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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
[CFDA No.: 84.011]
Title I, Part C--Education of Migratory Children
ACTION: Notice of proposed requirements and minimum data elements for a
electronic system of records transfer and request for comment.
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SUMMARY: We announce proposed requirements for the minimum data
elements that a State must collect and maintain for the purpose of
electronically exchanging, among the States and their schools and local
educational agencies, educational and health information for all
migratory students.
DATES: Please send your comments on or before Monday, July 8, 2002.
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ADDRESSES: Please address your comments to Alex Goniprow, Office of
Elementary and Secondary Education, U.S. Department of Education, using
one of the following methods:
1. Internet. We encourage you to send your comments through the
Internet to the following address: alex.goniprow@ed.gov. You should use
the term Minimum Data Elements in the subject line of your electronic
message.
2. Fax Machine. You may also submit your comments by fax at (202)
205-0089.
3. Surface Mail. You may submit your comments via surface mail
addressed to: Alex Goniprow, Office of Elementary and Secondary
Education, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., room
3E333, Washington, DC 20202-6400.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Alex Goniprow, Office of Elementary
and Secondary Education, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland
Avenue, SW., room 3E333, Washington, DC 20202-6400. Telephone (202)
260-1205.
Individuals with disabilities may obtain this document in an
alternative format (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, or computer
diskette) on request to the contact person identified in the preceding
paragraph.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The children of migratory agricultural
workers and migratory fishers present unique challenges for educators
and our Nation's schools. Migratory workers travel from community to
community in search of temporary and seasonal work. Given the nature of
their employment, migratory workers and their families often settle in
a single community for a short period of time. One consequence of this
lifestyle and mobility is that the children of migratory workers often
enter new schools without adequate, and in many cases any,
documentation of their educational and health history.
At present, no national system exists to support the timely
transfer of migratory students' educational and health information. For
school-aged migratory children, this lack of educational and health
information may cause delays in receiving needed services, lead to
inappropriate classroom and course placements, complicate the accrual
of high school course credits, and result in duplicated services, such
as multiple assessments and immunizations.
It is widely believed that educators could better serve migratory
children if basic information on prior schooling was more readily
available. Most States currently have electronic data bases that
include migrant student records. Yet, these data bases are not able to
share information on a national basis, nor do they contain even all of
the basic information that schools need to make the best decisions
about the education of migratory children.
Background
Section 1308 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965,
as amended by the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB), Public Law
107-110, substantially revises requirements in Title I, Part C for the
Migrant Education Program (MEP) that govern the interstate transfer of
migrant student education and health records. In particular, section
1308(b)(1) requires the Secretary to assist the States in developing
effective methods for the electronic interstate transfer of migrant
student records. Section 1308(b)(2) requires the Secretary, in
consultation with the States, to ensure that migrant student record
systems used by the States are linked so that States may electronically
exchange health and educational information regarding all migratory
students. This provision also requires the Secretary to--
1. Consult with States regarding (a) The minimum data elements that
each State receiving MEP funds would have to collect and maintain, and
(b) the requirements the Department would establish for immediate
electronic access to this information, and then
2. Publish a notice in the Federal Register seeking public comment
on these proposed data elements, and proposed requirements States would
meet for immediate access to these data elements.
The remainder of this notice describes the Department's proposal
for required data elements and procedures that States would implement
for immediate electronic access of an interstate system of records
transfer. As explained in the following discussion, the proposal was
developed by a group of local and State practitioners with the support
and encouragement of the Department's Office of Migrant Education
(OME). While the proposal reflects our best thinking to date on what
the requirements of this electronic data system would be, we want to
receive the reactions of State and local educators, including MEP staff
and administrators, as well as the general public, to this proposal, as
well as specific recommendations for how it can be improved. Please
refer to the ``Invitation to Comment'' section of this notice for
instructions on how to provide your comments.
Finally we note that ESEA section 9531 expressly exempts section
1308(b) from the general prohibition that nothing in the ESEA ``shall
be construed to authorize the development of a nationwide database of
personally identifiable information on individuals involved in studies
or other collections of data'' under the ESEA. In addition, the
Department will not have access to the personally identifiable migrant
student education and health records contained in the database that is
the subject of ESEA section 1308(b) and this notice.
