Table of Contents 4
Chapter 1: What Is SIRS? 7
SIRS Levels 7
SIRS Data Flow 9
Chapter 2: Student Reporting Rules 10
Guidance on the Role of District Data Coordinator 10
Who Must Report Student Data Using the SIRS? 11
Table of Reporting Responsibility for School-Age Students 14
Table of Reporting Responsibility for Preschool-Age and Prekindergarten Students 26
Accelerated Students 29
Accommodations 30
Accountability Inclusion/Exclusion for Participation/Performance at the Elementary/Middle Level 31
Appeal to Graduate with Lower Score on Regents Exam 33
Backmapping for Feeder Schools 33
Career and Technical Education (CTE) Students 34
Charter School Students 36
Court-placed Students 37
Daily Attendance 38
District of Residence Codes 38
Dropouts/Noncompleters 39
Elementary/Middle-Level Students 41
Foreign Exchange Students 41
Free or Reduced-Price Lunch Students 41
GED Students 42
Graduates 43
Home-schooled Students 43
Homebound (Home-Tutored) Students 44
Homeless Students 44
Immigrant Students 44
Job Corp Program Students 44
Limited English Proficient (LEP) Students 45
Long-Term Absent Students 49
Migrant Students 50
Neglected/Delinquent Students 50
New York State Alternate Assessment (NYSAA) 50
Nonpublic School Students 51
“Online” Schools 52
Postsecondary Students 52
Preschool/Prekindergarten/Universal Pre-K 52
Racial/Ethnic Groups 53
Repeaters 53
Safety Net Options 53
Secondary-Level Students 54
Students Over 21 Years of Age 55
Students with Disabilities 55
Summer School Students 57
Supplemental Educational Services under NCLB 58
Suspended Students 58
Transfer Students 59
Ungraded Students 60
“Validity Rules”: Reporting Students with Valid or Invalid Scores 63
Walk-in "Enrollments” 66
Chapter 3: Staff Reporting Rules 67
Chapter 4: Data Elements 71
Chapter 5: Codes and Descriptions 96
Accommodation Codes and Descriptions 96
Assessment Language Codes and Descriptions 97
Assessment Measure Codes and Descriptions 98
Assignment Codes and Descriptions for Access to EngageNY Data Portal 111
Assignment Codes and Descriptions for Personnel Master File 112
Assignment Grade Level Codes and Descriptions 118
BOCES District of Responsibility Codes 119
Career and Technical Education Program Service Codes 120
Contact Mailing State Codes and Descriptions 131
Contact Name Prefix Codes and Descriptions 132
Contact Name Suffix Codes and Descriptions 133
Contact Relationship Codes and Descriptions 134
Country of Origin Codes and Descriptions 136
Course Codes and Descriptions 142
Credit GPA Codes 145
*Language Other Than English 145
Day Type Codes 146
District of Residence Codes 147
Employment Separation Reason Codes and Descriptions 163
Enrollment (Beginning and Ending) Codes and Descriptions 164
Evaluation Criteria Codes and Descriptions 177
Grade Level Codes and Descriptions 178
Grade Type Codes and Descriptions 179
Language Codes and Descriptions 180
Marking Period Numbers and Descriptions 191
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Postgraduate Plan Codes and Descriptions 192
Program Service Codes and Descriptions 193
Race Codes and Descriptions 211
Staff Education Level Codes and Descriptions 212
Standard Achieved Codes and Descriptions 213
Tenure Area Codes and Descriptions 216
Tenure Status Codes and Descriptions 217
Term Codes and Descriptions 218
Chapter 6: New York State Accountability 219
Appendix I: Assessment and Reporting Timelines 234
Appendix II: Sources for Data Reported in the Report Cards 240
Appendix III: Contact Information 241
Appendix IV: Select Federal and State Reporting Requirements 243
Appendix V: Cohort Definitions 248
Appendix VI: Terms and Acronyms 254