2014-2015 QA Analysis Training
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Transcript of 2014-2015 QA Analysis Training
David Rhodes and Holly Langer-Evans
2014-2015 QA Analysis Training
Analysis Preparation
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The Process
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Uploading Process
• One flat file to upload ISIR Records and Verification Criteria
• Upload Capacity 3,000 records
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Prepare Flat File of Verified Records
1. SSN
2. First two letters of the last name (CAPS)
3. Initial Transaction
4. Paid-On Transaction
5. Include a “Y” if records met your school criteria
6. School criteria code(s) record met
Field Length: Up to 56 characters
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School 1: School Criteria
Code DescriptionA Parents filed a tax return but AGI is listed as zero or
blank with an EFC of $6000 or less and who have not done the IRS Data Retrieval when filing the FAFSA
B Dependent students reporting an AGI greater than $15,000, with Parental Contribution (field 313 of the ISIR) < $10,000 and EFC not equal to 0.
C Married parents where total parent AGI is > than $47,000, whose EFC is $6000 or less and whose untaxed income is zero or blank
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School CriteriaCode Description
D Students with single parent and parent AGI greater than $35,000, whose EFC is $6000 or less and whose untaxed income is zero or blank.
E There are no specified criteria. Reviewing advisors use these tracks to select students for verification, and review where information appears discrepant. Dependent Population
F There are no specified criteria. Reviewing advisors use these tracks to select students for verification review, and where information appears discrepant. Independent Population
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Question to Answer
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Pell Grant Improper Payment Report
• Access Report• Run Report
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Pell Grant Improper Payment Report
• Right click on report
• Select New• Select Report
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Pell Grant Improper Payment Report
• Access Report
-Select OK
-Select Run Icon
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Pell Improper Payment Report• Open your Pell
Improper Payment Reportto begin your Analysis
• How to save report depends on your browser
ISIR Categories
Grey Ribbon Bar
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Internet Explorer Browser
Steps Instructions
1 Run the Pell Improper Payments report
2 In the report window, right click and select “View source”
3 In the source window, select File/Save
4 Select the destination file location and enter a File name
5 Save as type = HTML File
6 Go to the file location and open it
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Saving using Firefox
Steps Instructions
1 Run the Pell Improper Payments report.
2 (Assuming the report was run in preview mode) In the report frame, right click and select “This Frame” and then “View Frame Source”
3 In the source window, select File/Save Page As
4 Select the destination file location and enter a File name, with a .htm extension
5 Save as type = HTML File
6 Go to the file location and open it
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Chrome Browser
Steps Directions
1 Run the Pell Improper Payments report
2 (Assuming the report was run in preview mode) In the report frame, right click and select “View Page Source”
3 In the source window, right click and select Save As
4 Select the destination file location and enter a File name, with a .htm extension
5 Save as type = Webpage, HTML Only
6 Go to the file location and open it
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Create A Roll Up Table• From the Ribbon Bar,
locate Selected _By_CPS and select the down arrow
• From the Menu, select Roll Up, and then Selected_By_CPS
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What is the Report telling you?• 546 records not selected
by CPS
• 1306 records selected by the CPS
Add a category to the table: Institutional Verification Criteria
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Add a field to the Roll up Table• Select the icon
Click on Chart/Rollup Tool select, INST_VERIF_CRIT and drag it into the Group By column
Hint: Drop it in the Group by column when you see the red line
• Select OK
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What is our Focus?
• records without codes
• records not selected by CPS that were selected by the school
• selected by both CPS and School
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Displays as a bar chart. To change to a cross tabulation select
Filter on the 546 Records• Go to Gray Ribbon at the top of the
original Report we ran andselect the down arrow onSelected_By_CPS, SelectFilter and select equals, Scroll back to report
• Next to equals box select downarrow and select NO
• Select Add Condition Box, Selectthe Select_By_School Field, SelectEquals, Select down arrow and selectYes
• Select Filter
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What Does this Report Tell Us?• Identifies records not
verified by the CPS but were verified by the school. Identified the verification groupings
• It doesn’t tell us the impact the verification groups had on Pell or EFC
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Add ABS Pell and ABS EFC
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• Select the iconClick ADD (Y) select,ABS_EFC_Change
• Select the iconClick ADD (Y) select,ABS_PELL_Change
• Select the icon
and change it to
SUM
Roll Up: Report: Cumulative effect on EFC and Pell
Display report as Cross Tabulation
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Select SUM to obtain cumulative dollartotals for ABS EFC and ABS Pell Change.
Average effect on Pell and EFC
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Caution: this ICON will not display a visual change when you select SUM, AVG or Count
Select AVG to obtain the AVG change to ABS PELL andABS EFC
How to Customize Results
Drag corner to make report larger
Use Icon to add Categories
Use down arrow to select ascending or descending order
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Change count to sum or AVG
Ribbon Bar –Gray Box
Change count to sum or AVG
Can move pane by clicking on blue bar and dragging it to the side or up or down.
