Definitions for "Institutional Student Information Record"
Keywords:  fafsa, efc, sar, cps, processor
Output document or information that a school receives by participating in the electronic data exchange process with the FAFSA Central Processor. Contains the results of the FAFSA a student filed, whether it was filed on paper or electronically. It is the electronic version of the SAR.
An electronic federal “output” record for schools that contains a student's Expected Family Contribution (EFC) as calculated by the Central Processing System (CPS) and all the financial and other data submitted by the student on the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA).
The electronic format of a student's FAFSA information from CPS (see above) used by a school to determine the student's eligibility for financial assistance.