Below you will find documentation for the UT Dallas Education Research Center, Texas Education Agency, and Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board data. To learn more about the data, please review the documents below. As you click on the relevant documents, they will open in a separate window.
(Last updated on 2021-01-07)
UT Dallas ERC Documentation:
UT Dallas ERC Synthetic Data:
These files contain artificially generated values that mimic the structure of our ERC data files. Researchers may import the flat file data into the appropriate SAS, SPSS, or STATA format and use the synthetic data to develop and test programs.
Synthetic Data – New Version
Objectives of the synthetic data:
- Help potential researchers understand the structure of the data
- Prepare the analytical programs in advance
Description of the synthetic data:
- All the observations in the real data have been truncated completely before generating synthetic data
- The synthetic data is generated based on our current data holdings
- Number of observations
- If number of observation is greater than or equal to 1000, then in synthetic data, the number of observations will be 1% of real data
- If number of observation is less than 1000 and greater than or equal to 10, then in synthetic data, the number of observations will be 10% of real data
- If number of observation is less than 10, then in synthetic data, the number of observations is same as real data
- Keep same storage type for each variable in synthetic data as it in the real data
- Keep same values labels for categorical variables
- For the variables that are string type, the value is “name of this data file + name of this variable”
- Keep the same directories structure as the real data
- All the synthetic are in STATA format
Documentation:
The documentation for real data can also be used for synthetic data.
If you are interested in the new version of our synthetic data, please send an email to Mark Lu at [email protected]
Synthetic Data – Original Version
Below is the original version of our synthetic data. We have not provided the new version of these data files because of their large size. (When a smaller size is available, it will be uploaded here.) If you are interested in the new version that is described above, please send an email to Mark Lu at [email protected]
Texas Education Agency – Synthetic Data
TEA Synthetic Data Documentation 
Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board – Synthetic Data
THECB Synthetic Data Documentation 
- Test: Report 1 – Student Enrollment, Community & Tech
- Test: Report 1 – Student Enrollment, Health
- Test: Report 1 – Student Enrollment, Independent
- Test: Report 1 – Student Enrollment, University
- Test: Report 2 – TASP/TSI (THECB Testing Data)
- Test: Report 4 – Class, Community & Tech
- Test: Report 4 – Class, University
- Test: Report 8 – Faculty, Community & Tech
- Test: Report 8 – Faculty, Health
- Test: Report 8 – Faculty, University
- Test: Report 9 – Graduates/Degrees Awarded, Community & Tech
- Test: Report 9 – Graduates/Degrees Awarded, Health
- Test: Report 9 – Graduates/Degrees Awarded, Independent
- Test: Report 9 – Graduates/Degrees Awarded, University
- Test: Report 11 – Facilities Room, Community & Tech
- Test: Report 11 – Facilities Room, Health
- Test: Report 11 – Facilities Room, University
- Test: Report 14 – Facilities Building, Community & Tech
- Test: Report 14 – Facilities Building, Health
- Test: Report 14 – Facilities Building, University
- Test: Report A – Students in Continuing Education, Community & Tech
- Test: Report B – Admissions, University
- Test: Report C – Continuing Education Class, Community & Tech
- Test: Report M – Marketable Skills Achievement Report, Community & Tech
- Test: Report R – Resident/Fellows, Health
Texas Education Agency
Testing Data Documentation:
- STAAR Manual, G3-G8 2019

- STAAR Manual, EOC 2019

- STAAR Alt2 Manual, G3-G8 2019

- STAAR Alt2 Manual, EOC 2019

- STAAR Manual, G3-G8 2018

- STAAR Manual, EOC 2018

- STAAR Alt2 Manual, G3-G8 2018

- STAAR Alt2 Manual, EOC 2018

- STAAR Manual, G3-G8 2017

- STAAR Manual, EOC 2017

- STAAR Alt2 Manual, G3-G8 2017

- STAAR Alt2 Manual, EOC 2017

- STAAR Manual, G3-G8 2016

- STAAR Manual, EOC 2016

- STAAR Alt2 Manual, G3-G8 2016

- STAAR Alt2 Manual, EOC 2016

- STAAR Manual, G3-G8 2015

- STAAR Manual, EOC 2015

- STAAR Manual, G3-G8 2014

- STAAR Manual, EOC 2014

- STAAR Manual, G3-G8 2013

- STAAR Manual, EOC 2013

- STAAR Manual, G3-G8 2012

- STAAR Manual, EOC 2012

- TAKS Manual 2014

- TAKS Manual 2013

- TAKS Manual 2012

- TAKS Manual 2011

- TAKS Manual 2010

- TAKS Manual 2009

- TAKS Manual 2008

- TAKS Manual 2007

- TAKS Manual 2006

- TAKS Manual 2005

- TAAS Manual 2007

- TAAS Manual 2006

- TAAS Manual 2005

- TAAS Manual 2004

- TAAS Manual 2003

- TAAS Manual 2002

- TAAS Manual 2001

- TELPAS Manual 2019

- TELPAS Manual 2018

- TELPAS Manual 2017

- TELPAS Manual 2016

- TELPAS Manual 2015

- TELPAS Manual 2014

- TELPAS Manual 2013

- TELPAS Manual 2012

- TELPAS Manual 2010

- TELPAS Manual 2009

- TELPAS Manual 2008

- TELPAS Manual 2007

- TELPAS Manual 2006

- TELPAS Manual 2005

- TELPAS Manual 2004

Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board
Texas Public Universities Documentation:
Texas Health Related Institutions Documentation:
Texas Community, Technical, and State Colleges Documentation:
Texas Independent Colleges & Universities Documentation:
Financial Aid Database Documentation:
Appendices for THECB Manuals:
Documentation summarizing differences in the manuals related to Texas Public Universities, Texas Community, Technical, State Colleges and Texas Health-Related Institutions can be found in:
UT Dallas Non-ERC Public Data:
For questions, contact Greg Branch, deputy director.