Notice2025-23282
Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) 2027
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Published
December 18, 2025
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Education Department
Abstract
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, the Department is proposing a revision of a currently approved information collection request (ICR).
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 241 (Thursday, December 18, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59095-59096]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-23282]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
[Docket No.: ED-2025-SCC-1141]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request;
National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) 2027
AGENCY: National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), Institute of
Education Sciences (IES), 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
February 17, 2026.
ADDRESSES: To access and review all the documents related to the
information collection listed in this notice, please use <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">http://www.regulations.gov</a> by searching the Docket ID number ED-2025-SCC-1141.
Comments submitted in response to this notice should be submitted
electronically through the Federal eRulemaking Portal at <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">http://www.regulations.gov</a> by selecting the Docket ID number or via postal
mail, commercial delivery, or hand delivery. If the <a href="http://regulations.gov">regulations.gov</a>
site is not available to the public for any reason, the Department will
temporarily accept comments at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#703933341f131b15043d17023015145e171f06"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="bff6fcfbd0dcd4dacbf2d8cdffdadb91d8d0c9">[email protected]</span></a>. Please include the
docket ID number and the title of the information collection request
when requesting documents or submitting comments. Please note that
comments submitted after the comment period will not be accepted.
Written requests for information or comments submitted by postal mail
or delivery should be addressed to the National Center for Education
Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Ave. SW, LBJ,
Room 5C125, Washington, DC 20202-1200.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For specific questions related to
collection activities, please contact Matt Soldner, 202-453-7441.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department, in accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)),
provides the general public and Federal agencies with an opportunity to
comment on proposed, revised, and continuing collections of
information. This helps the Department assess the impact of its
information collection requirements and minimize the public's reporting
burden. It also helps the public understand the Department's
information collection requirements and provide the requested data in
the desired format. The Department is soliciting comments on the
proposed information collection request (ICR) that is described below.
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) 2027.
OMB Control Number: 1850-0928.
Type of Review: A revision of a currently approved ICR.
Respondents/Affected Public: State, Local, and Tribal Governments.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 17,830.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 10,625.
Abstract: 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
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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) as well as a Field Test in 2025 (OMB
#1850-0803 v.353) to provide more information about student and school
interactions with the eNAEP system on school devices, as compared to
NAEP Chromebooks and Surface Pros, to inform the use of school devices
at a larger scale in NAEP assessments beginning in 2026. Also, a 2026
bridge study will compare NAEP devices and school devices to evaluate
whether scores from the two different assessment models are comparable.
Note: in this study, some schools that qualify to be assessed on school
devices will be assessed on NAEP devices, since the two different
school types (i.e., those qualified to assess on school devices, and
those not qualified to assess on school devices) may have different
characteristics. This will allow the study to establish a common
linking population.
This Clearance package is the first submission for the 2027
assessment, with both 60-day and 30-day consecutive public comment
period notices that will be published in the Federal Register. While
some drafted materials are included in this 60-day package in
Appendices D, E, and I, the majority of 2027 materials are not
available for this submission. Several final communications and
Assessment Management System screens will be available in the 30-day
package, which will be posted to the Federal Register in March 2026.
This Clearance Package will have one amendment, which is planned to be
submitted in July 2026, and which will replace any remaining drafted
materials with final versions for the 2027 NAEP assessments.
Ross Santy,
Chief Data Officer, Office of Planning, Evaluation and Policy
Development.
[FR Doc. 2025-23282 Filed 12-17-25; 8:45 am]
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