The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), conducted by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), is a federally authorized survey of student achievement at grades 4, 8, and 12 in various subject areas, such as mathematics, reading, writing, science, U.S. history, civics, geography, economics, technology and engineering literacy (TEL), and the arts. The National Assessment of Educational Progress Authorization Act (Public Law 107-279 Title III, section 303) requires the assessment to collect data on specified student groups and characteristics, including information organized by race/ethnicity, gender, socio-economic status, disability, and limited English proficiency. It requires fair and accurate presentation of achievement data and permits the collection of background, noncognitive, or descriptive information that is related to academic achievement and aids in fair reporting of results. The intent of the law is to provide representative sample data on student achievement for the nation, the states, and subpopulations of students and to monitor progress over time. The nature of NAEP is that burden alternates from a relatively low burden in national-level administration years to a substantial burden increase in state-level administration years when the sample has to allow for estimates for individual states and some of the large urban districts. The request to conduct NAEP 2019 and 2020 was approved in September 2018 with the latest update to the NAEP 2020 plan, consisting of the Long Term Trend (LTT) assessment to be conducted during the 2019-20 school year, approved in June 2019 (OMB# 1850-0928 v.10-15). The LTT assessments are based on nationally representative samples of 9-, 13-, and 17-year olds, and have been used by NAEP since the early 1970s to provide measures of studentsâ educational progress over long time periods to allow for analyses of national trends in studentsâ performance in mathematics and reading. NAEP 2019 data collection has been concluded. This request updates for the 2019-2020 LTT: (a) communication materials, (b) instructions for entering student information, and (c) the SD and ELL section of the MyNAEP System, and provides for the 2019-2020 LTT: (d) the Spanish Bilingual Student Questionnaires translated from the approved in June 2019 (OMB# 1850-0928 v.15) English-language versions of the LTT Student Questionnaires.
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Pub.L. 107 - 279 303
Name of Law: National Assessment of Educational Progress Authorization Act
The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), conducted by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), is a federally authorized survey of student achievement at grades 4, 8, and 12 in various subject areas, such as mathematics, reading, writing, science, U.S. history, civics, geography, economics, technology and engineering literacy (TEL), and the arts. The National Assessment of Educational Progress Authorization Act (Public Law 107-279 Title III, section 303) requires the assessment to collect data on specified student groups and characteristics, including information organized by race/ethnicity, gender, socio-economic status, disability, and limited English proficiency. It requires fair and accurate presentation of achievement data and permits the collection of background, noncognitive, or descriptive information that is related to academic achievement and aids in fair reporting of results. The intent of the law is to provide representative sample data on student achievement for the nation, the states, and subpopulations of students and to monitor progress over time. The nature of NAEP is that burden alternates from a relatively low burden in national-level administration years to a substantial burden increase in state-level administration years when the sample has to allow for estimates for individual states and some of the large urban districts.
The request to conduct NAEP 2019 and 2020 was approved in September 2018 with the latest update to the NAEP 2020 plan, consisting of the finalization of the Long Term Trend (LTT) assessment to be conducted during the 2019-20 school year, approved in August 2019 (OMB# 1850-0928 v.10-17). The LTT assessments are based on nationally representative samples of 9-, 13-, and 17-year old students, and have been used by NAEP since the early 1970s to provide measures of studentsâ educational progress over long time periods to allow for analyses of national trends in studentsâ performance in mathematics and reading. NAEP 2019 data collection has been concluded.
This request notifies OMB of changes needed to the approved package (OMB# 1850-0928 v.11-17). While we originally planned to conduct the MSTS activities after the 2019 NAEP administration, due to budgetary constraints for the NAEP program, NCES concluded that the MSTS would not be conducted. Due to this change, no middle school incurred any burden associated with participating in the 2019 MITS, which reduces the estimated burden calculation by 324 hours over a two-year period, or an average of 162.
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that the collection of information encompassed by this request complies with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding the proposed collection of information, that the certification covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.
Form Appendix E1 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) 2019 and 2020 Long-Term Trend (LTT) Update 2
NAEP 2019 and 2020 LTT MSTS Cancellation Change Request Sheet.pdf
NAEP 2019 and 2020 LTT MSTS Cancellation Change Request Memo.docx
National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) 2019 and 2020 Long-Term Trend (LTT) Update 2