[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 210 (Wednesday, October 30, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 86331]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-25138]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
[Docket No.: ED-2024-SCC-0133]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request;
National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) 2026
AGENCY: National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), Department of
Education (ED).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995,
the Department is proposing a revision of a currently approved
information collection request (ICR).
DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before
December 30, 2024.
ADDRESSES: To access and review all the documents related to the
information collection listed in this notice, please use http://www.regulations.gov by searching the Docket ID number ED-2024-SCC-0133.
Comments submitted in response to this notice should be submitted
electronically through the Federal eRulemaking Portal at http://www.regulations.gov by selecting the Docket ID number or via postal
mail, commercial delivery, or hand delivery. If the regulations.gov
site is not available to the public for any reason, the Department will
temporarily accept comments at [email protected]. Please include the
docket ID number and the title of the information collection request
when requesting documents or submitting comments. Please note that
comments submitted after the comment period will not be accepted.
Written requests for information or comments submitted by postal mail
or delivery should be addressed to the Manager of the Strategic
Collections and Clearance Governance and Strategy Division, U.S.
Department of Education, 400 Maryland Ave. SW, LBJ, Room 4C210,
Washington, DC 20202-1200.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For specific questions related to
collection activities, please contact Carrie Clarady, (202) 245-6347.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department, in accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)),
provides the general public and Federal agencies with an opportunity to
comment on proposed, revised, and continuing collections of
information. This helps the Department assess the impact of its
information collection requirements and minimize the public's reporting
burden. It also helps the public understand the Department's
information collection requirements and provide the requested data in
the desired format. The Department is soliciting comments on the
proposed information collection request (ICR) that is described below.
The Department is especially interested in public comment addressing
the following issues: (1) is this collection necessary to the proper
functions of the Department; (2) will this information be processed and
used in a timely manner; (3) is the estimate of burden accurate; (4)
how might the Department enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of
the information to be collected; and (5) how might the Department
minimize the burden of this collection on the respondents, including
through the use of information technology. Please note that written
comments received in response to this notice will be considered public
records.
Title of Collection: National Assessment of Educational Progress
(NAEP) 2026.
OMB Control Number: 1850-0928.
Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved ICR.
Respondents/Affected Public: Individuals and Households; State,
Local, and Tribal Governments Total Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 1,282,898.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 710,085.
Abstract: 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 (Pub. L. 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.
This request is to conduct NAEP in 2026, specifically: (1) Main
NAEP operational assessments will include for grades 4 and 8 (first
administration of the new frameworks for reading and mathematics),
grade 8 (civics and U.S. history); in Puerto Rico, grades 4 and 8
mathematics will be the only subject assessed and will include the new
framework; (2) Pilot testing in grades 4, 8, and 12 (reading and
mathematics); in Puerto Rico, grades 4 and 8 mathematics will be the
only subject assessed; (3) Field Trial for grades 4, 8, and 12 in U.S.
mainland and grades 4 and 8 in Puerto Rico; and (4) Special studies for
grades 4, 8, and 12 for one or more focused topics such as Multi-stage
Testing (MST) and accessibility.
Some documents in this package will be updated after the 60-day
public comment period for inclusion in the 30-day public comment
period, which is likely to begin in January 2025. Further, two
additional 30-day packages will be submitted in March and June 2025 in
order to update all materials in time for the data collection in early
2026.
Dated: October 24, 2024.
Stephanie Valentine,
PRA Coordinator, Strategic Collections and Clearance, Governance and
Strategy Division, Office of Chief Data Officer, Office of Planning,
Evaluation and Policy Development.
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