National Assessment of
Educational Progress (NAEP) 2022
Revision of a currently approved collection
No
Regular
04/27/2021
Requested
Previously Approved
36 Months From Approved
11/30/2023
673,355
346,541
401,495
190,417
0
0
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. NAEP
consists of two assessment programs: the NAEP long-term trend (LTT)
assessment and the main NAEP assessment. The LTT assessments are
given at the national level only and are administered to students
at ages 9, 13, and 17 in a manner that is very different from that
used for the main NAEP assessments. LTT reports mathematics and
reading results that present trend data since the 1970s. The
request to conduct NAEP 2021, including operational assessments and
pilot tests: operational national/state/TUDA Digitally Based
Assessments (DBA) in mathematics and reading at grades 4 and 8, and
Puerto Rico in mathematics at grades 4 and 8; and operational
national DBA in U.S. history and civics at grade 8 was approved in
April 2020, with further updates to the materials approved in July
and November 2020. Throughout 2020 NCES worked with its contractors
and with OMB to find the best way to plan for a data collection in
schools in 2021, and as the coronavirus pandemic progressed over
the course of the year, plans for NAEP 2020 data collection changed
multiple times. In November 2020, the NCES Commissioner announced
the delay of NAEP 2021 by one year to early 2022. Since then, NAEP
has continued to work to salvage any pieces of their data
collection plans for 2021 and begin planning for NAEP 2022. NCES
has used the drawn and notified sample from 2021 for two data
collections that don’t include the student assessment that is
central to the NAEP program, instead using that sample to collect
information about basic school operations during the coronavirus
pandemic (NAEP 2021 School Survey; OMB# 1850-0957) and a planned
data collection seeking more detail about the experiences of
teachers and school staff over the 2019-2020 and 2020-2021 school
years (NAEP 2021 School and Teacher Questionnaire Special Study;
OMB# 1850-0956). The 2022 sample may utilize some of the schools
originally selected for 2021. Details will be provided in a
forthcoming amendment. This request is to conduct NAEP operational
assessments in 2022, which will follow the traditional NAEP design
which assesses each student in 60-minutes for one cognitive
subject. The 2022 data collection will consist of operational
national/state/TUDA DBA in mathematics and reading at grades 4 and
8, and Puerto Rico in mathematics at grades 4 and 8; and
operational national DBA in U.S. history and civics at grade 8. In
addition to the regular NAEP operational assessments delayed from
2021, this submission also contains materials for the LTT. LTT was
last administered in 2020 for ages 9 and 13 but due to the COVID-19
pandemic and school closures, the age 17 administration has been
delayed until early 2022. Two additional 30-day packages will be
submitted in May and July 2021 in order to update all materials in
time for the data collection in early 2022.
PL:
Pub.L. 107 - 279 303 Name of Law: National Assessment of
Educational Progress Authorization Act
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 that include one or more
assessments that support national, state-by-state, and certain
urban districts reporting. In state/district assessment years, NAEP
samples approximately 400,000-800,000 students, while in
national-only assessment years, approximately 50,000-100,000
students. In 2022, NAEP will conduct state/district assessments.
Some previous clearance packages have included multiple years,
while this submission covers only 2022. Finally, the overall
student sample size is reduced as compared with previous
administrations (approximately 490,000 students compared to
approximately 750,000 for similar assessments in 2019). The
decrease in student sample size is also reflected in fewer schools
and associated burden.
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.
30D Notice.pdf
Appendix D3 LTT 2022 Communication Materials.docx
National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) 2022