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 2011-12 through 2018-19. 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. We describe each of the datasets in more detail on its section page.

The education and certifications datasets contain information about staff members previous and ongoing education, certifications, and professional development activities. Information on specific institutions in which education and/or certification were received is limited to Michigan educational entities. Data from the 2003-2004 school year forward are available. Future year's school year data will be added on.

Endorsements

Highlights

Record Level: Staff by collection by certification 
Record Count: 5.7 million observations 
Years Covered: 2012-Present 
Population Coverage: Staff of Michigan K-12 educational institutions

The endorsement dataset covers the certificates, permits and approvals held by staff within the public K-12 system. These endorsements are classified into one of eight groups using the LICENSE_CATEGORY variable. These groups primarily identify teachers, nurses, psychologists, counselors, administrators and CTE instructors. Certificates are used within the State of Michigan to license teachers. Permits are the only exception to having a fully certified teacher in a classroom and are used by districts primarily with respect to substitute teachers. Approvals are very similar to permits but for special education teachers. Interested researchers should review our more detailed explanation of education credentials in Michigan.

Professional Development

Highlights

Record Level: Staff by year by certification 
Record Count: 6 million observations 
Years Covered: 2004-Present 
Population Coverage: Staff of Michigan K-12 educational institutitions

The Michigan Department of Education tracks staff professional development in two data systems (Michigan Online Educator Certification system (MOECS) and Registry of Educational Personnel (REP)). The professional development dataset combines information from these two systems. It contains information on the type of professional development, the duration of the training, and where the training took place. Unlike other datasets which are collected at the semester level, only the year in which the professional development (PD) took place is provided.

Districts are required to offer at least 5 days of PD per year (380.1527) whereas the teachers are required to participate in at least 150 hours of PD per year for certification purposes. Districts are required to offer additional hours to new teachers (in their first 3 years) (380.1526). All teachers, progressing from the Standard Certificate to the Professional Certificate, are required by law (380.1531) to take an approved course in the diagnosis and remediation of reading disabilities and differentiated instruction. The “year” is considered to begin on July 1 and end on June 30, coinciding with the school year.

Currently, there is no method to track all professional development that schools offer. They are only required to report parts of it, and in different places. Similarly, some teachers do more DPPD than is required, but do not enter it into the system because they have already met the requirements for certificate renewal/progression. Therefore, the professional development dataset does not provide the complete data. Educators enter their information directly into the MOECS system. Therefore, some misspellings are expected. When a college name is not spelled correctly or is abbreviated, the IPEDS code is also missing. Data for "DATE_COMPLETED" are reported only in MOECS and are not available in REP and so this field is not included in the PD data.

Professional development (provided to new teachers) that meets the following criteria may be used by teachers to renew or progress their teaching certificate:

  • aligns with the requirements of Section 380.1526; and
  • supports the educator’s development in the profession; and
  • is above and beyond the professional development provided to ALL teachers under Section 380.1527; and
  • earned university credit or SCECHs in accordance with the Education-related Professional Learning hours defined in Teacher Certification Code.

Michigan Test for Teacher Certification (MTTC)

Highlights

Record Level: Staff by MTTC examination 
Record Count: 1 million observations 
Years Covered: 1992-Present 
Population Coverage: MTTC test takers who had previously been assigned RPICs

The MTTC dataset holds teacher assessment history for the Michigan Test for Teacher Certification (MTTC) from 1992-present. This is a test-level file with one observation for each time a teacher attempted an MTTC test. Specific data points include the date the test was taken, the scaled test score, whether a teacher passed the test, and the institutions to which the teacher had their scores sent. Tests began as a requirement with the passage of PA 282 of 1992 (MCL 380.1531). The basic skills examination was repealed with PA 233 of 2018 (MCL 380.1531).

Results from employed instructional staff, substitutes and some non-instructional staff and administrators are included. The State of Michigan receives data from the MTTC test contractor, Evaluation Systems Group of Pearson and maintains a comprehensive database of all MTTC test takers from February 1992 to present. However, the data herein do not cover that full population.

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.