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Record Layout for 2022 ELPI

Field names, types, and descriptions for the 2022 English Learner Progress Indicator (ELPI) Data File.
Field # Field Name Description Acceptable Values Suppression Rules
1 cds County-District-School Code 14-character string None
2 rtype Record Type S=School Record
D=District/Local Educational Agency (LEA) Record
X=State Record		 None
3 schoolname School Name Text None
4 districtname District Name Text None
5 countyname County Name Text None
6 charter_flag Charter School Flag Y or Blank
Y=The school is a charter school		 None
7 coe_flag County Office of Education Flag Y or Blank
Y=The district is a county office of education		 None
8 dass_flag Dashboard Alternative School Status (DASS) Flag Y or Blank
Y=The school is a DASS school		 None
9 currprogressed Number of English Learner (EL) English Language Proficiency Assessments for California (ELPAC) Summative Assessment (SA) testers who increased at least one ELPI performance level (PL) between the prior and current year. Integer Blank if nsizegroup='0 to 10'
10 pctcurrprogressed Percent of EL ELPAC SA testers who increased at least one English Learn Progress Indicator (ELPI) PL between the prior and current year.

(Results are rounded to one decimal place after calculations. For further information regarding this data field refer to the CA School Dashboard Technical Guide.)		 Decimal Blank if nsizegroup='0 to 10'
11 currmaintainPL4 Number of EL ELPAC SA testers who maintained ELPI PL 4 (the level representing English language proficiency [ELP]) between the prior and current year. Integer Blank if nsizegroup='0 to 10'
12 pctcurrmaintainPL4 Percent of EL ELPAC SA testers who maintained ELPI PL 4 (ELP) between the prior and current year.

(Results are rounded to one decimal place after calculations. For further information regarding this data field refer to the CA School Dashboard Technical Guide.)		 Decimal Blank if nsizegroup='0 to 10'
13 currmaintainOth Number of EL ELPAC SA testers who maintained an ELPI PL other than the highest PL (i.e., ELPI PL 4) between the prior and current year. Integer Blank if nsizegroup='0 to 10'
14 pctcurrmaintainOth Percent of EL ELPAC SA testers who maintained an ELPI PL other than the highest PL (i.e., ELPI PL 4) between the prior and current year.

(Results are rounded to one decimal place after calculations. For further information regarding this data field refer to the CA School Dashboard Technical Guide.)		 Decimal Blank if nsizegroup='0 to 10'
15 currdeclined Number of EL ELPAC SA testers who decreased at least one ELPI PL between the prior and current year. Integer Blank if nsizegroup='0 to 10'
16 pctcurrdeclined Percent of EL ELPAC SA testers who decreased at least one ELPI PL between the prior and current year.

(Results are rounded to one decimal place after calculations. For further information regarding this data field refer to the CA School Dashboard Technical Guide.)		 Decimal Blank if nsizegroup='0 to 10'
17 currnumer Current Numerator

Number of EL ELPAC SA testers who increased at least one ELPI PL or who maintained ELPI PL 4 (ELP) between prior and current year.		 Integer Blank if nsizegroup='0 to 10'
18 currdenom Current Denominator

Number of EL ELPAC SA testers who had an overall PL recorded for both the prior and current years.		 Integer None
19 currstatus Current Status

Percent of current year EL ELPAC SA testers who increased at least one ELPI PL and ELs who maintained ELPI PL 4 (ELP) between the prior and current year.

(Results are rounded to one decimal place after calculations. For further information regarding this data field refer to the CA School Dashboard Technical Guide.)		 Decimal Blank if nsizegroup='0 to 10'
20 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 Data 		Blank if nsizegroup='0 to 10'
21 flag95pct Tested less than 95% of EL population flag. LEAs and schools that did not test at least 95 percent of their English learner population on the ELPAC are assigned a “Low” Status, unless they have a “Very Low” Status. Y or Blank
Y=School did not test at least 95% of their EL population		 None
22 nsizemet Schools and LEAs that had at least 30 EL students with an overall PL on the ELPAC SA in both the prior and current years have met the ‘N-size’ requirement and will receive a ‘Y’ (i.e., Yes) on the ‘nsizemet’ 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 EL students with an overall PL on the ELPAC SA in both the prior and current years will receive an ‘N’ (i.e., No) on the ‘nsizemet’ field. Y=School or LEA had 30 or more EL students with an overall PL on the ELPAC SA in both the prior and current years

N=School or LEA had fewer than 30 EL students with an overall PL on the ELPAC SA in both the prior and current years		 None
23 nsizegroup A school’s or LEA’s number of EL students with an overall PL on the ELPAC SA in both the prior and current years are categorized by group size. 0 to 10=Fewer than 11 EL students have an overall PL on ELPAC SA in both prior and current years (Status rate and level are suppressed)

11 to 29=Number of EL students with overall PL on ELPAC SA in both prior and current years is 11 thru 29 (Status rate and level are reported but are not used for accountability)

30 and Up=At least 30 EL students have an overall PL on ELPAC SA in both prior and current years (status rate and level are reported and will be used for accountability)		 None
24 reportingyear Reporting Year Text None
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Last Reviewed: Friday, January 05, 2024