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

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Category Sort descending Variable Description
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