National Assessment of
Educational Progress (NAEP) 2024 Amendment #3
Revision of a currently approved collection
No
Regular
09/21/2023
Requested
Previously Approved
36 Months From Approved
08/31/2026
860,132
860,171
470,250
470,264
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. In
addition to the operational assessments, NAEP uses two other kinds
of assessment activities: pilot assessments and special studies.
Pilot assessments test items and procedures for future
administrations of NAEP, while special studies (including the
National Indian Education Study (NIES), the Middle School
Transcript Study (MSTS), and the High School Transcript Study
(HSTS)) are opportunities for NAEP to investigate particular
aspects of the assessment without impacting the reporting of the
NAEP results. The initial request for clearance of NAEP 2024
received OMB approval in April 2023 (OMB# 1850-0928 v.28).
Amendment #1 to the NAEP 2024 clearance package received OMB
approval in June 2023 (OMB#1850-0928 v.29), and Amendment #2 was
approved in August 2023. Between Amendment #2 and Amendment #3,
NCES made the decision to no longer use school staff to proctor
accommodation sessions as previously included in early versions of
Amendment #2. These changes are reflected in Amendment #3, and the
communication materials, burden hours, and costs to the Federal
Government to remove these activities as a result. The increased
cost to the Federal Government is due to the need to hire
additional Field Staff to conduct these separate sessions,
resulting in an additional $3,700,000. This revision provides minor
updates Part A to detail the removal of the staff proctored
accommodation sessions in the burden table and addition of teacher
and school questionnaires for the Field Trial to the burden table,
updates to communication materials placeholders in Part B as well
as adding a reference to Best Practices materials (Section B.3),
updated and added final communication materials to Appendix D, new
Assessment Management System (AMS) screenshots in Appendix I, and
minor update to two items in Appendix J1 removing subitem text, and
revised eNAEP and NAEPq login screenshots and paper booklet covers
in J1, J2, J3, and J-S.
PL:
Pub.L. 107 - 279 303 Name of Law: National Assessment of
Educational Progress Authorization Act
Since the last submission, NCES
made the decision to no longer use school staff to proctor
accommodation sessions as previously included in early versions of
Amendment #2. These changes are reflected in Amendment #3, and the
communication materials, burden hours, and costs to the Federal
Government to remove these activities as a result. The increased
cost to the Federal Government is due to the need to hire
additional Field Staff to conduct these separate sessions,
resulting in an additional $3,700,000.
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.
NAEP 2024 Amendment 3 Change Memo v31.docx
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