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Record Layout: Growth Model – ELA and Mathematics

Field names, types, and descriptions for the 2025 English Language Arts/Literacy (ELA) Growth and Mathematics Growth data file.
Field # Field Name Description
1 cds

County-District-School Code

  • 14-character string
2 subject

Assessment Subject

  • ELA=English Language Arts/Literacy
  • MATH=Mathematics
3 rtype

Record Type

  • S=School Record
  • D=District/Local Education Agency (LEA) Record
4 schoolname

School Name

  • Text
5 districtname

District Name

  • Text
6 countyname

County Name

  • Text
7 charter_flag

Charter School Flag

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

County Office of Education Flag

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

Dashboard Alternative School Status (DASS) Flag

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

Student Group

  • ALL = All Students
  • AA = Black or African American
  • AI = American Indian or Alaska Native
  • AS = Asian
  • FI = Filipino
  • HI = Hispanic or Latino
  • PI = Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander
  • WH = White
  • MR = Multiple Races/Two or More Races
  • EL = English Learner
  • LTEL = Long-Term 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
11 denom

Denominator

  • Integer

Number of students with a valid growth score.

Note: For the LTEL student group, the denominator only includes LTEL students with valid growth scores in grades 6, 7, and 8. LTEL students with a valid growth score in grades 4 and 5 are excluded from the LTEL student group but are included in "All Students" and any other student group they are part of
12 status

Performance Status

  • Decimal

Reported estimate of student growth in the given subject area
13 estimate

Growth Model Estimate Method

  • WEIGHTED=Weighted Average Method
  • SIMPLE=Simple Average Method
  • NONE=Growth not calculated due to too few students

Indicates whether the school, district, or student group aggregate growth score was calculated using the Weighted or Simple Average method

14 performancecategory

Growth Model Performance Category

  • 1 = Minimal Growth
  • 2 = Moderate Growth
  • 3 = Average Growth
  • 4 = Accelerated Growth
  • 5 = Exceptional Growth
  • 0 = No Performance Category
15 accountabilitymet

Indicates whether the school, district, or student group met the minimum n-size denominator to earn a Performance Category

  • Y or Blank
  • Y = The school, district, or student group had 30 or more students in the denominator OR the district had 15 or more students in the denominator for the Foster, Homeless, or Long-Term English Learner student group
16 numberimprove

Number Improved from Prior Year

  • Integer

Number of students whose assessment scores improved from the prior year

17 percentimprove

Percentage Improved from Prior Year

  • Decimal

Percentage of students whose assessment scores improved from the prior year

18 reportingyear

Reporting Year

  • Text
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Last Reviewed: Wednesday, December 17, 2025
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