Maryland Student Survey

Selection Criteria

Selection criteria determine which database records are used in the report. Refer to selection criteria for analysis when the report does not return the correct records.

The report selects records based on the following criteria:

The student must not be excluded from state reporting.
The student must be enrolled in the school on the count date specified.
The student must be in grades 5-11.
The school must not be excluded from state reporting.

Report Input

For help with navigation and running the report, see How to Find and Generate a Report.

This report uses the State Reporting Platform to generate results.

Field	Description
Select Schools	If run at the district level, choose one of the following: Select Multiple Schools – Select schools to include in the report. To select a single school, click that school. To select multiple schools, use Ctrl+Click and select each school to be included. Select schools to include in the report All Schools – Run the report for the entire district. If run at the school level, the report includes all records associated with the current school that meet the selection criteria. To change the current school, click School at the top of the page and choose the appropriate school from the list.
Select Students	Indicate which students to include in the report by selecting one of the following options: The Selected [number] Students Only All Students Note: If running the report for a single student, or group of students, select the students prior to running the report.
Report Year	Select the year to be reported.
Count Date	Choose the enrollment date for the students you want to include
File Version Number	Select the version number of the file. Note: This will be 01 unless you upload more than one file per reporting year, then increment by 1 for each file uploaded.
Password for Students	Enter a password to be generated on the report (Max of 26 characters)
Use Alternate School Numbers	Choose Yes if you would like to use Alternate School Numbers when processing the report.
Include Column Heading	Choose Yes if you would like to include column headings.
Scheduling – Run Now	Leave Run Now selected to run the report now.
Submit	Click Submit to run the report now
Scheduling – Please Select When to run	Click Schedule to schedule this report to run nightly. Select Weekdays only.
Please Select Schedule Settings	Enter the Start Date and Start time. Click Repeat and Daily.
Please select daily repeat cycle options.	Click Weekdays.
Please select end date range option	Click No End date or enter the day after the last day of school in the Ends On field.
Submit	Click Submit to schedule the report

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Report Output

Each of the fields displayed in the output of the report is described below. See Understanding the Report Output Table for a definition of each column in the table.

Column Letter	Data Element	Description	[Table]FieldName	Field Type	Field Length
1	Username	The student identification number assigned by the Maryland State Department of Education. Extracted from Start Page > Student Selection > Maryland State Information.	[Students]State_StudentNumber	Numeric	10
2	Password	User-defined password for the report.		Alpha numeric	26
3	Year	Four digit year selected when the report was run (will be the 2nd year of the report year selected)		Numeric	4
4	LEA Number	The two-digit local education agency code (LEA). Extracted from Start Page > District Setup > District Information.	[Pref]DistrictNumber	Numeric	2
5	School Number	The four-digit code that identifies the school building. Extracted from Start Page > District Setup > Schools/School Info > Edit School.	[Schools]SchoolNumber	Numeric	4
6	State Assigned Student ID (SASID)	The student identification number assigned by the Maryland State Department of Education. Extracted from Start Page > Student Selection > Maryland State Information.	[Students]State_StudentNumber	Numeric	10
7	Last Name	The last name of the student. Extracted from Start Page > Student Selection> General Demographics.	[Students]Last_Name OR [StudentCoreFields]PSCore_Legal_Last_Name	Alpha numeric	25
8	First Name	The first name of the student. Extracted from Start Page > Student Selection> General Demographics.	[Students]First_Name OR [StudentCoreFields]PSCore_Legal_First_Name	Alpha numeric	15
9	Middle Name	The middle name of the student. Extracted from Start Page > Student Selection> General Demographics.	[Students]Middle_Name OR [StudentCoreFields]PSCore_Legal_Middle_Name	Alpha numeric	15
10	Birthdate	The birth date of the student. Extracted from Start Page > Student Selection> General Demographics. Date Format = YYYYMMDD.	[Students]DOB	Date	8
11	Grade	Reported Values: 05 through 11 The grade level of the student. Extracted from Start Page > Student Selection> > Transfer Info	[Students]Grade_Level	Alpha numeric	2
12	Gender	Reported Values: 1 = Male 2 = Female X = Non-Binary The gender of the student. Extracted from Start Page > Student Selection> General Demographics.	[Students]Gender OR [StudentCoreFields]PSCore_Legal_Gender	Alpha numeric	1
13	User Type Indicator	The type of user found in the student population. This is set to 1 = Regular student user for all students.		Numeric	1
14	Submission Date	Date the file was submitted to MSDE. Date Format = YYYYMMDD.		Date	8