Development of This Proposal
In the spring of 1999, over a year before enactment of NCLB, the
Department began consulting with States on the development of minimum
data elements that should be included in any subsequently created,
electronic migrant student records system. As a first step, it asked a
group of State MEP program directors to develop a set of principles to
guide the effort to improve access to migrant student records. The
group recommended a set of nine guiding principles, which all State MEP
directors adopted in June 1999.
The Department then asked a group of migrant education
practitioners to develop and recommend a set of minimum data elements
that, based on these principles, seemed essential to exchanging
migratory students' education and health data. Focusing on interstate
secondary migratory students, this working group first established the
key users and uses of migrant student data. It identified guidance
counselors, school registrars, and migrant education specialists as the
primary users of these data, and concluded that they needed these data
for purposes of ``enrollment,'' ``placement,'' and ``academic
counseling.'' In particular, these individuals would need the data to
ensure:
(1) Timely and efficient enrollment of migratory students in a
school in the community in which the children reside;
(2) Proper placement of migratory students into courses and
programs at the appropriate grade level; and
(3) Provision of academic counseling that helps migratory students
to complete courses and accrue credits that they need to graduate from
high school.
Over the course of its meetings between April and September 2000,
the working group then developed a preliminary set of minimum data
elements needed to accomplish these three tasks. To the extent
possible, the working group aligned these preliminary data elements and
definitions with terms and definitions recommended in the ``Student
Data
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Handbook for Elementary, Secondary, and Early Childhood Education,''
which the Department's National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
had developed.
Finally, the working group proposed a set of deadlines for the
submission and entry of the minimum data elements into State electronic
migrant student records systems to ensure timely access to the data.
OME distributed and discussed the group's list of preliminary
minimum data elements at a February 2002 meeting of MEP State
directors. It also solicited questions and feedback on the proposed
minimum data elements and timely access requirements during two
sessions at the National Migrant Education Conference on April 8 and 9,
2002.
While the working group has focused on minimum data elements needed
primarily to support the education of interstate secondary migratory
children, we believe that these minimum data elements apply equally to
the needs of all other migratory children, i.e., intrastate secondary
migrant children, pre-school migratory children, elementary grade
migratory students, and migratory youth who are not currently enrolled
in school.
Proposed Minimum Data Elements for the Title I, Part C Migrant
Education Program
The appendix to this notice contains the Department's proposal for
the minimum data elements that all States would be required to collect
and maintain for the purpose of electronically exchanging, among the
States, educational and health information for all migratory students.
The appendix reflects our review of the working group's proposal and
our consultations to date with State MEP directors. Although data
elements are listed once, a migrant student record would use a number
of these elements on multiple occasions (e.g., ``course title'' will be
used for each course in which a migratory student is enrolled).
Proposed Requirements for Immediate Electronic Access to the Minimum
Data Elements
Following up on the working group's recommendation, the Department
would require each State receiving Title I, Part C funds to maintain
the minimum data elements in an electronic data base of student
records. The Department will develop the technical specifications that
these data bases and student data would need to meet in order to permit
the exchange of migrant student records at a later date.
The Department proposes that, within four days of each migratory
child's enrollment in a migrant education program or project, or
enrollment in a school, whichever comes first, all States, would have
to submit and enter into their electronic data base the data elements
for that child that are used for ``enrollment'' and ``placement''
purposes. They could do so either on their own, or operating through
local educational agencies or other local operating agencies. States
also would be required to submit and enter data used for ``academic
counseling'' purposes into their electronic data base within four days
of a child's withdrawal from school or migrant education program or
project, whichever comes first. The appendix provides information that
explains which data elements would be needed for each purpose.
Enrollment and placement information must be available to schools
who are receiving migratory children upon their arrival at the school
door so that counselors, school registrars, and migrant education
specialists can use the data to take appropriate actions and make
informed decisions. Consequently, we believe that timelines for data
submission and data entry like those we have proposed are absolutely
critical to the successful exchange of migrant students records.
Invitation To Comment
The Secretary invites interested members of the public to comment
on this proposal for: (1) The minimum data elements to be collected and
maintained in the migrant student records systems used by the States,
and (2) the requirements for immediate electronic access to such
information.
