Highlights

Record Level: student x incident x year 
Record Count: 111,000 records/year 
Years Covered: 2011-present 
Population Coverage: public school students in Michigan

The State of Michigan provides discipline data in a single dataset that includes all reported disciplinary incidents in Michigan schools from 2011 to present. Suspensions are required to be reported in all years for students with IEPs, and expulsions are required to be reported in all years for all students.

There is a large increase in reporting starting in the 2017-2018 school year, when reporting suspensions for all students became mandatory for all Michigan schools. However, this policy ended after the 2017-2018 school year, so beginning in 2018-2019 schools were no longer required (but were still encouraged) to report suspensions for students without an IEP. In all years, schools were able to voluntarily report suspensions for students without an IEP. A suspension is an event resulting in a student’s removal from their usual education setting for one half of the school day or longer.

The raw data included identifiers such as student Id (RIC), school year, school and district code; incident date, and type of incident; type and length of disciplinary action; and any administrative follow up to address the incident (e.g. referred to mental health agency). These data are intended to be unique at the student x year x incident level, but additional de-duplication will be required to get the data to this level of uniqueness as an explicit incident identifier is not provided. Evidence suggests deduplication can be accomplished by grouping at the student x year x school x district x incident date level.

Incident reporting changes after the 2010-11 school year, with 34 incident types used in 2010-11, but only 12 aggregated types used in the subsequent years. Definitions of each can be seen in the tables below. The majority of incidents in each year are coded under the “Other” designation. In addition, each incident is assigned to 1 of 5 disciplinary actions (in-school suspension, out-of-school suspension, removal by hearing officer, unilateral removal, and expulsion). Definitions of each can be seen in the tables below. While there are some guidelines and requirements around the severity of the disciplinary action, in many cases this is left to school/teacher discretion. Researchers should note that there are no disciplinary codes in the 2010-11 school year.

Out-of-school suspensions are the most common type of disciplinary action, encompassing approximately 75% of disciplinary actions across years. In-school suspensions account for an additional roughly 22-25% of disciplinary actions, and expulsions account for 1-2% of disciplinary actions. There are very few instances of unilateral removal or removal by a hearing officer.

Data Quality & Summary

There are a number of unique features of the discipline data that researchers should note. First, as mentioned above, there are no disciplinary codes for the 2010-11 school year, so those values will show up as missing for those years. There is no missingness for disciplinary codes in other years. There is no missingness on the incident codes across years (though most incidents are coded in the “Other” category). The length of the disciplinary action (ranging from 0.5 days to 888 days) is missing for 2010-11, but there is no missingness in other years.

Second, reporting of suspensions for students without IEPs was only mandatory for schools in the 2017-18 school year, but schools could report this voluntarily before and after, which led to a large increase in suspensions in 2017-18 and a decrease thereafter. There is also a large decrease in incidents reported in the 2020-2021 school year, which is likely related to the COVID-19 pandemic and virtual schooling.

Finally, the US Department of Education collects school-level aggregate data on discipline through the Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC). These data are collected every other year and are collected for students both with and without disabilities. School districts report these data directly to the Office for Civil Rights (OCR), so there is no guaranteed relationship between the data reported to CEPI for inclusion in the K-12 discipline dataset and the data found in the CRDC. These data are the most correlated in 2017-18, when disciplinary incidences were required for all students (r=0.84 for out-of-school suspensions (OSS) and r=0.75 for in-school suspensions (ISS)). In general, however, correlations are high across years for students with IEPS (r~0.85 for OSS and r~0.75 for ISS), but low for students without IEPs in years where reporting for students without IEPs was not required (r~0.15).

Current reporting guidelines for incident types (post 2010-11):

