Scenario
Earnings fall sharply after a bulk data update
A bulk update is applied to a cohort and the next funding report shows a material fall. Where do you look?
The situation
- Event
- A bulk update applied to a cohort between returns
- Effect
- Material fall in the following period's earnings
- Learner count
- Unchanged
Constructed for teaching. No scenario in the Academy contains real learner data, and none ever will.
Where do you start?
The rules behind this
Each ILR return is a complete restatement of the funding year to date, not an increment. Every return replaces the last, which is why an error introduced late can change earnings already reported.
When learner data is changed after it has been reported, the reason for the change and the authority for it should be recorded. An unexplained change between returns is a common audit query.
Sources
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