We are interested in receiving public comment on, and reaction to,
all aspects of these proposed requirements. However, in formulating
your comments, we ask that you pay particular attention to the
following questions:
1. Will the collection and timely sharing of the minimum data
elements significantly improve enrollment, placement, and graduation
support services to students? If so, how?
2. Is the set of recommended minimum data elements the ``right''
set of data elements for the three purposes (i.e., enrollment,
placement, and graduation support)? Are any of the proposed elements
unnecessary? Should any additional elements be added?
3. What will be the burden of collecting the data? Will the value
of sharing the data outweigh the burden of data collection?
4. What are your suggestions for ensuring the use of the data
elements by counselors and migrant specialists? What forces or factors
will work to support the use of the minimum data elements? What forces
or factors will hinder their use?
5. Are there ways to create linkages of migrant student record data
systems that will ensure that the right information on an individual
migratory student is available to school and LEA staff without
assigning to each migratory student a unique migrant student record
number?
6. What are your suggestions for increasing State compliance with
requirements for collecting and maintaining up-to-date data elements?
What are the forces and factors that will work to support the
collection and maintenance of the data? What are the forces and factors
that will hinder the collection and maintenance of the data?
After we have reviewed the comments received in response to this
notice, we will decide what, if any, further discussion with State and
local practitioners is necessary to improve these data system
requirements. Before the Department issues any final requirements that
govern the collection and maintenance of these data elements, the
Department will (1) provide an opportunity for further public comment,
and (2) advise all States of the technical specifications for the
collection and maintenance of student data that their migrant student
record systems will need to meet.
During and after the comment period, you may inspect all public
comments about these proposed regulations in room 3E333, 400 Maryland
Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20202-6400 between the hours of 9 a.m. and
4 p.m., Eastern time, Monday through Friday of each week except Federal
holidays.
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Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 6398.
Dated: May 22, 2002.
Susan B. Neuman,
Assistant Secretary for Elementary and, Secondary Education.
Appendix A: Minimum Data Elements
The following table presents the proposed requirements for the
minimum data elements that a State shall collect and maintain for
the purpose of electronically exchanging, among the States,
educational and health information for all migratory students.
The table lists the data elements by: (1) a data element
identification number, (2) a code that identifies the primary user
function(s) for which the data element is required, (3) the name of
the data element, and (4) a data element definition.
In regard to the primary user functions for which a data element
is required, the letter ``E'' indicates that the data element is
required to help guidance counselors, school registrars, or migrant
education specialists with the timely and efficient enrollment of
migratory students in a school in the community in which the
children currently reside. The letter ``P'' indicates that the data
element is required to help guidance counselors or migrant education
specialists with the proper placement of migratory students into
courses and/or programs at the appropriate grade level. The letter
``G'' indicates that the data element is required to help guidance
counselors or migrant education specialists with the provision of
academic counseling that supports the completion of courses and the
accrual of credits needed for graduation.
In addition, the data elements are grouped into one of five
categories of data: (1) data elements that describe a student, (2)
data elements that describe a school or project, (3) data elements
that describe the student's graduation plan, (4) data elements that
describe a student's course history, and (5) data elements that
describe a student's assessment information.
Finally, although the data elements are listed once, a number of
the data elements will be used for multiple entries in a migrant
student record (e.g., ``course title'' will be used for each course
in which a migratory student is enrolled).
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No. Use(s) Data element Definition
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Student Information
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1........... E National Student A unique national
Identification identification
Number. number assigned to a
student.
2........... E State Student An alternate
Identification identification
Number. number assigned to a
student by a State.
3........... E Last Name \1\........ Student's legal last
name (paternal).
4........... E Last Name \2\........ If appropriate,
student's legal last
name (maternal).
[Note: Provides an
option for a
hyphenated or double
last name.]
5........... E First Name........... A name given to a
student at birth,
baptism, or during
another naming
ceremony, or through
legal change.
6........... E Middle Name.......... A secondary name
given to a student
at birth, baptism,
or during another
naming ceremony, or
through legal
change.