This displays a cross tabulation
Displays report as a bar graph
Narrow the Search: Group by X• Select the icon
• Select
• Select
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Narrow the Search: Group by X
• Criteria C – Average ABS EFC and AVG PellGroup X:Filing Status
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Revised Criteria
• Married parents where total parent AGI is > than $47,000, whose EFC is $6000 or less and whose untaxed income is zero or blank and NOT selected by the CPS, Will File
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Live Demonstration
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School 2: School criteriaCode Description
9IV215 Pell eligible Dependent Students whose parent's AGI >$24,000; filed 1040; not eligible for 1040A/EZ; no auto zero EFC flag; not a dislocated worker (basis for using $24,000 as income cutoff = threshold for auto zero EFC
9IV315 Dependent Student's whose Parent's AGI = Student's AGI and the AGI >0; EFC> 0; DRT Flag '02' does not exist for both student and parent and not selected for 9IV215; both parent and student filed tax return
9IV415 ISIR comment code 361 exists; student does not meet selection criteria for steps 1,2 or 3, And Dependent student's parent marital status= '1' married/remarried and parent tax filing status = '1' single, '3' married filing separate or '4' head of household : OR dependent student's parent Marital status = '2' never married and parent tax filing status = '2' married filing joint : parent filed tax return : need > = $500
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Analysis: Cross Tabulation
• Sum of ABS EFC & ABS PELL
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Analysis:• Average change of ABS Pell and ABS EFC • Let’s take a further look at Criteria 91V215
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Narrow your Search: Group by X • Criteria 215 – Average ABS EFC and AVG Pell
Group X: PAGI CategoryNote PAGI Category 50,000 and higher
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Revised Criteria
• Pell eligible Dependent Students whose parent's AGI >$50,000; filed 1040; not eligible for 1040A/EZ; no auto zero EFC flag; not a dislocated worker; and NOT selected by CPS
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School 3: School criteria
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Code Description
DV11 Dependent, Pell eligible, Parent AGI >=35,000 and <=50,000
DV12 Dependent, Pell eligible, Parent AGI >=60,000 and <=120,000
DV13 Dependent, Pell eligible, Parents income exclusion >= 5,000
DV14 Dependent, Pell eligible, No Pell Grant eligibility for 12/13
DV15 Dependent, Pell eligible, (AGI/wages) < 75
DV16 Dependent, V4 or V5 verification code
DVPT Dependent, Pell eligible, Parent taxes paid >=40% of income
DVRC Dependent, Pell eligible, Reject Override C=‘Yes’
SVST Independent, Pell eligible, ISIR Comment code 155 (high tax paid)
SV12 Independent, CPS selected, Student AGI >=15,000 and <=40,000
SVRC Independent, Pell eligible, Reject Override C=‘Yes’
School #3
• School verification very similar to CPS verification• Let’s look at the 30 records
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Cross Tabulation Results
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Analyze: Selected by CPS and by School
• AVG ABS Pell and EFC Change by descending order• What does this tell us?
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Narrow your Search: Group by X
DV14 Criteria: Dependent, Pell eligible, No Pell Grant eligibility for 12/13 – Newly Pell eligible
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Revised Criteria
Dependent, Pell eligible, No Pell Grant eligibility for 12/13
AND PARAGI >=35,000 and Selected by CPS
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School #4
• There are 32 school criteria• You can download the criteria from the
webinar download center• Which criteria make a significant impact
on EFC/Pell?• Which criteria would you eliminate or
modify?
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Analysis
• Display Pell Change in Descending Order
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Analysis
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Narrow your Search: Group by X VFAGG Criteria: Parent # of family members equals blank, zero, 1 or 2 and parent marital status = married and both parents living together. Group X by filing status and PARAGI
Average ABS Pell and EFC Changes
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Revised Criteria
• Parent # of family members equals blank, zero, 1 or 2 and parent marital status = married and both parents living together, Not Selected by the CPS AND Parent AGI > = 50,000
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Analysis Assignment1. Open the Pell Grant Improper Payment Report
2. Create a Roll-Up-Table
3. Use the Group X feature to further analyze data
4. Determine which school criteria would add the most to CPS verification and how you might need to “tweak” your school criteria to maximize its return on investment as an add on to federal verification
5. Know and have the definitions of your school criteria in mind when interpreting your results
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Analysis Preparation
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Resource
• QA Web Site- Training and Guidance Link
http://ifap.ed.gov/qadocs/ToolsforSchools/2012QASession1.pdf
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Regional Representatives
Holly Langer-Evans• Phone:617 289 0136• Email: [email protected] Michael Cagle•Phone: 206-615-2586•EMAIL: [email protected]
Anne Tuccillo•Phone: 202-377-4378•Email: [email protected]
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