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
students’ educational progress over long time periods to allow for
analyses of national trends in students’ 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.
PL:
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 students’ educational progress
over long time periods to allow for analyses of national trends in
students’ 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