Incident TypeDescription
Firearm Possession - HandgunUse or possession of a firearm that has a short stock and is designed to be held and fired by the use of a single hand.
Firearm Possession - Rifle/ShotgunUse of a weapon designed or redesigned, made or remade, and intended to be fired from the shoulder, and designed or redesigned and made or remade to use the energy of an explosive to fire through a smooth bore either a number of or a single projectile.
Firearm Possession - Other than Handgun, Rifle or ShotgunUse of a firearm other than a handgun or a rifle/shotgun, including any weapon converted to expel a projectile, any explosive, incendiary, poison gas, bomb, grenade, rocket/missile, mine or similar device.
Other Weapon PossessionUse of a dagger, dirk, stiletto, knife with blade over three inches in length (NOTE: For students with an active IEP the blade measurement is two and one-half inches or longer), pocket knife opened by mechanical device, iron bar or brass knuckles.
Illicit DrugPossession or use of marijuana, hashish or other cannabinoids on school grounds. Possession or use of other illicit drugs on school grounds. Being under the influence of marijuana or illicit drugs on school grounds. Possession or use of prescription drugs that the student does not have a prescription for. Inappropriate use of medication on school grounds. Trafficking or possession for sale of marijuana or other illicit drugs on school grounds.
AlcoholPossession or use of alcohol on school grounds. Being under the influence of alcohol on school grounds.
Bomb or Similar ThreatAny threat (verbal, written or electronic) by a person to bomb or use other substances or devices for the purpose of exploding, burning or causing damage to a school building or school property, or to harm students or staff.
ArsonTo unlawfully and intentionally damage, or attempt to damage, any real or personal property by fire or incendiary device.
OtherBehaviors not covered by another code that result in disciplinary action.
Physical Violence with injuryInjury in which one or more students, school personnel or other persons on school grounds require professional medical attention. Examples include stab or bullet wounds, concussions, fractured or broken bones, or cuts requiring stitches.
Physical Violence without injuryConfrontation, tussle or physical aggression that does not result in injury.
TobaccoTobacco possession or use on school grounds.

Disciplinary Action Descriptions

Disciplinary ActionDescription
In-School SuspensionInstances in which a student is temporarily removed from their regular classroom(s) for disciplinary purposes but remains under the direct supervision of school personnel. Direct supervision means a school staff member is physically in the same location as students under its supervision.
Out-of-School SuspensionInstances in which a child is temporarily removed from their regular school for disciplinary purposes to another setting (e.g., home, behavior center). For students with disabilities receiving special education programs or services, this includes both removals in which no IEP services are provided because the removal is 10 days or less and removals in which the child continues to receive services according to their IEP. Suspensions must be less than 60 days in duration.
Removal By Hearing Officer(Special education participants only) Instances in which an impartial hearing officer orders the removal of a child with disabilities from their current educational placement to an appropriate alternative educational setting for not more than 45 school days based on the hearing officer’s determination that maintaining the child’s current placement is substantially likely to result in injury to the child or others. The IEP team is responsible for determining the interim alternative educational setting.
Unilateral Removal(Special education participants only) Instances in which school personnel (not the IEP team) order the removal of children with disabilities from their current educational placement to an appropriate interim alternative educational setting for not more than 45 school days. The IEP team is responsible for determining the interim alternative educational setting. Unilateral removals do not include decisions by the IEP team to change a student’s placement.
ExpulsionInstances in which the local educational agency removes a child from their regular school for disciplinary purposes for the remainder of the school year or longer in accordance with local educational agency policy. Include removals resulting from violations of the Gun-Free Schools Act that are modified to less than one year (365 days). Expulsions may be reported when the duration of days removed are 60 or more

Codebook

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Category Variable Description
Category: All Variable: LAST_COLLECTION_ID Description: 

Code associated with the collection in which the student was last reported by any district.
Category: All Variable: ASSIGNED_ISD_NAME Description: 

The name, as recorded in the Educational Entity Master (EEM), that identifies the intermediate school district (ISD) or educational service agency (ESA) in which the district or program is located. This is the ISD that the educator is assigned to.
Category: All Variable: COLLECTION_SCHOOL_YEAR Description: 

The academic school year in which the course was completed by the student.
Category: All Variable: START_YEAR Description: 

The calendar year in which the school year began.
Category: All Variable: RIC Description: 

The unique student identifier--Research Identification Code.
Category: All Variable: OPERATIONAL_DISTRICT_CODE Description: 

The official state assigned five digit code denoting the district of the entity held accountable for the student's graduation status.
Category: All Variable: REPORTING_PERIOD Description: 

Description of the reporting period (school year, fall, spring) that the data represents.
Category: All Variable: OPERATIONAL_ISD_CODE Description: 

The state-assigned two-digit number, as recorded in the Educational Entity Master (EEM), that identifies the intermediate school district (ISD) or educational service agency (ESA) in which the district or program is located.
Category: All Variable: SCHOOL_YEAR Description: 