7........... E Generation........... An appendage, if any,
used to denote a
student's generation
in his family (e.g.,
Jr., Sr., III).
8........... E Gender............... A student's gender.
............ 01 Female.
............ 02 Male.
9........... E Birth Date........... The month, day, and
year on which a
student was born.
10.......... E Birth Certificate The evidence by which
Flag. a student's date of
birth is confirmed.
............ 01 Birth certificate--
A written statement
or form issued by an
Office of Vital
Statistics verifying
the name and birth
date of the child as
reported by the
physician attending
at the birth.
............ 02 Other official
document (i.e.,
baptismal or church
certificate,
physician/hospital
certificate,
passport, previously
verified school
record, State-issued
ID, driver's
license).
............ 03 Self Report--
Parent or student
reports age, birth
date, and place of
birth.
11.......... E Birth City........... The name of the city
in which the student
was born.
12.......... E Birth State.......... The postal
abbreviation code
for a State (within
the United States),
Outlying Area, or
State (in another
country) in which a
student was born.
13.......... E Birth Country........ The name of the
country in which a
student was born.
14.......... E Birth/Legal Parent The last/surname of
\1\ Last Name. the natural or
adoptive male parent
having legal
responsibility for a
student.
15.......... E Birth/Legal Parent The first name of the
\1\ First Name. natural male parent
having legal
responsibility for a
student.
16.......... E Birth/Legal Parent The last/surname of
\2\ Last Name. the natural or
adoptive female
parent having legal
responsibility for a
student.
17.......... E Birth/Legal Parent2 The first name of the
First Name. natural or adoptive
female parent having
legal responsibility
for a student.
18.......... E Current Parent/ The last/surname of
Guardian Last Name. the adult serving as
the student's local
guardian. [Note:
Provides an option
for a hyphenated or
double last name.]
19.......... E Current Parent/ The first name of the
Guardian First Name. adult serving as the
student's local
guardian.
20.......... P, G Grade Level.......... The grade level in
which a school/
project enrolls a
student.
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............ 01 Ungraded.
............ 02 Pre-school.
............ 03 Kindergarten.
............ 04 Grade 1
............ 05 Grade 2
............ 06 Grade 3
............ 07 Grade 4
............ 08 Grade 5
............ 09 Grade 6
............ 010 Grade 7
............ 011 Grade 8
............ 012 Grade 9
............ 013 Grade 10
............ 014 Grade 11
............ 015 Grade 12
............ 016 Out-of-School
21.......... E, P, G Withdrawal Date...... The month, day, year
on which a student
withdrew from a
school or project.
22.......... E Ed Alert Flag........ Alert for a special
need/educational
condition linked
with a contact
person.
23.......... E Ed Alert Contact..... The full, legally
accepted, proper
name of the contact
person.
24.......... E Ed Alert Phone....... The telephone number--
for a telephone--
including the area
and extension, if
applicable.
25.......... E Med Alert............ Alert for a medical/
health condition
26.......... E Med Alert Date....... Month, day, and year
the alert was issued
27.......... E Med Alert Contact.... The full, legally
accepted, proper
name of the contact
person.
28.......... E Med Alert Phone...... The telephone number--
for a telephone--
including the area
and extension, if
applicable.
29.......... E Immunization Date.... The month, day, and
year on which a
student receives an
immunization.
30.......... E Immunization Type.... The name of
immunization that a
student has
received.
31.......... ............ QAD (Qualifying The month, day, and
Arrival Date). year on which the
family unit or the
student (where the
student is the
worker) arrived at
the place where the
qualifying work was
sought.
32.......... ............ QAD From City........ The name of the city
in which the
previous school
district is located.
33.......... ............ QAD From State....... The postal
abbreviation code
for a State (within
the United States)
or Outlying Area in
which the previous
school district is
located.
34.......... ............ QAD From Country..... The abbreviation code
for a country (other
than the US) area in
which the previous
school district is
located.
35.......... ............ QAD To City.......... The name of the city
in which the new
school district is
located.
36.......... ............ QAD To State......... The postal
abbreviation code
for a State (within
the United States)
or Outlying Area in
which the new school
district is located.
