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Column layout specification for reading High School Proficiency Assessment (HSPA) fixed-width format data files.

A processed R version of the 'File Layout' for the 2011-present HSPA Original file is in .xls format on NJDOE website

Usage

layout_hspa

layout_hspa

Format

A data frame with 559 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

field_start_position

field_start_position

field_end_position

field_end_position

field_length

field_length

data_type

data_type

description

description

comments

comments

valid_values

valid_values

spanner1

spanner1

spanner2

spanner2

final_name

final_name

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Source

NJ Department of Education HSPA file specifications

NJDOE website - eg the 'File Layout' link on http://www.nj.gov/education/schools/achievement/14/hspa/