The start and end years of the schoolyear that the student attended / received services during the collection used for this record.
Category: All Variable: SCHOOL_NAME Description: 

The official name assigned to the School or Facility (Building) type of entity held accountable for the student's graduation status.
Category: All Variable: OPERATIONAL_DISTRICT_NAME Description: 

The official district name denoting the district of the entity held accountable for the student's graduation status.
Category: All Variable: SCHOOL_CODE Description: 

The entity code assigned to the School or Facility (Building) held accountable for the student's graduation status.
Category: All Variable: OPERATIONAL_ISD_NAME Description: 

The name, as recorded in the Educational Entity Master (EEM), that identifies the intermediate school district (ISD) or educational service agency (ESA) in which the district or program is located.
Category: All Variable: OPERATIONAL_DISTRICT_NAME Description: 

The state-assigned name, as recorded in the Educational Entity Master (EEM), which identifies the public school district responsible for providing education to the reported student. It is the district to which any applicable funds (state or federal) will be sent. Otherwise known as the District Name.
Category: All Variable: BUILDING_NAME Description: 

The name as assigned to the building in the official Educational Entity Master. Otherwise known as Building Name.
Category: All Variable: EMPLOYED_ISD_CODE Description: 

The state-assigned five-digit number, as recorded in the Educational Entity Master (EEM), that identifies the intermediate school district (ISD) or educational service agency (ESA) in which the district or program is located. This is the ISD that the educator is employed by.
Category: All Variable: EMPLOYED_DISTRICT_CODE Description: 

The official state assigned five digit code denoting the district that the educator is employed by.
Category: All Variable: SCHOOL_NAME Description: 

The name as assigned to the building in the official Educational Entity Master (EEM).
Category: All Variable: ENTITY_TYPE Description: 

Description of Entity Type which indicates whether the school/entity that the staff is assigned to, is private, charter, public, state-run, etc.
Category: All Variable: SCHOOL_OPEN_DATE Description: 

The actual opening date of the school or when it begins to do business.
Category: All Variable: MOECS_EDUCATOR_ID Description: 

A unique identification code assigned to educators when they enter their information in MOECS for the first time, to keep the anonymity of the staff.
Category: All Variable: COLLECTION Description: 

Name of Collection during which the data in a given record were reported.
Category: All Variable: SCHOOL_YEAR Description: 

Description of School Year which the data represents.
Category: All Variable: RPIC Description: 

A unique Personnel Identification Code (PIC) which is modified for the researcher's database (i.e., Research Personnel Identification Code = RPIC) to keep the anonymity of the staff.
Category: All Variable: RIC Description: 

The unique student identifier--Research Identification Code.
Category: All Variable: SCHOOL_YEAR Description: 

Description of the school year that the data represents.
Category: All Variable: SUBMITTING_SCHOOL_CODE Description: 

The state-assigned five- or nine-digit code from EEM of the entity responsiblefor the certification (if applicable) of the collection. Generally, this is theentity receiving funding. It may or may not be the entity that is directlyproviding education services to the student. This field identifies the building entity submitting the record. Note not all children submitted will have a building code, it is optional for community based programs.
Category: All Variable: TABLE_ID Description: 

Unique key generated to relate records from Main to Programs tables. Note this key was generated for the relationship of these tables and cannot be used with K12 data.
Category: All Variable: COLLECTION Description: 

Description of the reporting period (school year, fall, spring) that the data represents.
Category: All Variable: SUBMITTING_DISTRICT_NAME Description: 

The name, as recorded in EEM, which identifies the district entity submitting the record.
Category: All Variable: SUBMITTING_SCHOOL_NAME Description: 

The name assigned to the submitting school building in the official Educational Entity Master.
Category: All Variable: SUBMITTING_DISTRICT_CODE Description: 

The state-assigned five- or nine-digit code from EEM of the entity responsiblefor the certification (if applicable) of the collection. Generally, this is theentity receiving funding. It may or may not be the entity that is directlyproviding education services to the student. This field identifies the district entity submitting the record.
Category: All Variable: SCHOOL_NAME Description: 

The name as assigned to the building in the official Educational Entity Master application. (based in EEM).
Category: All Variable: SCHOOL_CODE Description: 

