Additional Download Information
(Advanced 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 (Accountability Only)
     3rd position: Student Group

  • Primary Student Groups (2nd & 3rd position):
    All Students (DA), African American (DB), Hispanic (DH), White (DW), American Indian (DI), Asian (D3), Pacific Islander (D4), Two or More Races (D2), Current Special Ed (DS), Economically Disadvantaged (DE), Current EL (DL), At-Risk (DR), Male (DM), Female (DF)
    Accountability: Current & Monitored EL (D0), Former Special Ed (NS), Continuously Enrolled (NC), Non-Continuously Enrolled / Mobile (NM)
     
  • Additional Student Groups (2nd & 3rd position):
    Non-Special Ed (D6), Non-Econ Disadv (DN), Non-At-Risk (D7), Migrant (DG), Non-Migrant (D9), 1st Year Monitored EL (DO), 2nd Year Monitored EL (DP), CTE (DV), Non-CTE (DD), CTE Elective (D1), Non-EL (D8)
    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), Current 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)

  • Student Groups (last position):
    Numerator (N), Denominator (D), Rate (R), Average (A)

Download Format:

Comma Delimited (.dat) - This is the only format available. Download files must be saved instead of opened to work properly. All download files exceed 256 columns (which is the limit for Excel versions earlier than 2007). The number of data elements can exceed 2000 columns. Save the download file as follows:

Do you want to open or save this file? Select Save.
The saved file is a comma delimited format which can be opened by various data processing programs.

Data Elements:

The advanced data download option provides numerators, denominators, and rates at the campus, district, region or state level in a comma-delimited format. The number of data elements can exceed 2000 columns. This advanced download does not include the Excel format.

ID number for Campus, District or Region:

All campus, district and region downloads have as the first column the ID number. This number must be treated as text because some applications will delete leading zeroes.

Column Names and Description:

Go to the Master Reference of TAPR Data Elements (HTML) or Excel format for campus, district, region, and state for a detailed description of the downloaded data elements. The TAPR Data Dictionary (statutorily-required data) and Additional TAPR Data provides a mockup of the report with each cell labeled according to the download.

 


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