EDFacts Results for State Assessments Participation in Reading Language Arts and Mathematics 2015-2016 Restricted-use Data

Description

In the assessment participation data (Mathematics FS185/ DG588 and Reading/Language Arts FS188/ DG589), states provide the count of students who were enrolled during the state assessment testing window, by whether the students participated or did not participate in the state assessment by subject, and grade. Participation data are reported in the following subgroups, as required by law Major Racial and Ethnic Groups, Sex, Disability Status, LEP Status, Economically Disadvantaged Status, Migrant Status, Homeless Enrolled Status, Foster Care Status, Military Connected Student Status.

Data Access

Where to Apply

http://nces.ed.gov/statprog/instruct.asp

Fees

Access Modality

Usage Restrictions

Is a Public-Use Version (PUF) Available?

Yes

Public Version URL

https://www2.ed.gov/about/inits/ed/edfacts/data-files/index.html

Summary of Differences

PUF contains privacy protection of small cell sizes. RUF also has NUMENROLL values added. NUMENROLL is the number of students who were enrolled at the time of the assessment. It is the denominator used to calculate the participation rate.

Does Geography Differ from Public Version?

Does Level of Variable Detail Differ from Public Version?

Additional Information About Restricted Data

http://nces.ed.gov/statprog/instruct.asp