1. 2016 Annual Questionnaire Training
July 15, 2016
The Gwen Hotel
Chicago, IL

2. 2016 Annual Questionnaire Training
Introductions:
Bill Adams – Deputy Managing Director
Ken Williams – Data Specialist

3. Agenda 2016 Annual Questionnaire ABAQuest web-based application
Background
Updates/Changes to Annual Questionnaire
Changes to Online System
ABAQuest web-based application
Functionality
Reports
Important Deadlines
Q&A

4. Annual Questionnaire
Required of every approved or provisionally approved law school, and law schools seeking provisional approval
Requirement of the Department of Education
Critical part of Accreditation Process
Facilitates streamlined input for Site Evaluation Questionnaire

5. Annual Questionnaire
Downloadable editable copies of each part of the Annual Questionnaire can be found on the Questionnaire webpage
Then click on Questionnaires
Can also find
Links to ABAQuest and Major Change Questionnaires
Upcoming events
All Questionnaires with deadlines
Dean’s signature pages
Training Materials

6. Annual Questionnaire Data Reporting Take-off reports
Section website Legal Education Statistics
Ad Hoc data request

7. Annual Questionnaire (AQ)
Made up of 7 Parts
School Information
Admissions & Enrollment
Library Information
Scholarships
Faculty Profiles
Fiscal Information
Foreign Programs

8. Updates/Changes to the AQ
Due date - October 15th moving forward
Part V - Faculty Profile
Addition of data points in Profiles

9. ABAQuest
Background
Contains the Annual, Site Evaluation and Employment Questionnaires.
Reporting systems: 509 Standard Report System, Employment Summary Report System, Take Off Reporting System
While the website will have scheduled, announced maintenance, the website is accessible 24/7 from any computer with an internet connection

10. ABAQuest Functionality User Ids and Levels of Access
Each school will have an Admin user ID and password
Has full read/write access to all portions of the questionnaires
Only Admin user ID can create/update user ids
Only Admin user ID can submit finalized Annual Questionnaire
Create New User IDs
Required fields
User ID
Password
Name
Address
Status indicator
Active vs. Inactive

11. ABAQuest Level(s) of Access
Default access is no write/read access to all sections of the Annual and Site Evaluation Questionnaires
Write – can edit any data element and can lock/unlock pages
Read – can view any page, but cannot edit
Levels of access can be mixed and matched
If no level is selected, there is NO access to that section

12. AQ – Home Page

13. AQ – Part 1 School Information

14. AQ - Part I Bar Passage
Where a graduate took the bar examination twice in one administration (e.g., twice in February 2015 or twice in July 2015), the graduate shall be reported as having passed the bar if the graduate passed the exam in either or both of the jurisdictions, provided that the school is reporting bar pass results for a jurisdiction in which the graduate passed.  If the graduate failed the bar exam in both jurisdictions, the graduate shall be reported once as not having passed, again provided that the school is reporting bar pass results for a jurisdiction in which the graduate did not pass.  To reiterate, a graduate is counted as one passer even if the graduate passed the exam in both jurisdictions.

15. AQ - Part I Bar Passage Bar Exam Outcomes Number of Takers Reported as
Pass, Pass
1 Taker
1 Passer*
Pass, Fail
Fail, Fail
0 Passers**
* provided that the school is reporting bar pass results for a jurisdiction in which the graduate passed.
** provided that the school is reporting bar pass results for a jurisdiction in which the graduate did not pass

16. AQ – Part I Bar Passage

17. AQ – Part I Bar Passage

18. AQ – Part I Bar Passage

19. AQ – Part I Bar Passage

20. AQ – Part I Bar Passage

21. AQ – Part I Bar Passage

22. AQ – Part I Bar Passage

23. AQ – Part II Admissions Other/Not Reported column
Matriculant Upload/Entry
Non-LSAT Admissions (503-3 report)
Academic Attrition table

24. AQ – Part II Admissions

25. AQ – Part II Admissions

26. AQ – Part II Matriculant Upload

27. AQ – Part II Matriculant Upload

28. AQ – Part II Matriculant Upload

29. AQ – Part II Individual Matriculant Entry

30. AQ - Part II Non-LSAT Admissions

31. AQ - Part II Attrition

32. AQ – Part IV Standard 509 Conditional Scholarships

33. AQ – Part IV Standard 509 Conditional Scholarships

34. AQ – Part V Profiles

35. AQ – Part V Profiles

36. AQ – Part V Profiles

37. AQ – Part V Admin Results

38. AQ – Part VI Operating Expenditures
This section has been eliminated. However, schools undergoing a site visit will be required to submit expenditures information for the current and past two years.
Once you click the “Move Next” button you should have access to the section

39. AQ – Part VI Operating Expenditures

40. AQ – Part VII Student Study Abroad
Student Study section changes

41. ABAQuest
Reports
The icon prints the entire part of the AQ (e.g., if you click on while in Part I you will print all of Part I)
The icon will only print the section you are in (e.g., if you click on while in Bar Passage of Part I you will print the Bar Passage section)
Printouts of individual profiles
Faculty Resource Summary Report
Administrator Resource Summary Report

42. Things to remember The Annual Questionnaire is due October 15, 2016
Totals
Sub Totals are in RED
Grand Totals are in BOLDED RED
Once all parts of the AQ are complete the Administrative representative and Dean from your school will review the data and submit the AQ in the “Admin” section of the site

43. Where can I get help? ABAQuestionnaire Listserve
and click on Questionnaire link
Contact Ken Williams at or
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