National Assessment of
Educational Progress (NAEP) 2021 Emergency Delay
New
collection (Request for a new OMB Control Number)
No
Emergency
06/30/2021
12/10/2020
Requested
Previously Approved
6 Months From Approved
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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. 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. NCES has determined
that it cannot at this time conduct a national-level assessment (20
U.S.C. 9622(b)(2)(A)) in a manner with sufficient validity and
reliability to meet the mandate of the law due to school closures
resulting from the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The NAEP
assessments are a key indicator of educational progress in the
United States with trends going back decades. The change in
operations and lack of access to students to be assessed means that
NAEP will not be able to produce estimates of what students know
and can do that would be comparable to either past or future
national or state estimates. Therefore, NCES will not be collecting
student assessment data in January through March 2021 as originally
planned. NCES will continue to provide public updates on any
further changes to the NAEP assessments through our NAEP COVID-19
Planning and Resources web page, found here:
https://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/about/covid19.aspx
Due to the impact of the
COVID pandemic on school operations, it will not be possible for
the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) to conduct the
National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) assessments in
accordance with the statutory requirements defined by the Education
Sciences Reform Act which requires NAEP to be conducted in a valid
and reliable manner every 2 years (20 U.S.C. 9622(b)(2)(B)).
PL:
Pub.L. 107 - 279 303 Name of Law: National Assessment of
Educational Progress Authorization Act
This is an emergency request to
suspend the collection of student assessment data for the 2021
administration of the National Assessment of Educational Progress
(NAEP), which is currently approved by the OMB docket 1850-0928.
This results in an increase in burden and responses of 1 burden
hour and 1 response.
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Carrie Clarady 202
245-6347
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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.