Texas English Language Proficiency Assessment System - 2010 Test Administrations - Data File Format with Student Item Analysis

Oct 2, 2026

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Texas English Language Proficiency Assessment System 2010 test administration materials define the required data file format and provide student item analysis context for data reporting. The overview specifies changes beginning 2009-2010, including new ethnicity and race reporting fields (Hispanic-Latino, American-Indian-Alaskan-Native, Asian, Black-African-American, Native-Hawaiian-Pacific-Islander, White) and how to locate these codes by field position. It also documents PEIMS student attribute coding, delimiter handling for Macintosh systems, field locations and lengths, and telpas answer document column headings with exact code values.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryExam

FormatPDF

Pages15

Reading Time38 min

AccessFree to download

Overview of Changes

Ethnicity and Race Codes

PEIMS Student Attribute Code

Reading Score Code Default

Reading Test Administration Format

Attention Macintosh Users

Delimiter and field positioning

TELPAS Field Description and Answer Document Codes

Administration and Student ID Information

Demographic Information

Texas English Language Proficiency Assessment System 2010 Test Administrations Data File Format with Student Item Analysis | Overview of Changes
Ethnicity and Race Codes: Beginning with the 2009-2010 school year Texas schools will begin reporting ethnicity and race data for students using the new requirement issued by the United States Department of Education. The following fields have been added to address this requirement:
• Hispanic-Latino-Code: This information can be found in position 93.
• American-Indian-Alaskan-Native-Code: This information can be found in position 94.
• Asian-Code: This information can be found in position 95.
• Black-African-American-Code: This information can be found in position 96.
• Native-Hawaiian-Pacific-Islander-Code: This information can be found in position 97.
• White-Code: This information can be found in position 98.
PEIMS Student Attribute Code: The student attribute code indicates whether a student attends an open enrollment charter school, is served in a JJAEP, attends school in the district through a PEG Grant, attends school as a transfer between school districts or attends school in a district, yet lives outside the state of Texas. This information can be found in positions 176-177.
Reading Score Code Default: The Reading Score Code Default value of ‘2’ was updated to reflect students in Grade K-1 whose enrolled grade did not match the tested grade cluster (applies only to online) . This field is in position 277.
Reading Test Administration Format: Previously ‘Reading Paper Testing Administration’, this field now indicates if the student tested on paper or online. If the student tested online, this field will indicate which format of the online test was administered to the student. This field is in position 333. | | --- | | | Attention Macintosh Users To accommodate Macintosh systems a delimiter has been placed after each data field in your file (Hex = 05) . For example, the first data field, Administration Date, has a field length of 4 and is followed by a delimiter in field 5. Therefore, the data field for Enrolled Grade-Level-Code begins in field 6 rather than field 5 as shown in the data file format. LOCATION FROM-TO 1-4 5-6 7-8 9-17 18-32 33-47 48-62 63-72 73-73 74-82 83-83 FIELD LENGTH 4 2 2 9 15 15 15 10 1 9 1 DATA FILE FORMAT TELPAS FIELD DESCRIPTION AND ANSWER DOCUMENT CODES (PEIMS data element names are used where available) ADMINISTRATION AND STUDENT ID INFORMATION ADMINISTRATION DATE 0310 = Spring 2010 GRADE-LEVEL-CODE Grades: 0K, 01–12. ESC REGION NUMBER COUNTY-DISTRICT-CAMPUS NUMBER DISTRICT-NAME CAMPUS-NAME LAST-NAME FIRST-NAME MIDDLE INITIAL STUDENT-ID (as used for PEIMS) Either the student’s social security number or a state-approved alternate ID of an “S” followed by eight digits SEX-CODE M = Male F = Female TELPAS ANSWER DOCUMENT COLUMN HEADINGS (AND CODES) consisting SEX CODE (M) (F) 84-91 92-92 8 1 DATE-OF-BIRTH (MMDDYYYY) BLANK DATA FILE FORMAT LOCATION FIELD FROM-TO LENGTH TELPAS FIELD DESCRIPTION AND ANSWER DOCUMENT CODES (PEIMS data element names are used where available) TELPAS ANSWER DOCUMENT COLUMN HEADINGS (AND CODES) DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION 93-93 94-94 95-95 96-96 97-97 98-98 99-99 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 HISPANIC-LATINO-CODE Student has been identified as Hispanic or Latino 1 = Yes 0 = No AMERICAN-INDIAN-ALASKAN-NATIVE-CODE Student has been identified as American Indian or Alaskan Native. 1 = Yes 0 = No ASIAN-CODE Student has been identified as Asian. 1 = Yes 0 = No BLACK-AFRICAN-AMERICAN-CODE Student has been identified as Black or African American. 1 = Yes 0 = No NATIVE-HAWAIIAN-PACIFIC-ISLANDER-CODE Student has been identified as Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander. 1 = Yes 0 = No WHITE-CODE Student has been identified as White.

FAQs

What ethnicity and race fields were added beginning with the 2009-2010 school year?

The format adds Hispanic-Latino-Code (position 93) plus American-Indian-Alaskan-Native-Code (94), Asian-Code (95), Black-African-American-Code (96), Native-Hawaiian-Pacific-Islander-Code (97), and White-Code (98). Each field uses 1/0 values to indicate identification status.

How does the data file differ for Macintosh users?

A delimiter (Hex = 05) is placed after each data field in the file to accommodate Macintosh systems. Because of this delimiter, field starting positions shift, as shown in the example where Enrolled Grade-Level-Code begins in field 6 rather than field 5.

How are reading test administration and reading score default values handled in the 2010 format?

Reading Score Code Default value ‘2’ was updated to reflect Grade K-1 students whose enrolled grade did not match the tested grade cluster (applies only to online) and is located in position 277. Reading Test Administration Format indicates whether a student was tested on paper or online, and if online, which online test format was administered, located in position 333.

Oct 2, 2026

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