Trailing Indicator
Definition: A trailing indicator is a measure of an outcome. What This Means: Trailing indicators come at the end of a process or program to measure success. They are also known as lagging indicators. A trailing indicator may be used as a ...
Title III
Definition: Part of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, it provides Federal financial support to state and local educational agencies to offer English language instruction in order to ensure that all English Language Learners, including immigrant children and youth, ...
Title I
Definition: The first section of the ESEA, Title I refers to programs aimed at America's most disadvantaged students. Title I Part A provides assistance to improve the teaching and learning of children in high-poverty schools to enable those children to meet ...
Time Per Respondent
Definition: Time Per Respondent is an estimate of the time required (on average) by a respondent to complete this collection. What This Means: A term that is functional for users of ESP's metadata dictionary tool, called DataSpecs. DataSpecs is used when developing ...
Thin Client
Definition: A computer that works like a terminal when all the processing is done on another computer. What This Means: For a software application, thin client means that all the user needs is a basic PC. Little or no software must be ...
TCP/IP (Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol)
Definition: TCP/IP is a communications protocol. What This Means: This is how data are communicated over the Internet. TCP ensures that data arrive intact and complete. Every location in a TCP/IP network requires an IP address to be found on the Internet. Need ...
Target Audience
Definition: The target audience is a general or very specific group of people who are the primary users for which the information is being reported. What This Means: In education, the target audience is significant in determining how we format or compose ...
Table Type
Definition: Table Type is a characterization of the table: Operational, Archive, Development, Longitudinal, Look-up, etc. The choices for this list can be edited in System Administration/System Tables. What This Means: A term that is functional for users of ESP's metadata dictionary tool, ...
Table Name
Definition: Table Name is the free-form text name of the table within the database management system. What This Means: A term that is functional for users of ESP's metadata dictionary tool, called DataSpecs. DataSpecs is used when developing an education agency's data ...
Table Field
Definition: A cell and its contents are defined by the row and column within a table. What This Means: This term has the same meaning as a cell in a table or a chart. As used in DataSpecs, table fields are the ...
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