37.......... ............ Residency Date....... The month, day, and
year on which the
family unit or the
student (where the
student is the
worker) establishes
residency in a
school district
within a State.
38.......... ............ Termination Date..... The month, day, and
year on which the
student is no longer
eligible for the
Migrant Education
Program.
39.......... ............ Terminating Flag..... The reason for the
end of student
eligibility.
............ 01 Non-migrant
status, eligibility
expired
............ 02 Graduated.
............ 03 GED.
............ 04 Dropout.
............ 05 Deceased.
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School/Project Information
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40.......... E, P, G School/Facility A unique national
Identification Code. code assigned to
each school, site,
or facility
providing
educational and/or
educationally-
related services.
41.......... E, P, G School Name.......... The full legally or
popularly accepted
name of a school (or
project providing
educational and/or
educational-related
services).
42.......... E, P, G Address1............. Line 1 of the mailing
address. The street
number and name or
post office box
number of a school's
address.
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43.......... E, P, G Address2............. Line 2 of the mailing
address. The
building, office,
department, room,
suite number of a
school's address.
44.......... E, P, G Address3............. Line 3 of the mailing
address.
45.......... E, P, G City................. The name of the city
in which a school is
located.
46.......... E, P, G District............. The full legally or
popularly accepted
name of a local
educational agency
(i.e., school
district or local
operating agency).
47.......... E, P State................ The postal
abbreviation code
for a State (within
the United States)
or Outlying Area in
which a school or
other facility is
located.
48.......... E, P, G Zip.................. The five or nine
digit zip code
portion of a school
or other facility's
address.
49.......... G Contact Name......... The full, legally
accepted, proper
name of the contact
person.
50.......... G Contact Title/ The common title or
Position. job position of the
contact person
(i.e., Principal,
Guidance Counselor,
Federal Program
Coordinator, Migrant
Specialist, etc).
51.......... E, G Phone................ The number--for a
telephone--including
the area code and
extension, if
applicable. Allow
for an optional
alternate phone
number.
52.......... E, G Fax.................. The number--for a
facsimile machine--
including the area
code and extension,
if applicable. Allow
for an optional
alternate fax
number.
53.......... E Email................ The electronic mail
(email) address of
the organization or
contact person.
54.......... E, P, G Enrollment Date...... The month, day, and
year on which a
student enrolls in a
school, project, or
State and is
eligible to receive
instructional or
support services
during a given
session.
55.......... P Enrollment Type...... The type of school/
migrant education
project in which
instruction and/or
support services are
provided.
............ 01 Regular School.
............ 02 Regular Term MEP-
Funded Supplemental
Program.
............ 03 Summer/
Intersession MEP-
Funded Project.
............ 04 Year Round MEP-
funded Project.
............ 05 Residency Only.
56.......... P, G Designated School for An indicator that
Graduation Flag. designates the
school or facility
from which a student
expects to graduate
and is linked with
associated school or
facility
identification
fields (i.e.,
district, city,
state, zip code).
Only one school may
be designated for
graduation at any
one point in time.
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Graduation Plan Information (Secondary Students Only)
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57.......... G Graduation Year...... The year the student
is projected to
graduate from high
school. [Provided by
Designated School of
Graduation].
58.......... G Type of Credential... The type of
credential that the
student expects to
receive in
recognition of his/
her completion of
curricular
requirements. .
[Provided by
Designated School of
Graduation].
............ 01 Regular diploma.
............ 02 Certificate of
attendance/
completion.
............ 03 General
Educational
Development (GED)
credential.
............ 04 State-specific
diploma (e.g., New
York Regents, Texas
Minimum Program,
etc.)
59.......... G Subject Area Number of credits
Requirements. (Carnegie units)
required in
individual subject
areas for graduation
in the State from
which the student is
projected to
graduate.
60.......... G Test................. The name of the test
the student will
have to pass to
graduate.
61.......... P,G Subject Area......... The name of a subject
area (e.g., History,
English).
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Course History Information (Secondary Students Only)
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62.......... P,G Course Title......... The name of a course
(e.g., Algebra III,
American History,
Art I, English III,
English-10).
63.......... G Course Type.......... An indication of the
general nature and
difficulty of
instruction provided
throughout a course.
