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 change request
approved in February 2019 (OMB# 1850-0928 v.10-13). NAEP 2019 is
currently underway. This request, which was approved in April 2019
(OMB# 1850-0928 v.14) under the 44 U.S.C. 3507(j)(1) (“emergency
clearance”), is to update the approved NAEP 2020 plan with: 1) the
cancellation of all of the NAEP pilot and special studies
originally planned for the 2019-20 school year (NAEP 2020), and 2)
based on a Congressional request, the administration of Long Term
Trend (LTT) assessment during the 2019-20 school year. 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 students’ educational progress over
long time periods to allow for analyses of national trends in
students’ performance in mathematics and reading.
PL:
Pub.L. 107 - 279 303 Name of Law: National Assessment of
Educational Progress Authorization Act
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.