File Structure: English Learner Progress Indicator

cds

County-District-School Code

• 14-character string

rtype

Record Type

• S = School Record
• D = District/Local Education Agency (LEA) Record
• Xm = State Record

schoolname

School Name

• Text

districtname

District Name

• Text

countyname

County Name

• Text

charter_flag

Charter School Flag

• Y or Blank
• Y = The school is a charter school

coe_flag

County Office of Education Flag

• Y or Blank
• Y = The district is a county office of education

dass_flag

Dashboard Alternative School Status (DASS) Flag

• Y or Blank
• Y = The school is a DASS school

studentgroup

(available as of the 2024 data file)

Student Group

• EL = English Learner
• LTEL = Long-Term English Learner 

currprogressed

Current year number of Summative English Language Proficiency Assessments for California (ELPAC) testers who increased at least one ELPI performance level (PL) between the prior and current year.

• Integer

currmaintainPL4

Current year number of Summative ELPAC testers who maintained the level representing English Language Proficiency (ELP) between the prior and current year.

• Integer

currmaintainOth

Current year number of Summative ELPAC testers who maintained an ELPI PL other than the level representing ELP between the prior and current year.

• Integer

currdeclined

Current year number of Summative ELPAC testers who decreased at least one ELPI PL between the prior and current year.

• Integer

currprogressed_Alternate

Current year number of Summative Alternate (Alt) ELPAC testers who increased at least one Summative Alt-ELPAC performance level (PL) or improved at least 10 points on their scale scores between the prior and current year.

• Integer

currmaintainPL3_Alternate

Current year number of Summative Alt-ELPAC testers who maintained the level representing English Language Proficiency (ELP) between the prior and current year.

• Integer

currnotprognotmain_Alternate

Current year number of Summative Alternate ELPAC  testers who did not: 1) increase at least one Summative Alt-ELPAC PL or improve at least 10 points on their scale scores between the prior and current year; or, 2) maintain the level representing English Language Proficiency (ELP)  between the prior and current year.

• Integer

curr95

(available as of the 2023 data file)

The number of students added to the current year status denominator and counted as not making progress in the current year status numerator because less than 95 percent of the population was tested.

• Integer

currrfeps

currnumer

Current Numerator

• Integer

Current year number of Summative ELPAC and Summative Alt-ELPAC testers meeting the progress criteria between the current and prior year.

currdenom

Current Denominator

• Integer

Current year number of Summative ELPAC and Summative Alt-ELPAC testers in both the prior and current years meeting the criteria for inclusion in the status denominator and students added to the current year status denominator because less than 95 percent of the population was tested.

currstatus

Current Status

• Decimal

Percent of current year Summative ELPAC and Summative Alt-ELPAC testers meeting the criteria for progress between the prior and current year. The calculation includes the number of students added to the current year status denominator because less than 95 percent of the EL population was tested. Rounded to the nearest tenth.

priorprogressed

Prior year number of Summative EL ELPAC testers who increased at least one ELPI PL between the prior and current year.

• Integer

priormaintainPL4

Prior year number of Summative ELPAC testers who maintained the level representing English Language Proficiency (ELP) between the prior and current year.

• Integer

priormaintainOth

Prior year number of Summative ELPAC testers who maintained an ELPI PL other than the level representing ELP between the prior and current year.

• Integer

priordeclined

Prior year number of Summative ELPAC testers who decreased at least one ELPI PL between the prior and current year.

• Integer

Prior year number of Summative Alternate (Alt) ELPAC testers who increased at least one Summative Alt-ELPAC performance level (PL) or improved at least 10 points on their scale scores between the prior and current year.

• Integer

Prior year number of Summative Alt-ELPAC testers who maintained the level representing English language proficiency (ELP) between the prior and current year.

• Integer

Prior year number of Summative Alternate ELPAC testers who did not: 1) increase at least one Summative Alt-ELPAC PL or improve at least 10 points on their scale scores between the prior and current year; or, 2) maintain the level representing English Language Proficiency (ELP) between the prior and current year.

• Integer

prior95

(available as of the 2023 data file)

The number of students added to the prior year status denominator and counted as not making progress in the prior year status numerator because less than 95 percent of the EL population was tested.

