Publication Date: November 1, 2004
Author: General Manager, Students Channel, FSA ASEDS
Summary: Availability of CPS Test System User Guide for 2005-2006
Posted on 11-01-2004
TO: All Destination PointsFROM: U.S. Department of Education
RE: Availability of CPS Test System User Guide for 2005-2006
DATE: November 1, 2004
The U.S. Department of Education is pleased to announce the posting of the CPS Test System User Guide for 2005-2006. The CPS Test System User Guide describes the CPS Test System, which is designed to allow schools to test electronic application and/or correction data from their systems with the Central Processing System (CPS). The CPS can provide test files of application records and matching ISIRs to be used for testing. As an alternative, schools can submit application and renewal records they have created to match the school's expected results. The CPS Test System will be available the week of November 28, 2004.
Note: Changes may occur to the CPS between the date the 2005-2006 test system is made available and January 1, 2005, the date the 2005-2006 CPS system goes into production. An issues log will be posted to FSAdownload documenting any changes that are made.
The CPS Test System also has demo versions of FAFSA on the Web and FAA Access to CPS Online. The demo sites will be available on November 28, 2004.
The User Guide, along with CPS-provided input and ISIR data for the CPS Test System, is available at the U.S Department of Education's Federal Student Aid Download (FSAdownload) Web site, located at http://FSAdownload.ed.gov.
To view and/or download the document from FSAdownload:
1) Go to http://FSAdownload.ed.gov.
2) Click on the "Technical References & Guides" link on the home page.
3) On the next page, scroll down to "CPS Test System" and click on the "2005-2006" link.
4) Select the "Adobe Format" link on the following page to view the document, or right-click on the link and choose "Save Target As
" or "Save Link As
" from the pop-up menu to save the document to your hard drive.
5) Once you have saved the file, open the file in Adobe Acrobat to view or print the document.
For questions regarding the CPS Test System User Guide, please contact CPS/SAIG Technical Support at 800/330-5947, or via e-mail at CPSSAIG@ed.gov.