National Assessment of
Educational Progress (NAEP) 2026
Revision of a currently approved collection
No
Regular
05/15/2025
Requested
Previously Approved
36 Months From Approved
08/31/2027
786,113
61,360
449,560
21,536
0
0
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. 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. This request is to conduct NAEP in 2026,
specifically: (1) Main NAEP operational assessments will include
for grades 4 and 8 (first administration of the new frameworks for
reading and mathematics), grade 8 (civics and U.S. history); in
Puerto Rico, grades 4 and 8 mathematics will be the only subject
assessed and will include the new framework; (2) Pilot testing in
grades 4, 8, and 12 (reading and mathematics); in Puerto Rico,
grades 4 and 8 mathematics will be the only subject assessed; (3)
Field Trial for grades 4, 8, and 12 in U.S. mainland and grades 4
and 8 in Puerto Rico; and (4) Special studies for grades 4, 8, and
12 for one or more focused topics such as Multi-stage Testing (MST)
and accessibility. Some documents in this package will be updated
after the 60-day public comment period for inclusion in the 30-day
public comment period, which is likely to begin in January 2025.
Further, two additional 30-day packages will be submitted in March
and June 2025 in order to update all materials in time for the data
collection in early 2026.
PL:
Pub.L. 107 - 279 303 Name of Law: National Assessment of
Educational Progress Authorization Act
This burden estimate is lower
than those previously published. The reduction has occurred because
of the removal of planned Special Studies and because the original
calculation did not reflect the correct split between School Device
Model and NAEP Device Model schools. The latter error substantially
inflated the estimated burden, and has since been corrected.
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.
National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) 2026
NAEP 2026 Public Comment 60 Day Posting.docx
National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) 2026