONDS USING BRAILLE WRITER OR BRAILLE NOTETAKER |
Category: Testing Accommodations | Variable: TEST_CONTENT_PROVIDED |
Description: TEST CONTENT PROVIDED IN ASL OR SEE (HUMAN SIGNER) |
Category: Testing Accommodations | Variable: CD_PART_A |
Description: CD PART A |
Category: Testing Accommodations | Variable: MODIFIED_RESPONSE_FORMAT |
Description: MODIFIED RESPONSE FORMAT |
Category: Testing Accommodations | Variable: NON_SPANISH_TRANSLATION |
Description: NON-SPANISH TRANSLATION |
Category: Testing Accommodations | Variable: REPEAT_ITEM_AUDIO |
Description: REPEAT ITEM AUDIO |
Category: Testing Accommodations | Variable: COMPUTER_ASSISTED |
Description: COMPUTER ASSISTED |
Category: Testing Accommodations | Variable: NOISE_BUFFERS |
Description: NOISE BUFFERS |
Category: Testing Accommodations | Variable: SPANISH_TRANSLATION |
Description: SPANISH TRANSLATION (STACKED) |
Category: Testing Accommodations | Variable: MULTIDAY |
Description: MULTIDAY |
Category: Testing Accommodations | Variable: BRAILLE_PART_B |
Description: BRAILLE PART B |
Category: Testing Accommodations | Variable: LEP_TEST_READER_ENG_PART_A |
Description: LEP TEST READER ENGLISH PART A |
Category: Testing Accommodations | Variable: REPEAT_LSTNG_TEST_RSPNSE_OTN |
Description: REPEAT LISTENING TEST RESPONSE OPTIONS BY HUMAN READER |
Category: Testing Accommodations | Variable: LEP_TEST_READER_ENG_PART_B |
Description: LEP TEST READER ENGLISH PART B |
Category: Testing Accommodations | Variable: ALTERNATE_RESPONSE |
Description: ALTERNATE RESPONSE |
Category: Testing Accommodations | Variable: LEP_OTHER_ACCOM_PART_B |
Description: LEP OTHER ACCOM PART B |
Category: Testing Accommodations | Variable: LEP_TEST_DIRECTIONS_ENGLISH |
Description: LEP TEST DIRECTIONS ENGLISH |
Category: Testing Accommodations | Variable: INTERPRETER_SIGN_TST_DIR |
Description: INTERPRETER SIGNS TEST DIRECTIONS IN ASL |
Category: Testing Accommodations | Variable: EXTEND_SPKG_TST_RSPNSE_TIME |
Description: EXTENDED SPEAKING TEST RESPONSE TIME |
Category: Testing Accommodations | Variable: CLOSED_CAPTIONING |
Description: CLOSED CAPTIONING |
Category: Testing Accommodations | Variable: TEST_READ |
Description: TEST READ |
Category: Testing Accommodations | Variable: BRAILLE_TEST_OR_WRITER |
Description: BRAILLE TEST OR WRITER |
Category: Testing Accommodations | Variable: REPEAT_TEST_ITEM |
Description: REPEAT TEST ITEMS BY HUMAN READER |
Category: Testing Accommodations | Variable: READ_ALOUD_LSTNG_RSPNSE_OPN |
Description: READ ALOUD LISTENING TEST RESPONSE OPTIONS BY HUMAN READER |
Category: Testing Accommodations | Variable: LEP_OTHER_ACCOM |
Description: LEP OTHER ACCOM |
Category: Testing Accommodations | Variable: AUDIO_PART_A |
Description: AUDIO PART A |
Category: Testing Accommodations | Variable: OTHER_ACCOM_PART_B |
Description: OTHER ACCOM PART B |
Category: Testing Accommodations | Variable: LEP_TEST_READER_ENGLISH |
Description: LEP TEST READER ENGLISH |
Category: Testing Accommodations | Variable: LEP_TEST_DIRECTIONS_NATIVE |
Description: LEP TEST DIRECTIONS NATIVE |
Category: Testing Accommodations | Variable: BRAILLE_PART_A |
Description: BRAILLE PART A |
Category: Testing Accommodations | Variable: REVERSE_CONTRAST |
Description: REVERSE CONTRAST |
Category: Testing Accommodations | Variable: OTHER_APPROVED_ACCOMMODATION |
Description: OTHER APPROVED ACCOMMODATION |
Category: Testing Accommodations | Variable: MODIFIED_PRESENTATION_FORMAT |
