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Record Layout for 2023 ELA Academic Indicator

Field names, types, and descriptions for the 2023 Academic Indicator (English Language Arts/Literacy) data file.
Field # Field Name Description Acceptable Values
1 CDS County-District-School Code 14-character string
2 rtype Record Type S=School Record
D=District/local education agency (LEA) Record
X=State Record
3 schoolname School Name Text
4 districtname District Name Text
5 countyname County Name Text
6 charter_flag Charter School Flag Y or Blank
Y=The school is a charter school
7 coe_flag County Office of Education Flag Y or Blank
Y=The district is a county office of education
8 dass_flag Dashboard Alternative School Status (DASS) Flag Y or Blank
Y=The school is a DASS school
9 studentgroup Student Group ALL=All Students
AA=Black/African American
AI=American Indian or Alaska Native
AS=Asian
FI=Filipino
HI=Hispanic
PI=Pacific Islander
WH=White
MR=Multiple Races/Two or More
EL=English Learner
ELO=English Learners Only
RFP=Recently Reclassified Fluent-English Proficient Only
EO=English Only
SED=Socioeconomically Disadvantaged
SWD=Students with Disabilities
FOS=Foster Youth
HOM=Homeless Youth
SBA=Smarter Balanced Assessment (students who took the Smarter Balanced Summative Assessment)
CAA=California Alternative Assessment (students who took the California Alternate Assessment)
10 currdenom

Current Denominator

Current year number of continuously enrolled students who took the Smarter Balanced summative assessment or the California Alternate Assessment in English Language Arts (ELA) plus the number of LOSS scores added due to the school, district, or student group not meeting the federal 95% participation rate requirement.

Integer
11 currstatus Current Status

Average Distance From Standard of continuously enrolled students who took the Smarter Balanced summative assessment or California Alternative Assessment in ELA (includes LOSS scores added due to the school, district, or student group not meeting the federal 95% participation rate requirement).

(Rounded to the nearest 0.1 after calculations. For further information regarding this data field refer to the CA School Dashboard Technical Guide.)

Decimal
12 priordenom Prior Denominator

Prior year number of continuously enrolled students who took the Smarter Balanced summative assessment or the California Alternate Assessment in ELA plus the number of LOSS scores added due to the school, district, or student group not meeting the federal 95% participation rate requirement.

Integer
13 priorstatus Prior Status

Average Distance From Standard of continuously enrolled students who took the Smarter Balanced summative assessment or California Alternative Assessment in ELA (includes LOSS scores added due to the school, district, or student group not meeting the federal 95% participation rate requirement).

(Rounded to the nearest 0.1 after calculations. For further information regarding this data field refer to the CA School Dashboard Technical Guide.)

Decimal
14 change Change

Difference between current status and prior status

(Rounded to the nearest 0.1 after calculations. For further information regarding this data field refer to the CA School Dashboard Technical Guide.)

Decimal
15 statuslevel Status Level

(Determined after calculations and rounding. For further information regarding this data field refer to the CA School Dashboard Technical Guide.)

1=Very Low
2=Low
3=Medium
4=High
5=Very High
0=No Status Level
16 changelevel Change Level

(Determined after calculations and rounding. For further information regarding this data field refer to the CA School Dashboard Technical Guide.)

1=Decreased Significantly
2=Decreased
3=Maintained
4=Increased
5=Increased Significantly
0=No Change Level
17 color Performance Level Color 1=Red
2=Orange
3=Yellow
4=Green
5=Blue
0=No Color
18 box If a color was assigned, this value represents the specific 5x5 grid location 10=Very High, Declined Significantly
20=Very High, Declined
30=Very High, Maintained
40=Very High, Increased
50=Very High, Increased Significantly
60=High, Declined Significantly
70=High, Declined
80=High, Maintained
90=High, Increased
100=High, Increased Significantly
110=Medium, Declined Significantly
120=Medium, Declined
130=Medium, Maintained
140=Medium, Increased
150=Medium, Increased Significantly
160=Low, Declined Significantly
170=Low, Declined
180=Low, Maintained
190=Low, Increased
200=Low, Increased Significantly
210=Very Low, Declined Significantly
220=Very Low, Declined
230=Very Low, Maintained
240=Very Low, Increased
250=Very Low, Increased Significantly
0=No Color
19 currnsizemet Current Year Denominator N-size Met

Schools and LEAs that had at least 30 students in the current status denominator have met the ‘N-size’ requirement and will receive a ‘Y’ (i.e., Yes) in this field. The ‘N-size’ of 30 is used to ensure that accountability results are statistically significant, valid, and reliable. Schools and LEAs with fewer than 30 students in the current status denominator will receive an ‘N’ (i.e., No) in this field. At the LEA level for the Foster and Homeless student groups, a 'N-size' of at least 15 is required to receive a 'Y'.

