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. 2023 Jan 23:1–47. Online ahead of print. doi: 10.1007/s10639-022-11515-5

Table 11.

(Only codes and contributions for the most relevant variables are shown)

Type of variables Code (most relevant) Description Importance (most relevant)
Individual level LAST_GRADE_APPRVD Last grade was reported as approved 0.12744
LAST_GRADE_COMPLTD Last grade was reported as completed 0.04987
LAST_CYCL_AVG_ATTNDNC Average attendance rate in the last available cycle 0.03785
LAST_AGE Final age in trajectory (up to the last enrolled year) 0.04035
LAST_CYCL_CHRONC_UNATTNDNC Number of chronic absences in the last available cycle 0.03062
BIRTH_YEAR Student's year of birth 0.01987
OVRAGE Over-age in the last available year 0.02892
NUM_REPIT Total number of grade repetitions 0.01876
CL_STUDNT Student is Chilean 0.02181
MAX_OVRAGE Maximum over age reported in the trajectory 0.02236
LAST_CYCL_Z_SCR Standardized average for the last available cycle 0.01317
SEX Student's gender 0.01214
BIRTH_MONTH Month of student's birth 0.00933
Number of municipalities in which the student attended education
Student's ethnicity
Initial age in the trajectory
Student was in school integration
Type of school integration reported (last)
Student is foreign
Student is naturalized
Student was pregnant
Number of different schools attended
Number of different municipalities where a student resided
Number of different Local Education Services (LES) territories where the student studied (even if the LES is not active). See Section 2.1
Number of different LES territories where the student resided (even if the LES is not active). See Section 2.1
Student changed school
Student changed municipality of the school
Student changed municipality of residence
Number of years in special groups
Number of years in school integration
Number of dropouts in children and youth education
Total average attendance
Total standardized performance
Total periods of chronic non-attendance
Learning standard category in last SIMCE reading comprehension
Learning standard category in last SIMCE in mathematics
Learning standard category in the last SIMCE in natural sciences
Learning standard category in the last SIMCE in social sciences
Last PSDI in dimension Academic Self-Esteem and School Motivation
Last PSDI in dimension Healthy Life Habits
Family level SES Calculated socioeconomic status 0.01776
Priority student according to PPS criteria during any year
Preferential student according to PPS criteria during any year
School level LAST_SCH_CAT Last school category (see Section 2.1) 0.03771
PPS_BENEFIC Student benefiting from PPS law 0.02218
LAST_SCH_NUM_TEACHRS Number of teachers from the last school 0.01478
LAST_LES Local Education Service of last school (see Section 2.1) 0.01568
LAST_SCH_EFFECTIVENESS NPES Effectiveness index for last school 0.00746
Category of last school
NPES Improvement index for last school
Number of years in which the student was enrolled in a private fee-paying school
Municipality of the last school
Most frequent school
Most frequent study municipality
Most frequent region of study
Most frequent LES territory of study
Most frequent school category
Category of most frequent school
Last school
Index of last school performance
Region of last school
Teacher turnover at the last school
NPES Equality index for last school
NPES Integration index for last school
NPES Improvement index for the last school
NPES Initiative index for the last school
NPES index for last school
Number of years in which the student was enrolled in a public school
Number of years in which the student was enrolled in a private charter school
Number of years in which the student was enrolled in a school with delegated administration (public school)
Assigned to the 'Skills for Life I' program (JUNAEB) in some period
Number of periods in the 'Skills for Life I' program (JUNAEB)
Assigned to 'Skills for Life II' program (JUNAEB) in any period
Number of periods in the 'Skills for Life II' program (JUNAEB)
Assigned to the former School Retention Support Program (JUNAEB) in any period
Last PSDI in dimension School climate of coexistence
Extra scholar level Most frequent school is rural
Rurality index of the most frequent school
Last school is rural according to MINEDUC classification
Rurality index of last school
Number of rural schools in which academic status is recorded
Last PSDI in dimension Participation and citizenship formation
Consistency Number of enrollments reconstructed in the trajectory
Number of final statuses reconstructed in the trajectory
Maximum number of enrollments reported in a year
Maximum number of final statuses reported in a year
Consistence score for the trajectory
Trajectory descriptors LAST_GRADE Maximum grade of the trajectory where the student was registered 0.05998
TOT_YRS_ENROLLED Total enrollments registered 0.01338
NUM_SCH_CHG_INTER Total number of periods in which there was a change of school between years 0.01763
NUM_SCH_CHG_INTRA Total number of periods in which there was a change of school within a year 0.01573
NUM_YR_SECONDRY Number of years in secondary education 0.01414
NUM_ABN_LAST_CYCL Number of dropouts from regular education in the last available cycle 0.01047
NUM_YR_PRIMRY Number of years of elementary education 0.01582
Last year when a student was registered
Cohort of the student
Most frequent municipality of residence of the student
Most frequent region of residence
Most frequent LES of residence
Last reported cycle
Student was in scientific-humanistic secondary education in the last grade
Student was in technical-professional secondary education at the last grade
Student was in artistic secondary education at the last grade
Number of years in scientific-humanistic secondary school education
Number of years in technical-professional secondary education
Number of years in artistic secondary education
Student was enrolled in elementary school
Number of periods in elementary school
Student changed school from 6th grade onwards from a basic school
Number of changes due to school closure
Number of dropouts in regular education