Highlights
Record Level: Student by Year by Assessment
Record Count: 139,000-282,000 records per year
Years Covered: 2008-Present
Population Coverage: Data covers all students from private, home schooled and public schools who have participated in these assessments
This Assessment Accommodations Researcher file contains commonly requested student-level assessment data from the K-12 environment pertaining to accommodations on state administered tests, such as MI-Access, MEAP-Access, M-STEP, MEAP, MME, ELPA and WIDA. Data covers all students from private, home schooled and public schools who have participated in these assessments. Data from the 2007-2008 school year forward will be included. Future years' data will be added on an annual basis as data become available. We have records on accommodations on assessments for over 590 thousand students. With regards to each specific assessment, we have records for 170 thousand students that were given accommodations when they were assessed using the MEAP, 60 thousand students that were given accommodations when they were assessed using the MME, 20 thousand students that were given accommodations when they were assessed using the MEAP-Access, 40 thousand students that were given accommodations when they were assessed using the Mi-Access, 27 thousand students that were given accommodations when they were assessed using the ELPA, 9 thousand students that were given accommodations when they were assessed using the WIDA, and 385 thousand students that were given accommodations when they were assessed using the M-STEP.
There are only about two thousand records in the 2019-2020 school year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Codebook
Category Sort descending | Variable | Description |
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Category: All | Variable: BARCODE | Description: The barcode of the test given. |
Category: All | Variable: ASSESSMENT | Description: The assessment the student participated in. |
Category: All | Variable: TESTED_SCHOOL_CODE | Description: 5-digit code for building where student was tested |
Category: All | Variable: TESTED_GRADE | Description: The grade level or the educational setting in which the student is enrolled. |
Category: All | Variable: TESTED_DISTRICT_CODE | Description: State assigned 5 digit public school district where student was tested |
Category: All | Variable: TEST_CYCLE_NAME | Description: The name that represents the test - year combination of the assessment. |
Category: All | Variable: TEST_CYCLE_ID | Description: Number identifier for test, season, and year combination of assessment |
Category: All | Variable: SCHOOL_YEAR | Description: School Year of the data collection. |
Category: All | Variable: RIC | Description: Student ID denoting a single student throughout educational career in MI |
Category: All | Variable: IS_PRIVATE_SCHOOL | Description: Flag denoting whether student was attending private school at time of the test |
Category: All | Variable: IS_HOME_SCHOOLED | Description: Flag denoting whether the student was homeschooled at the time of test. |
Category: All | Variable: SUBJECT | Description: The subject of the assessment. |
Category: Testing Accommodations | Variable: OTHER_APPROVED_ACCOMMODATION | Description: OTHER APPROVED ACCOMMODATION |
Category: Testing Accommodations | Variable: READ_ALOUD_ELA_PASSGES | Description: READ ALOUD - English Language Arts (ELA) PASSAGES |
Category: Testing Accommodations | Variable: READ_ALOUD_LSTNG_RSPNSE_OPN | Description: READ ALOUD LISTENING TEST RESPONSE OPTIONS BY HUMAN READER |
Category: Testing Accommodations | Variable: READ_ALOUD_TEST_ITEM | Description: READ ALOUD TEST ITEMS BY HUMAN READER |
Category: Testing Accommodations | Variable: READER | Description: READER |
Category: Testing Accommodations | Variable: REPEAT_IN_PERSON_HUMAN_READER | Description: NULL |
Category: Testing Accommodations | Variable: REPEAT_ITEM_AUDIO | Description: REPEAT ITEM AUDIO |
Category: Testing Accommodations | Variable: REPEAT_LSTNG_TEST_RSPNSE_OTN | Description: REPEAT LISTENING TEST RESPONSE OPTIONS BY HUMAN READER |
