Data Requirements, Samples, and Templates
Learn which data are required and which are reported back to schools and districts in electronic score reports. These items might not apply to contract states.
SAT School Day Data Requirements
These fields are required:
- AI code
- SAT test administration indicator
- Last name
- First name
- Gender
- Date of birth
- Grade
These optional fields are reported back:
- Middle initial
- Ethnicity and race
- Mailing street address
- Mailing street address 2
- Mailing city
- Mailing state abbreviation
- Mailing zip code
- Student ID number: Bulk registration supports as many as 3 student numbers, but only 1 student number is reported back. Many states and districts require specific student numbers to be displayed on your pre-ID label, so be sure to check the Bulk Registration File Specifications for detailed instructions regarding student ID numbers.
- Mailing country code
- Email address indicator (highly recommended)
These optional fields aren’t reported back:
- Free and reduced-price lunch
- SAT test center (use only if your district or state has been directed to do so)
- Sort group
- Telephone number
- Email address (highly recommended)
- Any additional types of student ID provided
PSAT-Related Assessment Data Requirements
These fields are required:
- AI code
- PSAT/NMSQT, PSAT 10, or PSAT 8/9 test administration indicator
- Last name
- First name
- Gender
- Date of birth
- Grade
These optional fields are reported back:
- Mailing street address
- Mailing street address 2
- Mailing city
- Mailing state abbreviation
- Mailing zip code
- Middle initial
- Ethnicity and race
- Telephone number
- Student ID number: Bulk registration supports as many as 3 student numbers, but only 1 student number is reported back. Many states and districts require specific student numbers to be displayed on your pre-ID label, so be sure to check the Bulk Registration File Specifications for detailed instructions regarding student ID numbers.
- Mailing country code
- Email address indicator
These optional fields aren't reported back:
- Free and reduced-price lunch
- Sort group
- Telephone number
- Any additional types of student ID provided