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.

Getting Started with the QA Program (2009-10)

Click here to download the WinZip file. We recommend saving this zip file to your computer. This file contains the PowerPoint presentation, transcript of the presentation and a video recording (WMV format). To find out more about the Quality Assurance Program and submit a letter of application click here.

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.

Customer Satisfaction Survey for Quality Assurance Program

The deadline has passed for submitting the QA survey.  If you have any questions please send an email to the QA mailbox at Quality.Assurance@ed.gov.

Special Initiative

This session is a recording of the meeting held with Jeff Baker on April 15, 2010.  This meeting discussed the upcoming Verification rule changes and the proposed study idea on the IRS Data Retrieval Process.

Click the link above to access the recorded training.  Once you click the link, enter your name.  The recording ID (SHN75P) should be pre-populated.  Click View Recording. You will then be prompted to enter your email address and school name. Click HERE to download the transcript for the session if you need it to follow along.