Possible School Days for Students who attend school 90% or more (new requirement) The sum of the number of possible school days for those full-time students who attend school 90% or more (of the time) must be reported for each cohort. For worked examples, see Appendix C The CSV File Where a csv (comma separated variable) file is used to upload data to the department, it must not include a header row and must be in the same sequence as the data fields shown at Appendix A. The department accepts comma delimited Microsoft Excel csv files only. Numbers should not be in a comma delimited format. Appendix A: Data Summary Variable Description Values/Ranges Format Comment AGEID The Australian >0 Integer Value to be entered into each Government row. Department of Education Client ID Collection Identifies the reference Semester 1 Up to 10 Value to be entered into each period for the collection Term 3 characters row. Year level Year level Y1 - Y10 Up to 3 A record is required for each PU characters Year level with enrolments. SU PU (primary ungraded) and SU (secondary ungraded) are valid entries for Special Schools only. Gender Male or Female M 1 char As recorded at enrolment. F Student Type Indigenous status, either T 1 char T Students (including – (formerly all students or I Indigenous) Indigenous Indigenous I Indigenous Students only – Status) Possible School Aggregate of days all Integer Refers to full-time students in ≥0 Days (formerly students* are enrolled each Cohort. Enrolment Days) during the reference period. Attendance Days Aggregate of attendance 0 Up to two Must be less than or equal to the ≥ days for all students* decimal number of Possible School Days. during the reference places Can include partial attendance period. days.
Possible School Days for Students who attend school 90% or more (new requirement) The sum of the number of possible school days for those full-time students who attend school 90% or more (of the time) must be reported for each cohort. For worked examples, see Appendix C The CSV File Where a csv (comma separated variable) file is used to upload data to the department, it must not include a header row and must be in the same sequence as the data fields shown at Appendix A. The department accepts comma delimited Microsoft Excel csv files only. Numbers should not be in a comma delimited format. Appendix A: Data Summary Variable Description Values/Ranges Format Comment AGEID The Australian Government Department of Education Client ID >0 Integer Value to be entered into each row. Collection Identifies the reference period for the collection Semester 1 Term 3 Up to 10 characters Value to be entered into each row. Year level Year level Y1 - Y10 PU SU Up to 3 characters A record is required for each Year level with enrolments. PU (primary ungraded) and SU (secondary ungraded) are valid entries for Special Schools only. Gender Male or Female M F 1 char As recorded at enrolment. Student Type (formerly Indigenous Status) Indigenous status, either all students or Indigenous T I 1 char T – Students (including Indigenous) I – Indigenous Students only Possible School Days (formerly Enrolment Days) Aggregate of days all students* are enrolled during the reference period. ≥0 Integer Refers to full-time students in each Cohort. Attendance Days Aggregate of attendance days for all students* during the reference period. ≥ 0 Up to two decimal places Must be less than or equal to the number of Possible School Days. Can include partial attendance days.
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