End of Year
The purpose of the End of Year (EOY) is to summarize the annual educational history for students throughout the school year.
The data from this collection is used to determine the graduation, completion, dropout, mobility, and stability rates used in school and district-level accountability measures. This information informs policy at the state and federal level and becomes public information that is used in official reports and news articles.
General Resources
Visit the Data Submissions Library for:
- Data Submissions Handbook
- Data Submissions Calendar
- Troubleshooting Errors
File Layouts
File layouts provide guidance on the valid coding and definitions for each data element being collected.
- Student Demographic (SD) File Layout [docx] 25-26
- Student School Association (SSA) File Layout [docx] 25-26
- Attendance Snapshot File Layout [docx] Available April 2026
- Graduation Guidelines (GG) File Layout [docx] 25-26 *for high schools
- Title I File Layout [docx] 25-26 *only for identified schools
Submissions Training
All school submissions contacts should review relevant training prior to starting the data collection.
- EOY General Overview (NEW Data Contacts) [slides] [webinar]
- EOY New This Year (Experienced Data Contacts) [slides] [webinar]
- EOY Entry/Exit/Retention Coding [slides] [webinar]
- EOY Grad Guidelines [slides] [webinar]
- EOY Summary Report – Available August 4, 2026
EOY Attendance Trainings
- Attendance General Overview (NEW Contacts) [slides] [webinar]
- Attendance New This Year (Experienced Contacts) [slides] [webinar]
Field-Specific Trainings
- Multilingual Learning Coding for State Reporting [slides] [webinar]
- Homeless Coding for State Reporting [slides] [webinar]
Data Validation Resources
Data validation resources should be utilized prior to submitting initial files to CSI and throughout the collection to ensure data is comprehensive and accurate.
- SPED EOY & EOY Exit Coding Discrepancies [docx]
- Clearing SE700 Warnings [pdf]
- EOY Record Checker Tool [slides] [webinar]
- Tool Versions:
Graduation Guidelines Resources
- CDE Graduation Guidelines Webpages
- System Resources
Additional Resources
- CDE EOY Exit Adequate Documentation
- English Learner Coding Toolkit [xlsx]
- Free- and Reduced-Price Lunch
- McKinney-Vento Homeless Act
- Migrant Education Survey
- Military Connected Sample Form [pdf]
- CDE SPED Transition Services Coding [pdf]
- Finding District of Residence [docx]
- SIS Field-Specific Data Mapping [Infinite Campus] [PowerSchool]
Quick Reference Guides
These quick references provide step by step instructions for completing key tasks for the data collection.
- QRG Entry/Exit/Retention Coding [docx]
- Extracting the SD File [Infinite Campus] [PowerSchool] [ALMA]
- Extracting the SSA File [Infinite Campus] [PowerSchool] [ALMA]
- Extracting the Title I File [Infinite Campus] [PowerSchool] [ALMA]
- Extracting the Grad Guidelines File [Infinite Campus] [PowerSchool]
- Entering Grad Guidelines Data [Infinite Campus] [PowerSchool]
- Using the Record Checker Tool [docx]