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155A: Low Literacy Reportable Individuals

Among all Reportable Individuals (200A), the number who were ever flagged as being unable to read, write, and speak in English, or compute and solve problems.

Value Type

Percentage and unduplicated count

Data Source(s)

CASAS TOPSpro Enterprise
Chancellor's Office Management Information System

SG20 was introduced as a new MIS data element in summer 2018.
In TE students in ABE, ASE or ESL are automatically coded as Low Literacy in 2019-20 reporting according to CASAS.

CurrentAge (Calculated)
TotalPYHours (prior to 2020-21)
TotalQualifiedHours
EmploymentBarriers
ProgramYear

200A students who met the following criteria:

Who has ever been flagged as Low Levels of Literacy for Employment Barrier
WHERE EmploymentBarriers LIKE *LLL*
OR who has ever enrolled in a Basic Skills ABE program area
OR WHERE IsAEBGProgramAreaABE = 1
OR who has ever enrolled in an ASE or High School Diploma or High School Equivalency program area
OR WHERE [IsAEBGProgramAreaHSD = 1
OR IsAEBGProgramAreaHSE = 1]
OR who has ever enrolled in an ESL program area
OR WHERE IsAEBGProgramAreaESL = 1
At any time up to and including the selected year at any institution
AND ProgramYear is within any time up to and including the selected year at any institution
AND count students at any institution where they are an 200A student if they are flagged as low literacy anywhere in TE or COMIS

200A students who met the following criteria:

Who has ever been flagged as low literacy
WHERE SG20 = 1
OR who ever enrolled in ABE
OR WHERE [CB04 = N
AND (CB03 IN (1701.00, 1501.00, 1520.00)
AND CB21 IN (D, E, F, G, H))
OR (CB03 IN 493060)]
OR who ever enrolled in ASE
OR WHERE [CB04 = N
AND (CB03 IN (1701.00, 1501.00, 1520.00)
AND CB21 IN (A, B, C))
OR (CB03 IN 493062)]
OR who ever enrolled in noncredit ESL
OR WHERE [CB04 = N AND
(CB22 IN (A, B) OR
(CB03 IN (4930.84, 4930.85, 4930.86, 4930.87, 4930.90, 4931.00)]
At any time up to and including the selected year at any college
AND GI03 is within any time up to and including the selected year at any college
AND count students at any institution where they are an 200A student if they are flagged as low literacy anywhere in TE or COMIS

200A Reportable Individuals

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Last Updated

04/17/2025

Student Group

CAEP Adult Learners

Metric Type

Barriers to employment

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