About the ISIR Analysis Tool
FSA designed the ISIR Analysis Tool to help schools analyze FAFSA application information reported on the ISIR. This data is used to determine what impact changes to student-reported information had on EFC and Pell eligibility.

Users will import ISIR records into the tool and then use queries and specialized reports to obtain aid applicant data for illuminating problematic areas, zeroing in on specific EFC ranges, data elements and populations, customizing a campus-sensitive verification process, and evaluating the effectiveness of a school's verification procedures. It is important to note that only QA participants are granted relief from federal verification regulations.

ISIR Analysis
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The Guide to "Attain, Sustain and Advance Quality in Financial Aid" Management.

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The reports generated from this data can be used to help identify sections of the FAFSA that may be the most confusing to applicants and their families. Such information can simplify and improve the federal form as well as identify areas in which students may need additional guidance.

The ISIR Analysis Tool also permits schools to conduct analyses using a series of reports that indicate how well their verification procedures are working.

With this approach, an institution can stop spinning its wheels and accomplish the following:

• Develop verification criteria that fit its particular population

• Learn which application errors occur locally and educate students and parents about them

• Identify and enact verification practices that make a difference in aid awards

• Identify and eliminate verification practices that take time but make little or no difference in final awards