EDFacts is a U.S. Department of
Education (ED) initiative, conducted by the National Center for
Education Statistics (NCES), to collect, analyze, report on, and
promote the use of high-quality, pre-kindergarten through grade 12
(pre-K-12) performance data. By centralizing data provided by state
education agencies about state level data, local education
agencies, and schools, NCES uses the EDFacts data to report on
students, schools, staff, services, and education outcomes at the
state, district, and school levels. The centralized approach
provides ED users with the ability to efficiently analyze and
report on submitted data and has reduced the reporting burden for
state and local data producers through the use of streamlined data
collection, analysis, and reporting tools. EDFacts collects
information on behalf of ED grant and program offices for
approximately 170 data groups for all 50 states, Washington DC,
Puerto Rico, and seven outlying areas and freely associated states
(American Samoa, Federated States of Micronesia, Guam, Marshall
Islands, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Republic of
Palau, and the U.S. Virgin Islands), the Department of Defense
Education Activity (DoDEA), and the Bureau of Indian Education
(BIE). This request is to collect EDFacts data for the 2022-23,
2023-24, and 2024-25 school years. This collection package will be
available for public comment during two open periods, a 60 day and
a 30 day, after which revisions will be made accordingly. As part
of the public comment period review, ED requests that SEAs and
other stakeholders respond to the directed questions found in
Attachment D and D-1. Due to overlap in the timing of data
collection activities between consecutive years of the EDFacts
collection, we are carrying over in this submission the approved SY
2021-22 data collection, which is scheduled to end in February
2023.
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.
Attachment A-1 Supplemental Information for Data Groups and Categories 2022-23 to 2024-25 in PDF.pdf
Attachment F-1 EDFacts 2022-23 to 2024-25 Response to 30-Day Public Comments.docx
EDFacts Data Collection School Years 2022-23, 2023-24, and 2024-25