The five-digit code as assigned to the building in the official Educational Entity Master application (based in EEM).
Category: All Variable: OPERATIONAL_DISTRICT_CODE Description: 

The state-assigned five-digit number, as recorded in the Educational Entity Master (EEM), which identifies the public school district responsible for providing education to the reported student. It is the district to which any applicable funds (state or federal) will be sent. Otherwise known as the District Code.
Category: All Variable: BUILDING_CODE Description: 

The five-digit code as assigned to the building in the official Educational Entity Master. Otherwise known as Building Code.
Category: Alternative Assessments Variable: SOC_MIACCESS_TEST_TYPE Description: 

1) MI-Access Functional Independence (FI) – For students who have, or function as if they have, a significant cognitive impairment, and whose instruction is most closely aligned to the Essential Elements* and within the High Range of Complexity. 2) MI-Access Supported Independence (SI) – For students who have, or function as if they have, a significant cognitive impairment, and whose instruction is most closely aligned to the Essential Elements* and within the Medium Range of Complexity. 3) MI-Access Participation (P) – For students who have, or function as if they have, a significant cognitive impairment, and whose instruction is most closely aligned to the Essential Elements* and within the Low Range of Complexity.* Essential Elements are specific statements of Knowledge and Skills linked to the grade-level standards.
Category: Alternative Assessments Variable: RDG_MIACCESS_TEST_TYPE Description: 

1) MI-Access Functional Independence (FI) – For students who have, or function as if they have, a significant cognitive impairment, and whose instruction is most closely aligned to the Essential Elements* and within the High Range of Complexity. 2) MI-Access Supported Independence (SI) – For students who have, or function as if they have, a significant cognitive impairment, and whose instruction is most closely aligned to the Essential Elements* and within the Medium Range of Complexity. 3) MI-Access Participation (P) – For students who have, or function as if they have, a significant cognitive impairment, and whose instruction is most closely aligned to the Essential Elements* and within the Low Range of Complexity.* Essential Elements are specific statements of Knowledge and Skills linked to the grade-level standards.
Category: Alternative Assessments Variable: MTH_MIACCESS_TEST_TYPE Description: 

1) MI-Access Functional Independence (FI) – For students who have, or function as if they have, a significant cognitive impairment, and whose instruction is most closely aligned to the Essential Elements* and within the High Range of Complexity. 2) MI-Access Supported Independence (SI) – For students who have, or function as if they have, a significant cognitive impairment, and whose instruction is most closely aligned to the Essential Elements* and within the Medium Range of Complexity. 3) MI-Access Participation (P) – For students who have, or function as if they have, a significant cognitive impairment, and whose instruction is most closely aligned to the Essential Elements* and within the Low Range of Complexity.* Essential Elements are specific statements of Knowledge and Skills linked to the grade-level standards.
Category: Alternative Assessments Variable: SCI_MIACCESS_TEST_TYPE Description: 

1) MI-Access Functional Independence (FI) – For students who have, or function as if they have, a significant cognitive impairment, and whose instruction is most closely aligned to the Essential Elements* and within the High Range of Complexity. 2) MI-Access Supported Independence (SI) – For students who have, or function as if they have, a significant cognitive impairment, and whose instruction is most closely aligned to the Essential Elements* and within the Medium Range of Complexity. 3) MI-Access Participation (P) – For students who have, or function as if they have, a significant cognitive impairment, and whose instruction is most closely aligned to the Essential Elements* and within the Low Range of Complexity.* Essential Elements are specific statements of Knowledge and Skills linked to the grade-level standards.
Category: Alternative Assessments Variable: ELA_MIACCESS_TEST_TYPE Description: 

1) MI-Access Functional Independence (FI) – For students who have, or function as if they have, a significant cognitive impairment, and whose instruction is most closely aligned to the Essential Elements* and within the High Range of Complexity. 2) MI-Access Supported Independence (SI) – For students who have, or function as if they have, a significant cognitive impairment, and whose instruction is most closely aligned to the Essential Elements* and within the Medium Range of Complexity. 3) MI-Access Participation (P) – For students who have, or function as if they have, a significant cognitive impairment, and whose instruction is most closely aligned to the Essential Elements* and within the Low Range of Complexity.* Essential Elements are specific statements of Knowledge and Skills linked to the grade-level standards.
Category: Alternative Assessments Variable: WRI_MIACCESS_TEST_TYPE Description: 

