The postsecondary researcher data files contain commonly requested longitudinal student-level data from the postsecondary educational environment. The data is organized into 5 datasets: base, enrollment, program, coursework, and awards. These datasets reflect information about postsecondary student demographics, enrollments, programs, courses, cumulative progress, and degrees/certifications (referred to as awards). Data from the 2010-present school years are available.
The primary data sources for the postsecondary researcher data are the Student Transcript and Academic Record Repository (STARR) and the National Student Clearinghouse (NSC). STARR is a collection of student data from all Michigan public institutions and some independent institutions. NSC is a national database of postsecondary student information from most colleges nationwide. The information collected from STARR is more detailed than that obtained from NSC, but we use the NSC data to track the progress of Michigan's students who attend college out of state, and as a backup to ensure we obtain the most complete data possible for Michigan's postsecondary students. The STARR and NSC data are merged together and standardized, and these merged datasets serve as the source for the researcher files. More specifically, CEPI submits a student list to NSC for the past 8 cohorts of Michigan high school graduates and for all Michigan postsecondary students. NSC matches the student list to their Student Tracker database and CEPI uses the returned results.
When merging these data sources, student x year x institution enrollment and awards records are first identified from the STARR and NSC. Where only a STARR record or both STARR and NSC have a matching record, data from STARR are incorporated into the panel. After having done this, any remaining unique NSC records are then added to the panel. Most commonly, these NSC records will come from out-of-state and independent/private institutions although community colleges and, to a lesser degree, four-year institutions will also show records.
While this approach greatly reduces duplicate records, there are potential shortcomings. Academic Year is based on Start and End dates that are received from STARR & NSC and there are known data quality concerns around the End date where data is received differently between STARR & NSC. When those dates fall into a different Academic Year, overreporting of the outcomes from those data may occur. A second artifact is the mixing of STARR and NSC data for the same student at the same college in the same school year if, for example, a STARR enrollment record and an NSC award record are received. NSC enrollment records at that college/school year are dropped, but the NSC award record is kept, even if it was not reported in STARR.
This strategy of combining the two data sources, plus the method of data collection used, results in something of a convenience sample for the overall postsecondary dataset. Included are the universe of students enrolled at a Michigan public institution regardless of whether or not they attended Michigan public high school. Additionally, K12 Michigan public high school attendees who attended an out-of-state postsecondary institution or an in-state independent/private postsecondary institution are included, meaning a comprehensive of post-secondary outcomes for Michigan public K12 students is achieved. Beyond this, K12 students who dual-enroll will also show records.
Overall Data Table Notes
Table Hierarchy
This is the general hierarchy of the tables:
| Student Base | |
|---|---|
| Enrollments | A student may have multiple associated enrollments. |
| Coursework | An enrollment session may have multiple associated courses. |
| Programs | An enrollment session may have multiple associated academic programs. |
| Awards | A student may have multiple associated awards, but awards do not link directly to enrollment session records. |
| Independent IHE Reporting Options | IHEs and their reporting option designation. This table is mostly informational, and exists outside of the normal 5 table structure. |
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Standard Table Joins
The below grids show how the tables link together, but other joins may be appropriate depending on the requirements of the research.
| Student Base | Joins to | Enrollments, Coursework, Programs, Awards |
|---|---|---|
| RIC | = | RIC |
| Enrollments | Joins to | Coursework, Programs |
|---|---|---|
| RIC | = | RIC |
| IPEDS_CODE | = | IPEDS_CODE |
| YEAR_SESSION | = | YEAR_SESSION |
| Programs | Joins to | Coursework |
|---|---|---|
| RIC | = | RIC |
| IPEDS_CODE | = | IPEDS_CODE |
| YEAR_SESSION | = | YEAR_SESSION |
Though awards do not have a direct one-to-one link to enrollment records, most student awards can be linked to a corresponding set of enrollments as shown below.
| Awards | May join to | Enrollments |
| RIC | = | RIC |
| IPEDS_CODE | = | IPEDS_CODE |
| Independent IHE Reporting Options | May join to | Any dataset with an IPEDS Code |
|---|---|---|
| IPEDS_CODE | = | IPEDS_CODE |
Post-Secondary Student Base
Highlights
Record Level: Student-level
Record Count: ~2.6 million observations
Years Covered: 2010-Present*
Population Coverage: Students enrolled in or receiving an award from a Michigan public institution
The base dataset contains information on student demographics: race, gender, and date of birth. The base population includes students who have enrolled in or received an award from a Michigan public institution (and some independent institutions) during the 2010 academic year or later. The data will include the entire academic history of any such student, which may include enrollments or awards prior to the 2010 academic year.
