[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 182 (Thursday, September 21, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65159-65160]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-20391]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[Docket No.: ED-2023-SCC-0166]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the 
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment 
Request; National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) 2024 
Amendment #3

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 
October 23, 2023.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for proposed 
information collection requests should be submitted within 30 days of 
publication of this notice. Click on this link www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain to access the site. Find this information collection request 
(ICR) by selecting ``Department of Education'' under ``Currently Under 
Review,'' then check the ``Only Show ICR for Public Comment'' checkbox. 
Reginfo.gov provides two links to view documents related to this 
information collection request. Information collection forms and 
instructions may be found by clicking on the ``View Information 
Collection (IC) List'' link. Supporting statements and other supporting 
documentation may be found by clicking on the ``View Supporting 
Statement and Other Documents'' link.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For specific questions related to 
collection activities, please contact Carrie Clarady, 202-245-6347.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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) 2024 Amendment #3.
    OMB Control Number: 1850-0928.
    Type of Review: A revision of a currently approved ICR.
    Respondents/Affected Public: Individuals and Households.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 860,132.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 470,250.
    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.
    The initial request for clearance of NAEP 2024 received OMB 
approval in April 2023 (OMB #1850-0928 v.28). Amendment #1 to the NAEP 
2024 clearance package received OMB approval in June 2023 (OMB #1850-
0928 v.29), and Amendment #2 was approved in August 2023. Between 
Amendment #2 and Amendment #3, NCES made the decision to no longer use 
school staff to proctor accommodation sessions as previously included 
in early versions of Amendment #2. These changes are reflected in 
Amendment #3, and the communication materials, burden hours, and costs 
to the Federal Government to remove these activities as a result. The 
increased cost to the Federal Government is due to the need to hire 
additional Field Staff to conduct these separate sessions, resulting in 
an additional $3,700,000. This revision provides minor updates Part A 
to detail the removal of the staff proctored accommodation sessions in 
the burden table and addition of teacher and school

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questionnaires for the Field Trial to the burden table, updates to 
communication materials placeholders in Part B as well as adding a 
reference to Best Practices materials (Section B.3), updated and added 
final communication materials to Appendix D, new Assessment Management 
System (AMS) screenshots in Appendix I, and minor update to two items 
in Appendix J1 removing subitem text, and revised eNAEP and NAEPq login 
screenshots and paper booklet covers in J1, J2, J3, and J-S.

    Dated: September 15, 2023.
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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