Manage Participation Codes

There are circumstances in which a student did not participate in an expected test or participated in a test but in a non-standard way. Examples include a student inadvertently taking an incorrect test, a parent opt-out, or the student not receiving appropriate instruction prior to the test.

There are two types of participation codes: non-participation and participation. A student is considered to have participated in a test after answering six questions or after responding with any text to both writing prompts. Table 10 lists the participation codes and their descriptions.

Table 10: Special Codes and Their Descriptions

Special Code	Code Type	Description
No Special Code	Participation	Student took the test under standard testing conditions.
Absent (AX) or Unexcused (AU)	Attempt Code	Student was not present during any part of the test administration period and was not able to make up the test.
Refusal Student (RFS) or Refusal Parent (RFP)	Attempt Code	Student chose to give up during testing or refused to start the test.
New Non-English Proficient (NN)	Student Exemption	NNEP status calculated by looking at whether student's 1st day in US school is within 365 days of start of admin and student has not used NN exemption previously.
F1	Student Exemption	Student is attending school on F-1 Visa
Homebased (H1; H2; H3)	Student Exemption	H1 Homebased – No ALE funding H2 Homebased – ALE funding <=.8FTE H3 Homebased – ALE funding >.8FTE
Private School Student (P1; P2; P3)	Student Exemption	P1 Private school student – No ALE funding P2 Private school student – ALE funding <=.8FTE P2 Private school student – ALE funding >.8FTE

Once you apply a special code, that special code persists until it is changed. For example, if you apply a special code for an interim assessment, that special code also applies to a summative assessment unless you explicitly change it.