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Part VIII
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.: 84.902F]
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 development, scoring, analysis,
and reporting component for the 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: Public, private, for-profit, and non-profit
individuals, institutions, agencies, and other qualified organizations
or consortia of these institutions, agencies, and organizations.
Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: July 1, 1998.
Applications Available: May 1, 1998.
Available Funds: In FY 1998, $640,000 will be available for the
development, scoring, analysis, and reporting component. It is
anticipated that in FYs 1999 to 2002 an average of $16,000,000 will be
available annually in FYs 1999 through 2002, and $6,000,000 available
in FY 2003.
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: The 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.
Development, Scoring, Analysis and Reporting of Data From the National
Assessment of Educational Progress
The grantee must develop assessment booklets for history,
geography, reading and writing. The grantee must score, analyze, and
report data collected for mathematics, science, history, geography,
reading and writing in grades 4, 8, and 12 from a nationally
representative sample. The grantee must also score, analyze, and report
data collected from samples representative of each participating State
in mathematics, science, reading and writing in fourth and eighth
grades. The NAEP must be reported in ways that increase the information
available to educational policymakers and the general public regarding
the educational achievement of American students. Section 412 requires
the NAGB to develop the guidelines for the analysis and reporting of
the NAEP results. The grantee must score, analyze, and report in
accordance with guidelines specified by the National Assessment
Governing Board. Each report must be published and disseminated after
completing the National Center for Educational Statistics (NCES) peer
review procedure.
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: Steve Gorman, U.S.
Department of Education, 555 New Jersey Avenue, NW., room 404g,
Washington, DC 20208-5653. E-mail: sgorman@inet.ed.gov; or FAX your
request to: (202) 219-1801 with the surface mail address to which the
application should be sent. For information call (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 alternate
format (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, or computer 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 alternate format, also, by contacting that person.
However, the Department is not able to reproduce in alternate 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. 9010-9011.
Dated: April 24, 1998.
Ricky Takai,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Educational Research and Improvement.
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