Category: Testing Accommodations | Variable: REPEAT_TEST_ITEM | Description: REPEAT TEST ITEMS BY HUMAN READER |
Category: Testing Accommodations | Variable: REVERSE_CONTRAST | Description: REVERSE CONTRAST |
Category: Testing Accommodations | Variable: SCRIBE | Description: SCRIBE |
Category: Testing Accommodations | Variable: MASKING | Description: MASKING |
Category: Testing Accommodations | Variable: SCRIBE_ELA_WRITING | Description: SCRIBE - ELA WRITING ITEMS |
Category: Testing Accommodations | Variable: OTHER_ACCOM_PART_B | Description: OTHER ACCOM PART B |
Category: Testing Accommodations | Variable: OTHER_ACCOM_PART_A | Description: OTHER ACCOM PART A |
Category: Testing Accommodations | Variable: OTHER_ACCOM | Description: OTHER ACCOM |
Category: Testing Accommodations | Variable: OSA_MULTIPLICATION_TABLE | Description: Online Supports and Accommodations (OSA) MULTIPLICATION TABLE |
Category: Testing Accommodations | Variable: NON_SPANISH_TRANSLATION | Description: NON-SPANISH TRANSLATION |
Category: Testing Accommodations | Variable: NOISE_BUFFERS | Description: NOISE BUFFERS |
Category: Testing Accommodations | Variable: MULTIDAY | Description: MULTIDAY |
Category: Testing Accommodations | Variable: MODIFIED_TIMING_SCHEDULING | Description: MODIFIED TIMING/SCHEDULING |
Category: Testing Accommodations | Variable: MODIFIED_TEST_DIRECTIONS | Description: MODIFIED TEST DIRECTIONS |
Category: Testing Accommodations | Variable: MODIFIED_RESPONSE_FORMAT | Description: MODIFIED RESPONSE FORMAT |
Category: Testing Accommodations | Variable: MODIFIED_PRESENTATION_FORMAT | Description: MODIFIED PRESENTATION FORMAT |
Category: Testing Accommodations | Variable: WORD_PROCESSOR | Description: WORD PROCESSOR |
Category: Testing Accommodations | Variable: TEST_READ | Description: TEST READ |
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: VISUAL_AIDS | Description: VISUAL AIDS |
Category: Testing Accommodations | Variable: VIDEO_SPANISH | Description: VIDEO SPANISH |
Category: Testing Accommodations | Variable: VIDEO_ENGLISH | Description: VIDEO ENGLISH |
Category: Testing Accommodations | Variable: VIDEO_ARABIC | Description: VIDEO ARABIC |
Category: Testing Accommodations | Variable: VIDEO | Description: VIDEO |
Category: Testing Accommodations | Variable: THESAURUS | Description: THESAURUS |
Category: Testing Accommodations | Variable: TEXT_TO_SPEECH_PASSAGES | Description: TEXT-TO-SPEECH PASSAGES |
Category: Testing Accommodations | Variable: TEXT_TO_SPEECH | Description: TEXT-TO-SPEECH |
Category: Testing Accommodations | Variable: TEST_READ_PART_B | Description: TEST READ PART B |
Category: Testing Accommodations | Variable: TEST_READ_PART_A | Description: TEST READ PART A |
Category: Testing Accommodations | Variable: SEPERATE_SETTING | Description: SEPARATE SETTING |
Category: Testing Accommodations | Variable: TEST_IN_NONSCHL_SETTG | Description: TEST MAY BE ADMINISTERED BY SCHOOL PERSONNEL IN A NON-SCHOOL SETTING |
Category: Testing Accommodations | Variable: TEST_CONTENT_PROVIDED | Description: TEST CONTENT PROVIDED IN ASL OR SEE (HUMAN SIGNER) |
Category: Testing Accommodations | Variable: STD_RSPND_RECORD_DEVICE | Description: Student responds using recording device, which is transcribed by student |
Category: Testing Accommodations | Variable: STD_RSPND_ORALLY | Description: Student responds orally using external communication device or software |
Category: Testing Accommodations | Variable: STD_RSPND_BRAILLE | Description: STUDENT RESPONDS USING BRAILLE WRITER OR BRAILLE NOTETAKER |
Category: Testing Accommodations | Variable: STD_ASST_TECH_RSPND_TST_ITEM | Description: STUDENT USES ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY TO RESPOND TO TEST ITEMS |
Category: Testing Accommodations | Variable: STANDARD | Description: STANDARD |
Category: Testing Accommodations | Variable: SPEECH_TO_TEXT | Description: SPEECH-TO-TEXT |
Category: Testing Accommodations | Variable: SPANISH_TRANSLATION | Description: SPANISH TRANSLATION (STACKED) |
