NAME:         Teacher Preparation Program Participant                           

NUMBER:       01802                                                             

FILES/TABLES: RET                                                               

INTENT:                                                                         
   Retention Reporting                                                          

DEFINITION:                                                                     
   Flag indicating whether or not a student participated in a                   
   state approved Teacher Preparation Program.                                  

ALGORITHM:                                                                      
   Prior to Summer 2000, this field is generated using Teacher                  
   Educaiton Admission Files and the Student Data Course File.                  
   Starting in Summer 2000, this field is generated from the                    
   Teacher Education File.                                                      

TABLE VALUES:                                                                   
   G              Completed a state approved Teacher Preparation                
                  Program                                                       
   P              Participant in a state approved Teacher Prepartion            
                  Program                                                       
   N              Not associated with a Teacher Preparation Program             

SOURCE RESPONSIBILITY:                                                          
   

DATABASE INFORMATION:                                                           
   PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: X(1)                                                   
   COLUMN NAME:          TEF_FLAG                                               
   SHORT NAME:           TEFFLAG                                                

CREATE-CHANGE DATE:  11/24/04