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What is the Experimental Sites Initiative?
Schools that participate as experimental sites can test different ways to meet program requirements, and FSA can incorporate these school experiences in regulatory and legislative proposals that will enhance program integrity and reduce administrative burden.
What will my school have to do if approved
as an Experimental Site?
Experimental sites participants must submit an annual report describing the results of the experiments and any corrective actions taken and providing specific information relating to the performance measure or alternative used in each experiment. See Expectations for further information.
How can my school apply?
Submit a proposal and the Experimental Sites Committee will review it. See Applying & Selection for information on what to include in your proposal and where to send it.
What kinds of proposals have been approved?
Since the program's inception (1995-96 award year), the Department has approved 13 areas of experimentation. Ten of these are still active, as described under Approved Experiments. FSA reviews additional areas of experimentation (proposals) on a continuous basis.
What's new?
April, 2004 The Office of Federal Student Aid, School Relations Division, is pleased to announce that the 2001-02 Experimental Sites Analysis Report is now available. You can download the report by clicking on the link under "About the Program."
The report examines the performance data submitted by institutions participating in one or more of ten approved experiments for the 2001-02 academic year. For the first time the report also includes a comparative analysis over outcomes (graduation, retention, withdrawal, and default) between institutions that do and do not participate in the initiative. A technical appendix accompanies this report and contains greater detail concerning the data, variables, and methodologies used in the comparative analyses.
Partners "speak out"
Schools participating in this initiative have reported that they are providing better service to students and reducing administrative burdens for students, families, and the schools. Read their comments.How can I get more information?
For more information on the Experimental Sites Initiative, please call (202-377-4380) or e-mail ExperimentalSites@ed.gov.