National Assessment of
Educational Progress (NAEP) 2027
Revision of a currently approved collection
No
Regular
03/05/2026
Requested
Previously Approved
11/30/2028
11/30/2028
17,960
796,937
10,790
456,764
0
0
The National Assessment of Educational
Progress (NAEP) 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, and
civics. NAEP is conducted by the National Center for Education
Statistics (NCES) in the Institute of Education Sciences of the
U.S. Department of Education. NCES is responsible for designing and
executing the assessment, including designing the assessment
procedures and methodology, developing the assessment content,
selecting the final assessment content, sampling schools and
students, recruiting schools, administering the assessment, scoring
student responses, determining the analysis procedures, analyzing
the data, and reporting the results. The National Assessment
Governing Board (henceforth referred to as the Governing Board or
NAGB), appointed by the Secretary of Education but independent of
the Department, is a bipartisan group whose members include
governors, state legislators, local and state school officials,
educators, business representatives, and members of the general
public. The Governing Board sets policy for NAEP and is responsible
for developing the frameworks and test specifications that serve as
the blueprint for the assessments. 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. LTT does not provide scores for
individual students or schools. The main NAEP assessments report
current achievement levels and trends in student achievement at
grades 4, 8, and 12 for the nation and, for certain assessments
(e.g., reading and mathematics), states and select urban districts
(i.e., Trial Urban District Assessment, or TUDA). The main NAEP
assessments provide results on subject-matter achievement,
instructional experiences, and school environment for different
student populations (e.g., all fourth-graders) and groups within
those populations (e.g., sex [male and female students],
race/ethnicity groups). NAEP does not provide scores for individual
students or schools. The NAEP assessments contain two different
types of items: “cognitive” assessment items, which measure what
students know and can do in an academic subject, and “survey” or
“non-cognitive” items, which gather information such as demographic
variables, as well as construct-related information, such as
courses taken. The survey portion includes a collection of data
from students, teachers, and school administrators. Since NAEP
assessments are administered uniformly using the same sets of test
forms across the nation, NAEP results serve as a common metric for
all states and select urban districts. The assessment stays
essentially the same from year to year, with only carefully
documented changes. This permits NAEP to provide a clear picture of
student academic progress over time. The possible universe of
student respondents for NAEP 2027 is estimated to be 12,000
students at grade 8 attending the approximately 308 public and
private schools in a variety of states and the District of Columbia
and may include Bureau of Indian Education Schools. This request is
to conduct NAEP in 2027, specifically for the Grade 8 Science
Pilot. NAEP will administer the assessment using school devices and
the internet. For schools that cannot meet the minimum
specification for the use of school devices, NAEP will provide an
alternate delivery model utilizing NAEP Chromebooks. NAEP has
transitioned to primarily administer on school devices with a
staged approach so that trends can be measured across time. NAEP
conducted a School-based Equipment study in 2024 (OMB #1850-0803
v.347)
PL:
Pub.L. 107 - 279 303 Name of Law: National Assessment of
Educational Progress Authorization Act
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