# Comparability regimes for Miami-Dade outcomes (decision M.5 in # docs/cities/miami/00_overview.md). Same schema as pipeline_philly/config, # plus `events`: years that are dropped (`excluded`) or kept-but-flagged # (`flagged`) WITHOUT starting a new regime window. Only `boundaries` break # the persistence window (review 2026-09-16, M9: the earlier file listed the # pandemic years as boundaries, so 2018-19 and 2021-22 — both FSA — could # never share a window). regimes: fl_assessment: name: "Florida statewide assessments (FCAT 2.0 → FSA → FAST / B.E.S.T.)" boundaries: - year: "2014-15" note: "FSA replaces FCAT 2.0 — new standards, scale and cut scores" - year: "2022-23" note: "FAST progress monitoring (PM3) and B.E.S.T. EOCs replace FSA; FLDOE calls 2022-23 an informational baseline" events: - year: "2019-20" handling: excluded note: "No spring 2020 administration (COVID); the year is absent, not zero" - year: "2020-21" handling: flagged note: "Spring 2021 administered with opt-in participation; fitted and shown with a flag" excluded_years: ["2019-20"] # no administration flagged_years: ["2020-21"] # opt-in participation posture: | Status (percent level 3+) is within-regime comparable only. Residual-z within regime; cross-regime trends display raw values with a break marker. school_grades: name: "Florida school grades (A–F)" boundaries: - year: "2014-15" note: "Grading formula redesigned with FSA" - year: "2022-23" note: "Informational baseline year under FAST" - year: "2025-26" note: "Grading scale change (GradingScalesOverview26.pdf)" events: - year: "2019-20" handling: excluded note: "No grades issued" - year: "2020-21" handling: excluded note: "Grades opt-in for schools" excluded_years: ["2019-20", "2020-21"] flagged_years: [] posture: | Letter grades are reported as published; component percentages are compared within regime only. graduation: name: "Federal uniform 4-year cohort graduation rate" boundaries: [] events: [] excluded_years: [] flagged_years: [] posture: | Definition stable 2014-15 → 2024-25 (standard diplomas; GEDs excluded). Year label = the year the cohort graduated; cohort entered grade 9 three years earlier. chronic_absenteeism: name: "Chronic absenteeism" boundaries: - year: "2017-18" note: "'Absent 10% or more' series begins; 'absent 21+ days' continues from 2010-11" events: - year: "2019-20" handling: excluded note: "Spring 2020 school closures — attendance counts unstable" - year: "2020-21" handling: excluded note: "Remote / hybrid year; excluded from cross-year trends" excluded_years: ["2019-20", "2020-21"] flagged_years: [] posture: | Canonical metric is the 10% definition (decision M.4); 2019-20 and 2020-21 are excluded from trend statements; the 2016-17 21+ file is flagged inaccurate by FLDOE. enrollment: name: "October membership (Survey 2)" boundaries: [] events: - year: "2020-21" handling: flagged note: "Pandemic year; first-day and October counts diverged more than usual" excluded_years: [] flagged_years: ["2020-21"] posture: | Headcount on the Survey 2 date; comparable across years. Never mixed with Survey 5 annual enrollment, Survey 3 FTE, or COFTE.