Y or Blank
Y=The school, district, or student group had 30 or more students in the current status denominator OR the district had 15 or more Foster or Homeless Youth in the current status denominator

20 priornsizemet Prior Year Denominator N-size Met

Schools and LEAs that had at least 30 students in the prior status denominator have met the ‘N-size’ requirement and will receive a ‘Y’ (i.e., Yes) in this field. The ‘N-size’ of 30 is used to ensure that accountability results are statistically significant, valid, and reliable. Schools and LEAs with fewer than 30 students in the current status denominator will receive an ‘N’ (i.e., No) in this field. At the LEA level for the Foster and Homeless student groups, a 'N-size' of at least 15 is required to receive a 'Y'.

Y or Blank
Y=The school, district, or student group had 30 or more students in the prior status denominator OR the district had 15 or more Foster or Homeless Youth in the prior status denominator
21 accountabilitymet Indicates whether the school, district, or student group met the minimum n-size in both the current and prior year denominators to earn a Performance Level Color Y or Blank
Y=The school, district, or student group met the minimum n-size in both the current and prior denominators to earn a Performance Level Color

22 hscutpoints Indicates whether the school or district is held to high school cut points Y or Blank
Y=The school or district is held to high school cut points

23 pairshare_method Pair and Share School Method. This identifies schools that do not serve grade 3 or higher and were assigned a district average, county average, or weighted school average of up to three receiving schools for Distance From Standard. DA=District Average
CA=County Average
WA=Weighted Average
Blank=Not a Pair and Share School

24 currprate_enrolled Number of students included in the participation rate denominator for English language arts for the current year Integer
25 currprate_tested Number of students tested in English language arts for the current year Integer
26 currprate Percent of students tested in English language arts for the current year Integer
27 currnumPRLOSS umber of LOSS scores applied to currdenom and currstatus due to the school, district, or student group not meeting the federal 95% participation rate requirement Integer
28 currdenom_withoutPRLOSS Current Denominator without the Participation Rate LOSS Penalty Applied

Current year number of continuously enrolled students who took the Smarter Balanced summative assessment or the California Alternate Assessment in ELA

Integer
29 currstatus_withoutPRLOSS Current Status without the Participation Rate LOSS Penalty Applied

Average Distance From Standard of continuously enrolled students who took the Smarter Balanced summative assessment or California Alternative Assessment in ELA in the current year

(Rounded to the nearest 0.1 after calculations. For further information regarding this data field refer to the CA School Dashboard Technical Guide.)

Decimal
30 priorprate_enrolled Number of students included in the participation rate denominator for English language arts for the prior year Integer
31 priorprate_tested Number of students tested in English language arts for the prior year Integer
32 priorprate Percent of students tested in English language arts for the prior year Integer
33 priornumPRLOSS Number of LOSS scores applied to priordenom and priorstatus due to the school, district, or student group not meeting the federal 95% participation rate requirement Integer
34 priordenom_withoutPRLOSS Prior Denominator without the Participation Rate LOSS Penalty Applied

Prior year number of continuously enrolled students who took the Smarter Balanced summative assessment or the California Alternate Assessment in ELA

Integer
36 priorstatus_withoutPRLOSS Prior Status without the Participation Rate LOSS Penalty Applied

Average Distance From Standard of continuously enrolled students who took the Smarter Balanced summative assessment or California Alternative Assessment in ELA in the prior year

(Rounded to the nearest 0.1 after calculations. For further information regarding this data field refer to the CA School Dashboard Technical Guide.)

Decimal
37 indicator Dashboard Indicator "ELA"
38 reportingyear Reporting Year Text
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Last Reviewed: Friday, December 15, 2023
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