studentloans.gov digital experience monitor

Managed by Department of Education

Accessibility

Grade

-

Score

N/A

Status

Tag Description Status
a11y-color-contrast Opportunities to improve legibility by ensuring sufficient background, foreground color contrast and that links are discernible without relying on color. N/A
a11y-best-practices Improve accessibility by providing sufficient area on touch elements and allowing the viewport sizing to be controlled by the visitor. N/A
a11y-names-labels Provide the expected tags and attributes so each document can be easily used with a screen reader. N/A
a11y-navigation These are opportunities to improve keyboard navigation in your application. N/A
a11y-aria These are opportunities to improve the usage of ARIA in your application which may enhance the experience for users of assistive technology, like a screen reader. N/A
a11y-language Follow these recommendations to improve the experience for visitors who may take advantage of translations. N/A
a11y-audio-video These are opportunities to provide alternative content for audio and video. This may improve the experience for users with hearing or vision impairments. N/A
a11y-tables-lists These are opportunities to improve the experience of reading tabular or list data using assistive technology, like a screen reader. N/A
hidden Follow these recommendations to avoid hiding content from visitors using assistive technology. N/A

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Content

Grade

D

Score

67%

Status

Tag Description Status
<title> Defines the document's title that is shown in a browser's title bar or a page's tab Active
<meta name="description"> A short and accurate summary of the content of the page Missing
<meta name="viewport"> Gives hints about the size of the initial size of the viewport Active

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URL

Grade

D

Score

67%

Status

Tag Description Status
HTTPS Privacy and integrity protection. Active
sTLD Sponsored top-level domain (.gov / .edu / .mil). Active
www Resolves with www and non-www input. Missing

Changelog

  • Status: 200 / Grade: D / Score: 67% (2 of 3 tags)

    Current

  • Status: 500 / Grade: F / Score: 33% (1 of 3 tags)

    10/14/2024

  • Status: 500 / Grade: F / Score: 0% (0 of 3 tags)

    9/17/2024

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Performance

Grade

-

Score

N/A

Status

Tag Description Status
TTFB The application code is received within 0.8 seconds. N/A
FCP The page begins to display within 1.8 seconds. N/A
LCP A large part of the application has been displayed within 2.5 seconds. N/A
CLS The page does not move visible elements around during initial display for more than 0.1 seconds at a time. N/A
INP It takes the application less than 0.2 seconds to respond to a user interaction. N/A

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SEO

Grade

B

Score

86%

Status

Tag Description Status
Status The HTTP status of /sitemap.xml is OK. Active
XML The sitemap file type is XML. Active
Complete Every link on the home page is in the sitemap. Active
Valid The site has a valid robots policy. Active
Allowed The robots policy allows access to browsers and scrapers. Active
Sitemap The robots.txt file points to a sitemap file. Active
<link rel="canonical"> Indicates that another page is representative of the content on the page Missing

Changelog

  • Status: 200 / Grade: B / Score: 86% (6 of 7 tags)

    Current

  • Status: 200 / Grade: D / Score: 67% (2 of 3 tags)

    2/13/2025

  • Status: 200 / Grade: A / Score: 100% (2 of 2 tags)

    1/20/2025

  • Status: 500 / Grade: F / Score: 50% (1 of 2 tags)

    10/14/2024

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Security

Grade

F

Score

25%

Status

Tag Description Status
HSTS The site automatically upgrades from HTTP to HTTPS. Missing
CSP The site restricts what can be loaded. Missing
X-Content-Type-Options The site prevents mime type sniffing. Active
security.txt The site has a security.txt file. Missing

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Social

Grade

F

Score

0%

Status

Tag Description Status
<meta property="og:site_name"> The name which should be displayed for the overall site Missing
<meta property="og:type"> The type of the object Missing
<meta property="og:title"> The title of the object as it should appear within the graph Missing
<meta property="og:description"> A one to two sentence description of the object Missing
<meta property="og:url"> The canonical URL of the object that will be used as its permanent ID in the graph Missing
<meta property="og:image"> An image URL which should represent the object within the graph Missing
<meta property="og:image:alt"> A description of what is in the image Missing

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