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Column layout specification for reading Grade Eight Proficiency Assessment (GEPA) 2005 fixed-width format data files.

Usage

layout_gepa05

Format

A data frame with 383 rows and 10 columns:

field_start_position

Starting position of field in fixed-width file

field_end_position

Ending position of field in fixed-width file

field_length

Length of field in characters

data_type

Data type of field (e.g., "Text", "Numeric")

description

Description of field

comments

Additional comments about field

valid_values

Valid values or ranges for field

spanner1

First-level column grouping label

spanner2

Second-level column grouping label

final_name

Final column name to use in parsed data

Source

NJ Department of Education GEPA 2005 file specifications