# Presentation: 663163

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***Taking the Quality Analysis Tool for a Test Drive ***
***(Hands On Session) ***

## Objective

- Experience what the Quality Analysis Tool can do for your verification process.

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## During this session

- List the reasons why using the software may be of benefit to your school.
- Identify the characteristics of 2 reports and successfully print 2 reports.
- Review Tool Enhancements for 2003-04.
- Identify resources to provide help and guidance.

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## What is the Quality Analysis Tool?

- A verification Tool
- Part of the EDE Suite Software
- Available free to all schools:-Download from sfadownload.ed.gov
-  Analyzes FAFSA data:-Compares two transactions-Reports on frequency and impact of corrections

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## The Design of the Quality Analysis Tool

- What are the most frequently changed ISIR fields?
- What is their impact on EFC and Pell Eligibility?
- Who should be verified?
- Who could be left alone?
- How could the institutional process be more efficient?

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## Your President requests...

- A school’s dilemma...
- Let’s imagine that ...

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## Getting Started with the Tool

- Using the tool involves 4 required steps:
- Download the Software from (sfadownload.ed.gov)
- Set up the Software-Set-up the Field Increment – Parent’s AGI-Set-up Query – Grade Level
- Import ISIR’s – EDExpress or Mainframe
- Validate Data

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## ANALYSISLet the Fun Begin

- Participant Exercise 1 - Run the _Field Change Report_.
- Review the Report
- Identify ISIR fields that warrant further analysis.

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## Let the Fun Continue

- Participant Exercise # 2 – Run the _Field RANGE Report_.
- Identify income ranges where EFC changes are concentrated.
- Run the _Field Range Report_ by Grade Level.
- Discuss Verification Outcomes.

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## Your President also requested...

- Consumer Information recommendations Discuss the _List-EFC Change by Student_ Report for Worksheets A,B and C.
- Discuss verification outcomes.

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## Tool Enhancements for 2003-04

- Name change from Quality Analysis Tool to ISIR Analysis Tool.
- Incorporate the use of the Verification Tracking Flag into reports and query function.
- Allow prior year setup, user defined queries, and custom formats to be carried forward from 02-03.

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## Tool Enhancements Continued

- Include summary data on verification reports that provides detail on the verification tracking flags applied to the records in the database.
- Names of existing reports have been changed to make them intuitive to the user.
- New release date – May 2003

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## Resources

- http://qaprogram.air.org or **http://sfa4schools.sfa.ed.gov**
- Web Videos
- ISIR Guidance
- The Guide to Attain, Sustain and Advance Quality
- sfadownload.ed.gov

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## Related Sessions 

- Related Sessions at the EAC
- Session 9 – CPS Edits, Verification selection and FSA Quality Analysis Tool
- Session 12 – Which, Who, How and So What: Using the Quality Analysis Tool
- PC Lab

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## Questions

- We appreciate your feedback and comments.  We can be reached:
- 	Email:
- qualityassurance@ed.gov

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