# Miami-Dade outcomes the residual-z engine fits (pipeline_miami/analysis/residual_z.py). # One entry per served metric_key. n_rule gives the weight / sampling-N for the # cell: `denominator` uses the N stored with the cell; `grades:3-10` sums the # same year's October membership over those grades (School Grades components # carry no tested count; tested ≈ enrolled in the tested grades). scale: # percent → binomial SE; rate_per_100 → Poisson SE; sampling_error: none # overrides the noise model where the value is not a share of independent # students (z = resid / tau). # # Enrollment / capacity metrics are NOT outcomes (direction NEUTRAL) and live in # the closure track (docs/cities/miami/06_enrollment_capacity_closures.md). defaults: min_n: 30 # eligibility floor on N (the publisher's suppression floor is 10) z_threshold: 2.0 persistence: { window: 3, min_flags: 2 } # window in calendar (spring) years, inside one regime # Fit universe: every school with the outcome and a complete covariate row # that year, including schools that have since closed (they are the ones the # closure analysis cares about; excluding them shifted the baseline upward — # review 2026-09-16, C9). outcomes: ela_achievement: direction: HIGHER_BETTER scale: percent n_rule: "grades:3-10" comparability_regime: fl_assessment validation_reference: learning_gains_ela # pre-registered check (see residual_z.py PREREGISTERED) math_achievement: direction: HIGHER_BETTER scale: percent n_rule: "grades:3-10" comparability_regime: fl_assessment validation_reference: learning_gains_math science_achievement: direction: HIGHER_BETTER scale: percent # Statewide science is tested in grades 5 and 8 and once in high school # (Biology EOC). Measured against the SRS tested counts (2022-23 → 2024-25): # Biology testers ≈ 0.75–0.85 × grade-9 membership, 0.39–0.41 × grades 9–10, # 0.20–0.21 × grades 9–12 — so one grade, not four (review 2026-09-16, M4). n_rule: "grades:5,8,9" n_rule_alternatives: ["grades:5,8,9-10", "grades:5,8,9-12"] # refitted in the ablation comparability_regime: fl_assessment learning_gains_ela: direction: HIGHER_BETTER scale: percent n_rule: "grades:4-10" comparability_regime: school_grades learning_gains_math: direction: HIGHER_BETTER scale: percent n_rule: "grades:4-10" comparability_regime: school_grades learning_gains_ela_l25: direction: HIGHER_BETTER scale: percent n_rule: "grades:4-10;share:0.25" comparability_regime: school_grades learning_gains_math_l25: direction: HIGHER_BETTER scale: percent n_rule: "grades:4-10;share:0.25" comparability_regime: school_grades graduation_rate_4yr: direction: HIGHER_BETTER scale: percent n_rule: denominator comparability_regime: graduation chronic_absenteeism_rate: direction: LOWER_BETTER scale: percent n_rule: denominator comparability_regime: chronic_absenteeism absent_21plus_rate: direction: LOWER_BETTER scale: percent n_rule: denominator comparability_regime: chronic_absenteeism attendance_rate: direction: HIGHER_BETTER scale: percent # A share of student-DAYS, not of students: a binomial on N students puts # the per-student SD at ~25 pp and made sampling noise 36% of the z # denominator (review 2026-09-16b, N11). No per-cell noise term: z = resid / tau. sampling_error: none n_rule: enrollment comparability_regime: chronic_absenteeism sesir_total_per_100: direction: LOWER_BETTER scale: rate_per_100 n_rule: enrollment comparability_regime: enrollment