..................... 01 Regular (Default)--
A course providing
instruction (in a
given subject matter
area) that focuses
primarily on general
concepts for the
appropriate grade
level.
..................... 02 Honors--An
advanced level
course designed for
students who have
earned honors status
according to
educational
requirements.
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..................... 03 Pre-Advanced--A
course in
preparation to
admission to an AP
Program.
............ Course Type 04 Advanced Placement-
(continued). -An advanced,
college-level course
designed for
students who achieve
specific level of
academic
performance. Upon
successful
completion of the
course and a
standardized
Advanced Placement
examination, a
student may receive
college credit.
............ 05 International
Baccalaureate--A
program of study,
sponsored and
designed by
International
Baccalaureate
Organization, that
leads to
examinations and
meets the needs of
secondary students
between the ages of
16 and 19 years.
............ 06 Accepted as a high
school equivalent--A
secondary-level
course offered at an
education
institution other
than a secondary
school (such as
adult learning
center or community
college) or through
correspondence or
distance learning.
............ 07 Not Applicable.
............ 07 Not Applicable.
64.......... G Course Year.......... Calendar year in
which the course was
taken.
65.......... P, G Course Section....... The prescribed
duration of course
taken.
............ 01 Full year.
............ 02 Section A-One of
two equal segments
into which the
course is divided.
............ 03 Section B-One of
two equal segments
into which the
course is divided.
66.......... P, G Term Type............ The prescribed span
of time that a
course is provided,
and in which,
students are under
the direction and
guidance of teachers
and/or an
educational
institution.
..................... 01 Full year.
..................... 02 Semester--A
designation for the
segment of a school
year that is divided
into two equal
parts.
..................... 03 Trimester--A
designation for the
segment of a school
year that is divided
into three equal
parts.
............ Term Type (continued) 04 Quarter--A
designation for the
segment of a school
year that is divided
into four equal
parts.
............ 05 Quinmester--A
designation for the
segment of a school
year that is divided
into five equal
parts.
67.......... P, G Grade-to-date........ For courses that have
NOT been completed
(or credit granted),
a numerical grade
(percentage) of
student performance
for the grade-to-
date that the
student has
completed at the
time of withdrawal.
68.......... P Clock Hours.......... For courses that have
NOT been completed
(or credit granted),
the number of clock
hours to date that
the student has
completed.
69.......... P Final Grade.......... For courses that have
NOT had credit
granted, a final
indicator of student
performance in a
class at the time of
withdrawal as
submitted by the
instructor.
70.......... P Credits Granted...... The credits granted
in Carnegie units
for a given course
or a section of a
course (e.g., 1.0,
.50, .33, .25, .20).
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Assessment Information
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71.......... G Assessment Name...... The title or
description,
including a form
number, if any, that
identifies a
particular
assessment.
72.......... G Assessment Type...... The category of an
assessment based on
format and content.
............ 01 Achievement Test/
State Assessment--An
assessment to
measure a student's
present level of
knowledge, skill, or
competence in a
specific area or
subject.
............ 02 Advanced placement
test--An assessment
to measure the
achievement of a
student in a subject
matter area, taught
during high school,
which may qualify
him or her to bypass
the usual initial
college class in
this area and begin
his or her college
work in the area at
a more advanced
level and possibly
with college credit.
............ Assessment Type 03 Language
(continued). proficiency test--An
assessment used to
measure a student's
level of proficiency
(i.e., speaking,
writing, reading,
and listening) in
either a native
language or an
acquired language.
............ 04 Exit Exam.
............ 05 GED.
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............ 06 Special Education
Assessment.
............ 07 Early Childhood
Development
Assessment.
............ Other.
73.......... G Assessment Date...... The month and year on
which an assessment
is administered.
74.......... G Assessment Result.... A score or
statistical
expression of the
performance of a
student on an
assessment.
75.......... G Type of Result....... The metric in which
results are
presented.
............ 01 Proficiency level.
............ 02 Percentile rank.
............ 03 Pass/Fail (if
failed enter
numerical score).
............ 04 Normal curve
equivalent.
............ 05 Sections that have
been successfully
completed (e.g.,
GED).
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