PEIMS Data Standards ds1_texas_education_agency

Texas Education Agency Responsibilities

The Texas Education Agency is responsible for:

1. facilitating the instructional process;

2. explaining the overall data requirements to ESC personnel; and

3. assisting ESCs in understanding the data requirements.

To facilitate the data validation process, TEA provides the ESCs and LEAs with a standard editing and reporting system. The PEIMS EDIT+ system, available through the TEA website, ensures consistent use of edit rules for data validation. Changes or additions to the Data Standards can be incorporated through modifications to the edit rules. Specifically, TEA provides:

edit criteria (Section 5 of the Data Standards);
edit code tables (and the ability to print or download from PEIMS EDIT+);
reports; and
user documentation and training to each Regional ESC.

There are three categories of edits. The first type of edit is the fatal error. Neither a LEA nor an ESC can mark “complete” a file with fatal error(s). A file with a fatal error(s) must be corrected. The second type of edit is the special warning error. A special warning error indicates a discrepancy in the data that must be scrutinized carefully. In unusual situations, the data are correct. Warning errors are the third type of edit. A warning error indicates a possible error or inconsistency.

For assistance with the PEIMS Data Standards contact the PEIMS Office at PeimsCustomerSupport@tea.state.tx.us

This version of the PEIMS Data Standards is a programmatically converted HTML version of the PEIMS Data Standards. It is intended as a job aid to facilitate navigation of the PEIMS Data Standards documentation and should not be used to submit PEIMS data or to reach final conclusions about individual public schools. All of the information provided is reviewed for accuracy and reliability; however, TEA assumes no responsibility for any errors appearing in the HTML version of the PEIMS Data Standards.

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