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2022–23 Fixed-Length Research Files Record Definitions

The Fixed-Length Research Files Record Definitions page provides the following information:

Type Legend — data format of individual data fields
Entities File Layout — layout of entity file data fields
Research File Layout — layout of research file data fields
Table A — Student Groups
Table B — Grades
Table C — Test IDs and Names

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Type Legend

Type	Description
T	Alphabetic text (letters only)
A	Alphanumeric text (letters and numbers allowed)
N	Number (numbers only)
SA	Alphanumeric with left-filled spaces
AS	Alphanumeric with right-filled spaces
ZA	Alphanumeric with left-filled zeroes
AZ	Alphanumeric with right-filled zeroes
ZN	Numeric with left-filled zeroes
NZ	Numeric with right-filled zeroes
SN	Numeric with left-filled spaces
4Y	4-digit year

Entities File Layout

Field #	Field Name	Start Position	End Position	Length	Header Title for Caret Delimited (TXT) file
1	County Code	1	2	2	CountyCode
2	District Code	3	7	5	DistrictCode
3	School Code	8	14	7	SchoolCode
4	Record Type (01 = School 02 = District 03 = County 04 = State 09 = Direct Funded Charter School 10 = Locally Funded Charter School)	15	16	2	RecordType
5	Charter School Number (populated for all charters)	17	20	4	CharterNumber
6	Test Year(Year = 2023)	21	24	4	TestYear
7	County Name	25	49	25	CountyName
8	District Name	50	89	40	DistrictName
9	School Name	90	149	60	SchoolName
10	School Zip Code	150	158	9	ZipCode

The file created is comprised of state, all tested counties, districts, and schools in California.

Research File Layout

Field #	Field Name	Start Position	End Position	Length	Header Title for Caret Delimited (TXT) File
1	County Code	1	2	2	CountyCode
2	District Code	3	7	5	DistrictCode
3	School Code	8	14	7	SchoolCode
4	Record Type (01 = School 02 = District 03 = County 04 = State 09 = Direct Funded Charter School 10 = Locally Funded Charter School)	15	16	2	RecordType
5	Charter School Number (Populated for all charter schools)	17	20	4	CharterNumber
6	Test Year	21	24	4	TestYear
7	Student Group ID (Detailed listing provided below – Table A)	25	27	3	StudentGroupID
8	Assessment Type (Detailed listing provided below – Table C)	28	29	2	AssessmentType
9	Total Number Enrolled	30	38	9	TotalEnrolled
10	Total Number Tested	39	47	9	TotalTested
11	Total Number Tested with Scores	48	56	9	TotalTestedWithScores
12	Grade (Detailed listing provided below – Table B)	57	58	2	Grade
13	Overall Mean Scale Score	59	64	6	OverallMeanSclScr
14	Percent of Students for Novice English Learner Performance Level	65	70	6	NoviceELPerfLvlPcnt
15	Count of Students for Novice English Learner Performance Level	71	79	9	NoviceELPerfLvlCount
16	Percent of Students for Intermediate English Learner Performance Level	80	85	6	IntermediateELPerfLvlPcnt
17	Count of Students for Intermediate English Learner Performance Level	86	94	9	IntermediateELPerfLvlCount
18	Percent of Students for Initial Fluent English Proficient (IFEP) Performance Level	95	100	6	IFEPPerfLvlPcnt
19	Count of Students for Initial Fluent English Proficient (IFEP) Performance Level	101	109	9	IFEPPerfLvlCount
20	Total Number of Students at All Levels—Overall Performance Level	110	118	9	OverallTotal
21	Percent Minimally Developed Performance Level—Oral Language	119	124	6	OralLangMinimallyDevelopedPerfLvlPcnt
22	Count Minimally Developed Performance Level—Oral Language	125	133	9	OralLangMinimallyDevelopedPerfLvlCount
23	Percent Somewhat to Moderately Developed Performance Level—Oral Language	134	139	6	OralLangModeratelyDevelopedPerfLvlPcnt
24	Count Somewhat to Moderately Developed Performance Level—Oral Language	140	148	9	OralLangModeratelyDevelopedPerfLvlCount
25	Percent Well Developed Performance Level—Oral Language	149	154	6	OralLangWellDevelopedPerfLvlPcnt
26	Count Well Developed Performance Level—Oral Language	155	163	9	OralLangWellDevelopedPerfLvlCount
27	Total Number of Students for All Levels—Oral Language	164	172	9	OralLangTotal
28	Percent Minimally Developed Performance Level—Written Language	173	178	6	WritLangMinimallyDevelopedPerfLvlPcnt
29	Count Minimally Developed Performance Level—Written Language	179	187	9	WritLangMinimallyDevelopedPerfLvlCount
30	Percent Somewhat to Moderately Developed Performance Level—Written Language	188	193	6	WritLangModeratelyDevelopedPerfLvlPcnt
31	Count Somewhat to Moderately Developed Performance Level—Written Language	194	202	9	WritLangModeratelyDevelopedPerfLvlCount
32	Percent Well Developed Performance Level—Written Language	203	208	6	WritLangWellDevelopedPerfLvlPcnt
33	Count Well Developed Performance Level—Written Language	209	217	9	WritLangWellDevelopedPerfLvlCount
34	Total Number of Students for All Levels—Written Language	218	226	9	WritLangTotal

Table A - Student Groups

Student Group	Student Group Name	Student Group ID
All Students	All Students	001
Gender	Female	004
Gender	Male	003
Primary Language	Spanish	228
Primary Language	Vietnamese	229
Primary Language	Mandarin (Putonghua)	230
Primary Language	Arabic	231
Primary Language	Filipino (Pilipino or Tagalog)	232
Primary Language	Cantonese	233
Primary Language	Korean	234
Primary Language	Hmong	235
Primary Language	Punjabi	236
Primary Language	Russian	237
Primary Language	All remaining languages	238
Migrant	Migrant education	028
Migrant	Not migrant education	029
Disability Status	No reported disabilities	099
Disability Status	Reported disabilities	128
Economic Status	Socioeconomically disadvantaged	031
Economic Status	Not socioeconomically disadvantaged	111
Race and Ethnicity	American Indian or Alaska Native	075
Race and Ethnicity	Asian	076
Race and Ethnicity	Black or African American	074
Race and Ethnicity	Filipino	077
Race and Ethnicity	Hispanic or Latino	078
Race and Ethnicity	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	079
Race and Ethnicity	White	080
Race and Ethnicity	Two or more races	144
Military Status	Armed forces family member	050
Military Status	Not armed forces family member	051
Homeless Status	Homeless	052
Homeless Status	Not homeless	053
Foster Status	Foster youth	240
Foster Status	Not foster youth	241

Table B - Grades

Grade	Description
KN	Kindergarten
01	Grade 1
02	Grade 2
03	Grade 3
04	Grade 4
05	Grade 5
06	Grade 6
07	Grade 7
08	Grade 8
09	Grade 9
10	Grade 10
11	Grade 11
12	Grade 12
13	All Grades

Table C - Test IDs and Names

Test ID	Test Name
22	Initial ELPAC