Getting Started with the QA Program (2012-13)
Click here to download the WinZip file. We recommend saving this zip file to your computer. This file contains the PowerPoint presentation and a video recording (WMV format). To find out more about the Quality Assurance Program and submit a letter of application click here.
2012-13 Customer Satisfaction Survey for QA Program Schools - Now Available!
All schools participating in the QA Program please complete the survey by Friday, April 20. Click here to complete the survey. For best results, please use Microsoft Internet Explorer as you browser.
Revised Verification Requirements
Question: Must schools that participate in the Department’s Quality Assurance (QA) Program adhere to the revised verification requirements for “acceptable documentation” as it relates to verification of income, taxes, and untaxed income?
2011-2012 Verification Selection Criteria Training
You can now view the recorded training from March 30. Click here and select Save As. You can then save the zip file containing the training materials, transcript and recording on your computer. If you have any questions please contact us.
Biennial Analysis Cycle
Schools participating in the QA Program follow a two year analysis cycle. In award years that start with an odd number (e.g., 2011-12, 2013-14), schools analyze changes to ISIR information among records that met their school verification criteria. During award years that begin with an even number (e.g., 2010-11, 2012-13), schools continue to verify all the records that meet their school selection criteria, but focus their analysis on changes to ISIR information stemming from their verification of a random sample of all aid applicants.
Sampling
Assistance in accounting for attrition in your QA sample
To help ensure schools sample a sufficient number of aid applicants this spring to provide at least 350 records to analyze next fall in the ISIR Analysis Tool, the QA Team has created a simple Excel worksheet. This worksheet allows schools to enter the number of records they want to be able to analyze and the percentage of initially sampled students who will wind up providing the required documentation.
To use simply replace the current entries in red with the values for your school. Base your estimate for percentage completing on past experience.
2010-11 Random Sampling Protocol- Right click on the link and select Save As. Place this Word file on your hard drive.
2011-2012 Institutional Verification Analysis – This session will prepare schools for the group analytic activity planned for the QA Program pre-conference on November 28 in Las Vegas. The session will:
- Review the steps schools need to take to upload their data into the ISIR Analysis Tool
- Introduce a series of shared reports that schools will need to bring to the pre-conference
- Tell schools how to begin analyzing their 2011-12 data
We look forward to offering this session to help you begin your 2011-12 analysis and prepare for the QA pre-conference to be held in Las Vegas on Monday, November 28, 2011. If you have questions, please contact your QA regional representative.
RECORDING - WMV
2011-2012 School Verification Analysis Slides - PDF
2011 Analysis Preparation Guidance - PDF
