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Part VII
Department of Education
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National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) Program;
Applications Invitation for New Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 1998;
Notice
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
[CFDA No.: 84.902E]
The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) Program;
Notice Inviting Applications for New Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 1998
Purpose of Program: To conduct the sampling and data collection
component for the 1999, 2000, 2001, and 2002 National Assessment of
Educational Progress (NAEP). NAEP supports the National Education Goals
by providing measures of progress toward the Goals.
Eligible Applicants: Individuals, public, private, for-profit, and
non-profit institutions, agencies, and other qualified organizations or
consortia of such institutions, agencies, and organizations.
Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: July 1, 1998.
Applications Available: May 1, 1998.
Available Funds: In FY 1998, $700,000 will be available for the
sampling and data collection component. It is anticipated that in FYs
1999 through 2002, an average amount of $7,500,000 will be available
annually.
Estimated Number of Awards: 1.
Project Period: Up to 60 months.
Applicable Regulations: (a) The Education Department General
Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 80, 81,
82, 85, and 86; (b) the regulations in 34 CFR 700.30 and 34 CFR part
98; and (c) 48 CFR part 31 (Contracts with Commercial Organizations).
Supplementary Information: NAEP is authorized by section 411 of the
National Education Statistics Act of 1994 (20 U.S.C. 9010). Section 412
of this law provides for the establishment of the National Assessment
Governing Board (NAGB)(20 U.S.C. 9011). The law requires the NAGB,
among other responsibilities, to formulate the policy guidelines for
the National Assessment and select the subject areas to be assessed. A
cooperative agreement is currently in operation to develop assessment
instruments for the 2000 assessment.
Priority
Absolute Priority
Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(3) and 20 U.S.C. 9010-9011, the Secretary
gives an absolute preference to applications that meet the priority in
the next paragraph. The Secretary funds under this competition only
applications that meet this absolute priority.
Sampling and Data Collection for the National Assessment of Educational
Progress
The grantee must use sampling techniques that produce data that are
representative on a national, regional, and State basis. The grantee
must collect data for mathematics, science, history, geography, reading
and writing in grades 4, 8, and 12 from a nationally representative
sample. The grantee must also monitor data collection in each
participating State in mathematics, science, reading and writing in
fourth and eighth grades.
In carrying out the National Assessment, the grantee shall not
collect any data that are not directly related to the appraisal of
educational performance, achievement, and traditional demographic
reporting variables, and shall ensure that all personally identifying
information about students, their educational performance, and their
families remains confidential.
Evaluation Criteria
The Secretary selects from the criteria in 34 CFR 700.30(e) to
evaluate applications for new grants under this competition. Under 34
CFR 700.30(a), the Secretary announces in the application package the
evaluation criteria selected for this competition and the maximum
weight assigned to each criterion.
For Applications or Information Contact: Laurence Ogle, U.S.
Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics,
Office of Educational Research and Improvement, room 404A, 555 New
Jersey Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20208-5653. E-mail:
laurence__ogle@ed.gov. Telephone: (202) 219-1761. Individuals who use a
telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal
Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1-800-877-8339 between 8 a.m. and 8
p.m., Eastern time, Monday through Friday.
Individuals with disabilities may obtain this document in an
alternative format (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, or diskette)
on request to the contact person listed in the preceding paragraph.
Individuals with disabilities may obtain a copy of the application
package in an alternative format, also, by contacting that person.
However, the Department is not able to reproduce in an alternative
format the standard forms included in the application package.
Electronic Access to This Document
Anyone may view this document, as well as all other Department of
Education documents published in the Federal Register, in text or
portable document format (pdf) on the World Wide Web at either of the
following sites:
http://ocfo.ed.gov/fedreg.htm
http://www.ed.gov/news.html
To use the pdf you must have the Adobe Acrobat Reader Program with
Search, which is available free at either of the previous sites. If you
have questions about using the pdf, call the U.S. Government Printing
Office toll free at 1-888-293-6498.
Anyone may also view these documents in text copy only on an
electronic bulletin board of the Department. Telephone: (202) 219-1511
or, toll free, 1-800-222-4922. The documents are located under Option
G--Files/Announcements, Bulletins and Press Releases.
Note: The official version of a document is the document
published in the Federal Register.
Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1221e-1.
Dated: April 24, 1998.
Ricky Takai,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Educational Research and Improvement.
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