Description: MODIFIED PRESENTATION FORMAT |
Category: Testing Accommodations | Variable: STANDARD |
Description: STANDARD |
Category: Testing Accommodations | Variable: BRAILLE |
Description: BRAILLE |
Category: Testing Accommodations | Variable: LARGE_PRINT_PART_B |
Description: LARGE PRINT PART B |
Category: Testing Accommodations | Variable: COLOR_CHOOSER |
Description: COLOR CHOOSER |
Category: Testing Accommodations | Variable: L1_GLOSSARY |
Description: L1 GLOSSARY |
Category: Testing Accommodations | Variable: VIDEO_ENGLISH |
Description: VIDEO ENGLISH |
Category: Testing Accommodations | Variable: TEST_READ_PART_A |
Description: TEST READ PART A |
Category: Testing Accommodations | Variable: LARGE_PRINT |
Description: LARGE PRINT |
Category: Testing Accommodations | Variable: AMPLIFICATION_SYSTEM |
Description: AMPLIFICATION SYSTEM |
Category: Testing Accommodations | Variable: LARGE_PRINT_BOOKLET |
Description: LARGE PRINT BOOKLET |
Category: Testing Accommodations | Variable: MODIFIED_TEST_DIRECTIONS |
Description: MODIFIED TEST DIRECTIONS |
Category: Testing Accommodations | Variable: SCRIBE_ELA_WRITING |
Description: SCRIBE - ELA WRITING ITEMS |
Category: Testing Accommodations | Variable: VIDEO |
Description: VIDEO |
Category: Testing Accommodations | Variable: OTHER_ACCOM_PART_A |
Description: OTHER ACCOM PART A |
Category: Testing Accommodations | Variable: STD_ASST_TECH_RSPND_TST_ITEM |
Description: STUDENT USES ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY TO RESPOND TO TEST ITEMS |
Category: Testing Accommodations | Variable: STD_RSPND_ORALLY |
Description: STUDENT RESPONDS ORALLY USING EXTERNAL AUGMENTATIVE AND ALTERNATE COMMUNICATION DEVICE OR SOFTWARE |
Category: Testing Accommodations | Variable: CALCULATOR |
Description: CALCULATOR |
Category: Testing Accommodations | Variable: SCRIBE |
Description: SCRIBE |
Category: Testing Accommodations | Variable: ENGLISH_GLOSSARY |
Description: ENGLISH GLOSSARY |
Category: Testing Accommodations | Variable: WORD_PROCESSOR |
Description: WORD PROCESSOR |
Category: Testing Accommodations | Variable: STD_RSPND_RECORD_DEVICE |
Description: STUDENT RESPONDS USING A RECORDING DEVICE, WHICH IS PLAYED BACK AND TRANSCRIBED BY THE STUDENT |
Category: Testing Accommodations | Variable: ENGLISH_DICTIONARY |
Description: ENGLISH DICTIONARY |
Category: Testing Accommodations | Variable: READ_ALOUD_ELA_PASSGES |
Description: READ ALOUD - English Language Arts (ELA) PASSAGES |
Category: Testing Accommodations | Variable: TEST_READ_PART_B |
Description: TEST READ PART B |
Category: Testing Accommodations | Variable: EXTEND_TESTING_TIME |
Description: EXTENDED TESTING TIME WITHIN THE SCHOOL DAY |
Category: Testing Accommodations | Variable: AUDIO |
Description: AUDIO |
Category: Testing Accommodations | Variable: AUDIO_AMP_DEVICE |
Description: AUDIO AMP DEVICE OR NOISE BUFFER |
Category: Testing Accommodations | Variable: WORD_PRCESSOR_RSPND_TST_ITEM |
Description: WORD PROCESSOR OR SIMILAR KEYBOARDING DEVICE TO RESPOND TO TEST ITEMS |
Category: Testing Accommodations | Variable: EXTEND_TESTING_SESSION |
Description: EXTENDED TESTING SESSION OVER MULTIPLE DAYS FOR A SINGLE DOMAIN |
Category: Testing Accommodations | Variable: LARGE_PRINT_PART_A |
Description: LARGE PRINT PART A |
Category: Testing Accommodations | Variable: MAGNIFCATN_OR_LOW_VISION_AID |
Description: MAGNIFICATION OR LOW VISION AIDS |