Students are identified with a research identification code (RIC), which is unique in nearly all cases in the dataset. However, due to linking and unlinking over time as data was moved from the source datasets to the final datasets, some students may have duplicated or conflicting data. In these cases, both records are retained within the final dataset, allowing researchers to decide how to eliminate duplicate RICs. In addition, in some cases there are discrepancies between STARR and NSC data.
In addition, the data file includes a stable date of birth (latest reported date of birth) for each student, and indicators for where conflicts in demographic data exist (i.e., if conflicting dates of birth, race, or gender have been reported for any given student over time).
* Note that, because the academic histories of students might extend before the 2010 academic year, the years covered for other postsecondary files may differ. For example, there are student enrollments dating back as early to 1900 in the enrollment datafile.
Post-Secondary Student Enrollment
Highlights
Record Level: Student by school year session by institution
Record Count: 1,792,406 observations/year beginning in 2010
Years Covered: 2010-Present*
Population Coverage: Students with an enrollment record at a Michigan public institution
The enrollment dataset includes one record per student, for each institution attended and school year session (for example, fall 2010-2011). For each record, session beginning and end dates are provided. Additionally, the dataset includes variables that reflect academic progress, such as session GPA and credits attempted/earned, in addition to variables reflecting academic progress. The dataset also includes flags for full-time enrollment and whether any courses were taken for remedial purposes. As with the base file, students are identified using a RIC, which is unique within a student-year-IHE-session for nearly all cases.
In this dataset, Spring and Winter sessions are treated the same by CEPI. Researchers should note that in the 2016-17 collection, CEPI began renaming all Winter sessions to Spring to reflect that. Therefore, you will see no Winter sessions from the 2016-17 enrollments on. The figure below illustrates how different sessions were categorized. For example, sessions categorized as “Late Summer” have a start date between 4/15 and 7/31 and an end date between 7/16 and 8/31. Some sessions span more than one session range; a session falling entirely within an overlap range is put into the later second session of the range (i.e., the end date determines the session for these cases). Any sessions with a start date between 4/15-EndYear and 8/1-EndYear and ending on or after 7/16-EndYear are moved to the subsequent school year.
In addition, researchers should note the following definitions of student transfers, which apply to those with ENROLLMENT_TYPE = “TransferIn”. CEPI has two principal definitions of a transfer:
- If an institution tells us that a student is a transfer, that student is a transfer, full stop. This stems from an Enrollment Type of “TransferIn”. CEPI tries to find the student’s previous college or university, but if they cannot find one then their previous enrollment is labeled as ‘Unknown’.
- CEPI looks at all enrollments within the academic year of the report and finds the most recent enrollments for the students before that point. They look for the following to be true. If these are true, then the enrollment pattern is considered a transfer by CEPI’s definition: - The previous enrollment is at a different institution - The previous enrollment is at the same Enrollment Level (Undergraduate vs Graduate) - The student has stopped enrollment at that previous institution - The student has not previously been enrolled at their current institution (that is, readmissions are not eligible to be transfers)
CEPI then takes all transfers discovered by methods 1 and/or 2, and compiles them into the data file.
View the enrollment data: record counts by institution for 2010-2019
* Years covered includes any year for which there is data available in this file. However, researchers should note that these data encompass the academic histories of any student receiving an award beginning with the 2010 school year. As such, the base file “years covered” encompasses 2010, but all other files may include earlier records as well.
Post-Secondary Student Programs
Highlights
Record Level: Student by program by school year session by institution
Record Count: 1,994,786 observations/year beginning in 2010
Years Covered: 2010-Present*
Population Coverage: Students enrolled in or receiving an award from a Michigan public institution, as well as some out of state students from NSC.
The programs dataset includes one record per student, for each program the student is working toward at all institutions and school year session (for example, fall 2010-2011). For each record, session beginning and end dates are provided. Additionally, the dataset includes variables that reflect program type and description (such as “Major in Computer Science”). Program CIP codes and descriptions are also provided but due to reporting issues, many records reflect a null value.
CEPI conducts some deduplication of program records, as follows:
- Drop records with a null program name if there is a corresponding record where all other key fields match and the program name field contains a value.
- Drop records with a null program CIP code if there is a corresponding record where all other key fields match and the program CIP code field contains a value.
- If both a STARR and an NSC program record exist where all key fields are identical, keep only the STARR record.
* Years covered includes any year for which there is data available in this file. However, researchers should note that these data encompass the academic histories of any student enrolled in or receiving an award beginning with the 2010 school year. As such, the base file “years covered” encompasses 2010, but all other files may include earlier records as well.
Codebook
| Category Sort descending | 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. |