1) MI-Access Functional Independence (FI) – For students who have, or function as if they have, a significant cognitive impairment, and whose instruction is most closely aligned to the Essential Elements* and within the High Range of Complexity. 2) MI-Access Supported Independence (SI) – For students who have, or function as if they have, a significant cognitive impairment, and whose instruction is most closely aligned to the Essential Elements* and within the Medium Range of Complexity. 3) MI-Access Participation (P) – For students who have, or function as if they have, a significant cognitive impairment, and whose instruction is most closely aligned to the Essential Elements* and within the Low Range of Complexity.* Essential Elements are specific statements of Knowledge and Skills linked to the grade-level standards.
Category: Alternative Assessments Variable: IS_SCHOOL_TESTED_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: Alternative Assessments Variable: IS_STATE_TESTED_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: Alternative Assessments Variable: IS_DISTRICT_TESTED_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: Assessment Score Variable: ELA_SS Description: 

The scaled score for the English language arts portion of the assessment.
Category: Assessment Score Variable: SOC_AGP_YRS_PROJ Description: 

The timeframe in which students are expected to reach proficiency.
Category: Assessment Score Variable: SCI_PL_NAME Description: 

The performance level name for the science portion of the assessment.
Category: Assessment Score Variable: ELA_SGP Description: 

The student growth percentile (SGP) for the English language arts portion of the assessment.
Category: Assessment Score Variable: MTH_PL_RANGE Description: 

A distinction which further differentiates whether the student was Low, Mid or High within their designated performance level for the mathematics portion of the assessment.
Category: Assessment Score Variable: SOC_SS Description: 

The scaled score for the social studies portion of the assessment.
Category: Assessment Score Variable: WRI_SS_SE Description: 

The scaled score standard error for the writing portion of the assessment.
Category: Assessment Score Variable: WRI_SS Description: 

The scaled score for the writing portion of the assessment.
Category: Assessment Score Variable: ELA_RSCH_Z_SCORE Description: 

A standardized score assigned to each student that describes each students relationship to the mean of all students with a score.
Category: Assessment Score Variable: RDG_PL_CHANGE Description: 

Performance level change is used to compare student performance from year to year for the reading portion of the assessment . Transition categories are: Significant Decline, Decline, Maintaining, Improvement, or Significant Improvement. Abbreviations are not used in this field, rather the actual descriptions are used.
Category: Assessment Score Variable: SCI_SGP_LEVEL_DESC Description: 

The student growth percentile (SGP) description for the science portion of the assessment.
Category: Assessment Score Variable: MTH_PL_NAME Description: 

The performance level name for the mathematics portion of the assessment.
Category: Assessment Score Variable: WRI_PL Description: 

The performance level for the writing portion of the assessment.
Category: Assessment Score Variable: SOC_THETA_SE Description: 

The Theta standard error for the social studies portion of the assessment.
Category: Assessment Score Variable: SCI_RSCH_Z_SCORE Description: 

A standardized score assigned to each student that describes each students relationship to the mean of all students with a score.
Category: Assessment Score Variable: ELA_THETA_SE Description: 

The Theta standard error for the English language arts portion of the assessment.
Category: Assessment Score Variable: SOC_PL Description: 

The performance level for the social studies portion of the assessment.
Category: Assessment Score Variable: RDG_PL Description: 

The performance level for the reading portion of the assessment.
Category: Assessment Score Variable: SCI_VALID Description: 

Flag denoting whether the student's test was valid for the science portion of the assessment.
Category: Assessment Score Variable: MTH_THETA_SE Description: 

The Theta standard error for the mathematics portion of the assessment.
Category: Assessment Score Variable: SCI_SS Description: 

The scaled score for the science portion of the assessment.
Category: Assessment Score Variable: SCI_SS_SE Description: 

The scaled score standard error for the science portion of the assessment.
Category: Assessment Score Variable: WRI_VALID Description: 

Flag denoting whether the student's test was valid for the writing portion of the assessment.
Category: Assessment Score Variable: ELA_VALID Description: 

Flag denoting whether the student's test was valid for the English language arts portion of the assessment.
Category: Assessment Score Variable: RDG_PL_RANGE Description: 