• Integer

priorrfeps

priornumer

Prior Numerator

• Integer

Prior year number of Summative ELPAC and Summative Alt-ELPAC testers meeting the progress criteria between the current and prior year.

priordenom

Prior Denominator

• Integer

Prior year number of Summative ELPAC and Summative Alt-ELPAC testers in both the prior and current years meeting the criteria for inclusion in the status denominator and students added to the prior year status denominator because less than 95 percent of the population was tested.

priorstatus

Prior Status

• Decimal

Percent of prior year Summative ELPAC and Summative Alt-ELPAC testers meeting the criteria for progress between the prior and current year. The calculation includes the number of students added to the prior year status denominator because less than 95 percent of the population was tested. Rounded to the nearest tenth.

change

Difference between unrounded current year status and unrounded prior year status. Rounded to the nearest tenth.

• Decimal

statuslevel

Status Level

• 1 = Very Low
• 2 = Low
• 3 = Medium
• 4 = High
• 5 = Very High
• 0 = No Status Level

Determined after calculations and rounding.

changelevel

Change level

• 1 = Decreased Significantly
• 2 = Decreased
• 3 = Maintained
• 4 = Increased
• 5 = Increased Significantly
• 0 = No Change Level

Determined after calculations and rounding.

color

Performance Level Color

• 1 = Red
• 2 = Orange
• 3 = Yellow
• 4 = Green
• 5 = Blue
• 0 = No Color

Performance on state measures, using comparable statewide data, is represented by one of five colors. From highest to lowest, the five performance levels are: Blue, Green, Yellow, Orange, and Red. Performance levels are determined by combining both Status and Change.

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

currnsizemet

Current Year Denominator N-size Met

• Y = School or LEA met the minimum required number of students in the current status denominator
• N = School or LEA did not meet the minimum required number of students in the current status denominator

Schools and LEAs meeting the minimum required number of students in the current status denominator have met the 'N-size' requirement and will receive a 'Y' (i.e., Yes) in this field. Schools and LEAs with fewer than the minimum required number of students in the current status denominator will receive an 'N' (i.e., No).

priornsizemet

Prior Year Denominator N-size Met

• Y = School or LEA met the minimum required number of students in the prior status denominator
• N = School or LEA did not meet the minimum required number of students in the prior status denominator

Schools and LEAs meeting the minimum required number of students in the prior status denominator have met the 'N-size' requirement and will receive a 'Y' (i.e., Yes) in this field. Schools and LEAs with fewer than the minimum required number of students in the prior status denominator will receive an 'N' (i.e., No).

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

indicator

Dashboard Indicator

• "ELPI"

reportingyear

Reporting Year

• Text

2025–26

Fields added beginning in 2024: studentgroup, priorprogressed_Alternate, priormaintainPL3_Alternate, priornotprognotmain_Alternate

Fields added beginning in 2023: currprogressed_Alternate, currmaintainPL3_Alternate, currnotprognotmain_Alternate, curr95, priorprogressed, priormaintainPL4, priormaintainOth, priordeclined, prior95, priornumer, priordenom, priorstatus, change, statuslevel, changelevel, color, box, currnsizemet, currnsizegroup, priornsizemet, priornsizegroup, accountabilitymet, indicator

Fields unavailable: studentgroup, currrfeps, priorprogressed_Alternate, priormaintainPL3_Alternate, priornotprognotmain_Alternate, priorrfeps

Fields added beginning in 2022: pctcurrprogressed, pctcurrmaintainPL4, pctcurrmaintainOth, pctcurrdeclined

Fields unavailable: studentgroup, currprogressed_Alternate, currmaintainPL3_Alternate, currnotprognotmain_Alternate, curr95, currrfeps, priorprogressed, priormaintainPL4, priormaintainOth, priordeclined, priorprogressed_Alternate, priormaintainPL3_Alternate, priornotprognotmain_Alternate, prior95, priorrfeps, priornumer, priordenom, priorstatus, change, changelevel, color, box, priornsizemet, accountabilitymet, indicator

Fields added beginning in 2019: currmaintainPL4, currdeclined, currstatus, statuslevel, nsizemet, nsizegroup, flag95pct

Fields unavailable: studentgroup, currprogressed_Alternate, currmaintainPL3_Alternate, currnotprognotmain_Alternate, curr95, currrfeps, priorprogressed, priormaintainPL4, priormaintainOth, priordeclined, priorprogressed_Alternate, priormaintainPL3_Alternate, priornotprognotmain_Alternate, prior95, priorrfeps, priornumer, priordenom, priorstatus, change, changelevel, color, box, priornsizemet, accountabilitymet, indicator

Fields added beginning in 2018: currprogressed, currmaintainOth, currnumer, currdenom