Category: Testing Accommodations | Variable: SPANISH_GLOSSARY | Description: NULL |
Category: Testing Accommodations | Variable: SETTING_FORMAT | Description: SETTING FORMAT |
Category: Testing Accommodations | Variable: BRAILLE_PART_B | Description: BRAILLE PART B |
Category: Testing Accommodations | Variable: ENGLISH_DICTIONARY | Description: ENGLISH DICTIONARY |
Category: Testing Accommodations | Variable: DIRECTION_PROVIDED | Description: Directions provided in American Sign Language or Signed Exact English |
Category: Testing Accommodations | Variable: CONTRASTING_TEXT | Description: CONTRASTING TEXT |
Category: Testing Accommodations | Variable: CONTINUOUS_MAGNIFICATION_200 | Description: NULL |
Category: Testing Accommodations | Variable: COMPUTER_ASSISTED | Description: COMPUTER ASSISTED |
Category: Testing Accommodations | Variable: COLOR_CHOOSER | Description: COLOR CHOOSER |
Category: Testing Accommodations | Variable: CLOSED_CAPTIONING | Description: CLOSED CAPTIONING |
Category: Testing Accommodations | Variable: CD_PART_B | Description: CD PART B |
Category: Testing Accommodations | Variable: CD_PART_A | Description: CD PART A |
Category: Testing Accommodations | Variable: CD | Description: CD |
Category: Testing Accommodations | Variable: CALCULATOR | Description: CALCULATOR |
Category: Testing Accommodations | Variable: BRAILLE_TEST_OR_WRITER | Description: BRAILLE TEST OR WRITER |
Category: Testing Accommodations | Variable: ENGLISH_GLOSSARY | Description: ENGLISH GLOSSARY |
Category: Testing Accommodations | Variable: BRAILLE_PART_A | Description: BRAILLE PART A |
Category: Testing Accommodations | Variable: BRAILLE | Description: BRAILLE |
Category: Testing Accommodations | Variable: BILINGUAL_DICTIONARY | Description: BILINGUAL WORD TO WORD DICTIONARY |
Category: Testing Accommodations | Variable: AUDIO_PART_B | Description: AUDIO PART B |
Category: Testing Accommodations | Variable: AUDIO_PART_A | Description: AUDIO PART A |
Category: Testing Accommodations | Variable: AUDIO_AMP_DEVICE | Description: AUDIO AMP DEVICE OR NOISE BUFFER |
Category: Testing Accommodations | Variable: AUDIO | Description: AUDIO |
Category: Testing Accommodations | Variable: ARABIC_GLOSSARY | Description: NULL |
Category: Testing Accommodations | Variable: AMPLIFICATION_SYSTEM | Description: AMPLIFICATION SYSTEM |
Category: Testing Accommodations | Variable: ALTERNATE_RESPONSE | Description: ALTERNATE RESPONSE |
Category: Testing Accommodations | Variable: ABACUS | Description: ABACUS |
Category: Testing Accommodations | Variable: LEP_DIR_CD | Description: LEP DIR CD |
Category: Testing Accommodations | Variable: MAGNIFCATN_OR_LOW_VISION_AID | Description: MAGNIFICATION OR LOW VISION AIDS |
Category: Testing Accommodations | Variable: LEP_TEST_READER_NATIVE | Description: LEP TEST READER NATIVE |
Category: Testing Accommodations | Variable: LEP_TEST_READER_ENGLISH | Description: LEP TEST READER ENGLISH |
Category: Testing Accommodations | Variable: LEP_TEST_READER_ENG_PART_B | Description: LEP TEST READER ENGLISH PART B |
Category: Testing Accommodations | Variable: LEP_TEST_READER_ENG_PART_A | Description: LEP TEST READER ENGLISH PART A |
Category: Testing Accommodations | Variable: LEP_TEST_NATIVE | Description: LEP TEST NATIVE |
Category: Testing Accommodations | Variable: LEP_TEST_ENGLISH | Description: LEP TEST ENGLISH |
Category: Testing Accommodations | Variable: LEP_TEST_DIRECTIONS_NATIVE | Description: LEP TEST DIRECTIONS NATIVE |
Category: Testing Accommodations | Variable: LEP_TEST_DIRECTIONS_ENGLISH | Description: LEP TEST DIRECTIONS ENGLISH |
Category: Testing Accommodations | Variable: LEP_OTHER_ACCOM_PART_B | Description: LEP OTHER ACCOM PART B |
Category: Testing Accommodations | Variable: LEP_OTHER_ACCOM_PART_A | Description: LEP OTHER ACCOM PART A |
Category: Testing Accommodations | Variable: LEP_OTHER_ACCOM | Description: LEP OTHER ACCOM |
Category: Testing Accommodations | Variable: MANUAL_CNTL_START_AUDIO_PLAY | Description: MANUAL CONTROL TO START AUDIO PLAY OF ITEM |