Additional Download Information (Selected Data Download)
Student Groups Available for STAAR Assessment Data New naming convention layout starting in 2018 (STAAR Only).
2nd position: (D) Domain or (N) New
3rd position: Student Group
Primary Student Groups (3rd position): All Students (A), African American (B), Hispanic (H), White (W), American Indian (I), Asian (3), Pacific Islander (4), Two or More Races (2), Special Ed (S), Economically Disadvantaged (E), EL (L), At-Risk (R), Male (M), Female (F)
Additional Student Groups (2nd & 3rd position): Progress Measure: Current + Monitored EL (D0) BE/ESL: Bilingual Total (DU), Transitional Bilingual/Early Exit (DJ), Transitional Bilingual/Late Exit (DK), Dual Language Immersion/Two-Way (DQ), Dual Language Immersion/One-Way (DT), ESL (DC), ESL/Content-Based (DX), ESL/Pull-Out (DY), LEP no Services (DZ), LEP w/Services (D5), EL (DL)
Student Groups Available for Postsecondary, Attendance, and Graduation Data
Student Groups (2nd position): All Students (A), African American (B), Hispanic (H), White (W), American Indian (I), Asian (3), Pacific Islander (4), Two or More Races (2), Special Ed (S), Economically Disadvantaged (E), EL (L), At-Risk (R), Male (M), Female (F)
Additional Student Groups Available on Downloads:
Due to space constraints, some items are not shown on the TAPR reports. However, they are available in the downloads:
Male (M), Female (F), At-Risk (R): See student groups listed above for the position in the name.
District Mobility: This item is calculated at the campus level, with the average of all campuses shown as the district mobility. The district value is on the published campus reports but not on the district reports. Starting in 2011-12, mobility is available on the district download. DPEMALLC is the Mobility Numerator and DPEMALLP is the Mobility Percent. Mobility is also shown in the state level download—an average of all campuses in the state.
Three Download Formats:
Excel (.xls) - The download file will open automatically in Excel, both in older versions as well as in the latest. Note that in Excel 2007 a warning message may appear. Simply click "yes" to open file. Downloading the district and campus aggregates for the whole state using the Excel format will take extra time due to the large file size.
Comma Delimited (.dat)
Tab Delimited (.dat)
Data Elements:
Most data elements are grouped logically. For example, when selecting
"4-Year Longitudinal Rate - Graduated, 2016" a group of 15 variables will be included
in the downloaded data. The data
element or variable name is on the first row of the downloaded
file.
ID number for Campus, District or Region:
All campus, district and or region downloads have as the first column the ID number. This number must be treated as text because some applications will delete leading zeroes. For this reason, the Excel download (.xls) includes a single quote: ' in front of the ID number. This informs the application that the number should be treated as text. Note that if the ' is deleted, Excel will not show the leading zeroes.
The comma-delimited and tab-delimited (.dat) downloads do not include the single quote in front of the ID number.
If you receive an incomplete download or an error message, it may be that the download took too long. Due to high activity and some resource issues, the downloads have been much slower in the early afternoon than in the morning or evening. You may wish to try your download during non-peak times.The comma-delimited (.dat) and tab-delimited (.dat) downloads use less resources than the Excel (*.xls) download and are less likely to time out during peak times.