A distinction which further differentiates whether the student was Low, Mid or High within their designated performance level for the reading portion of the assessment.
Category: Assessment Score Variable: SOC_PL_NAME Description: 

The performance level name for the social studies portion of the assessment.
Category: Assessment Score Variable: SOC_SGP_LEVEL_DESC Description: 

The student growth percentile (SGP) description for the social studies portion of the assessment.
Category: Assessment Score Variable: ELA_PL_NAME Description: 

The performance level name for the English language arts portion of the assessment.
Category: Assessment Score Variable: MTH_PL Description: 

The performance level for the mathematics portion of the assessment.
Category: Assessment Score Variable: MTH_SGP_LEVEL_DESC Description: 

The student growth percentile (SGP) description for the mathematics portion of the assessment.
Category: Assessment Score Variable: MTH_VALID Description: 

Flag denoting whether the student's test was valid for the mathematics portion of the assessment.
Category: Assessment Score Variable: SCI_THETA_SE Description: 

The Theta standard error for the science portion of the assessment.
Category: Assessment Score Variable: MTH_SGP Description: 

The student growth percentile (SGP) for the mathematics portion of the assessment.
Category: Assessment Score Variable: RDG_SS Description: 

The scaled score for the reading portion of the assessment.
Category: Assessment Score Variable: SOC_OVERALL_AGP Description: 

The adequate growth percentile (AGP) for the social studies portion of the assessment.
Category: Assessment Score Variable: MTH_AGP_YRS_PROJ Description: 

The timeframe in which students are expected to reach proficiency.
Category: Assessment Score Variable: WRI_PL_NAME Description: 

The performance level name for the writing portion of the assessment.
Category: Assessment Score Variable: MTH_SS_SE Description: 

The scaled score standard error for the mathematics portion of the assessment.
Category: Assessment Score Variable: ELA_OVERALL_AGP Description: 

The adequate growth percentile (AGP) for the English language arts portion of the assessment.
Category: Assessment Score Variable: RDG_PL_NAME Description: 

The performance level name for the reading portion of the assessment.
Category: Assessment Score Variable: SCI_OVERALL_AGP Description: 

The adequate growth percentile (AGP) for the science portion of the assessment.
Category: Assessment Score Variable: SOC_SGP Description: 

The student growth percentile (SGP) for the social studies portion of the assessment.
Category: Assessment Score Variable: SOC_SS_SE Description: 

The scaled score standard error for the social studies portion of the assessment.
Category: Assessment Score Variable: MTH_RSCH_Z_SCORE Description: 

A standardized score assigned to each student that describes each students relationship to the mean of all students with a score.
Category: Assessment Score Variable: MTH_OVERALL_AGP Description: 

The adequate growth percentile (AGP) for the mathematics portion of the assessment.
Category: Assessment Score Variable: MTH_PL_CHANGE Description: 

Performance level change is used to compare student performance from year to year for the mathematics portion of the assessment . Transition categories are: Significant Decline, Decline, Maintaining, Improvement, or Significant Improvement. Abbreviations are not used in this field, rather the actual descriptions are used.
Category: Assessment Score Variable: SCI_PL Description: 

The performance level for the science portion of the assessment.
Category: Assessment Score Variable: ELA_SS_SE Description: 

The scaled score standard error for the English language arts portion of the assessment.
Category: Assessment Score Variable: SCI_SGP Description: 

The student growth percentile (SGP) for the science portion of the assessment.
Category: Assessment Score Variable: MTH_SS Description: 

The scaled score for the mathematics portion of the assessment.
Category: Assessment Score Variable: RDG_VALID Description: 

Flag denoting whether the student's test was valid for the reading portion of the assessment.
Category: Assessment Score Variable: RDG_THETA_SE Description: 

The Theta standard error for the reading portion of the assessment.
Category: Assessment Score Variable: ELA_SGP_LEVEL_DESC Description: 

The student growth percentile (SGP) description for the English language arts portion of the assessment.
Category: Assessment Score Variable: SCI_AGP_YRS_PROJ Description: 

The timeframe in which students are expected to reach proficiency.
Category: Assessment Score Variable: ELA_AGP_YRS_PROJ Description: 

The timeframe in which students are expected to reach proficiency.