Completed School Term Data Collection and Reporting

ISES Year End Records

Completed Term (COMPLETED_TERM) indicates whether or not a student completed the school term during the school enrollment period covered by the ISES Year End record. ISES will set Completed Term automatically according to these steps:

1. If the student has a valid exit type (EXIT_TYPE) of HSC in his/her most recent Year End record, then Completed Term will be set to Y. (This step applies beginning with 2004-05 year end records.)
2. If Completed Term is still blank/null after step one, then Completed Term with be set to Y if the WSLS exit date (EXIT_DATE) is after the PI-1203² school term end date, or precedes the end date by no more than 7 days, or if no WSLS exit date exists. Otherwise Completed Term will be set to N.

USES: Completed Term is one factor in determining dropout year, maximum age exit type, and the need for promotion indicator. Students who complete the school term count in the denominator in calculating dropout and retention/promotion rates.

NOTES: If step one criteria are met, then ISES will overwrite null or non-null values. Otherwise ISES will insert values only if the field is null. See important information about the effect of changes in WSLS exit dates or school term end dates after the initial ISES-calculation of Completed Term. Completed Term=Y would typically be expected only in the most recent record for the school term. Students are expected to have no more than one record with Completed Term=Y in any given district for any given year.

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Last updated on 6/27/2011 12:43:28 PM