Memorandum United States Department of Education
Institute of Education Sciences
National Center for Education Statistics
DATE: October 23, 2024
TO: Bev Pratt, OMB
THROUGH: Carrie Clarady, OMB Liaison, NCES
FROM: Richelle Davis, NCES Administrative Data Division, Elementary/Secondary Branch Chief, NCES
SUBJECT: EDFacts Data Collection School Years 2022-23, 2023-24, and 2024-25 Fall 2024 Change Request (OMB# 1850-0925 v.11)
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 for use in education planning, policymaking, and management and budget decision making to improve outcomes for students. EDFacts collects data on behalf of ED grant and program offices for approximately 150 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). The request to collect EDFacts data for the 2022-23, 2023-24, and 2024-25 school years was approved in July 2022 (OMB# 1850-0925 v.8-9), with a change request approved in June 2023 (OMB# 1850-0925 v.10).
This request corrects an omission in the current metadata collection by adding an option for respondents to report planned changes for this academic year; the approved version of these metadata items only ask about future academic years, in contrast to previous collections. There are no expected changes to respondent burden or cost to the federal government, as this information has regularly been collected. Details on this update are included in this memo.
Assessment Metadata Survey (Page C-31): In Attachment C, page C-31, section “Changes to Statewide Academic Assessment System,” the package includes Question 1, which asks if the SEA “… is planning to make adjustments or significant changes for assessments to be administered in any of the three school years following this reporting year?” Then in Question 2, the package requires to report “… as many assessments that were marked as changed in question 1.”
See excerpt from current Attachment C below:
Question 1 – Indicate below which, if any, assessments the SEA is planning to make adjustments or significant changes for assessments to be administered in any of the three school years following this reporting year?
Grades 3-8 mathematics
Grades 3-8 reading/language arts
Grades 3-9 science
High school mathematics
High school reading/language arts
High school science
If any assessments are checked, continue to question 2.
Question 2 – Report as many assessments that were marked as changed in question 1. Repeat as many rows as necessary.
Assessment |
Type of change (Select one or more) |
School year planned for change (Select one) |
Each assessment marked in question 1 |
Content Standards |
|
Achievement Standards
|
|
|
Assessment |
The intent, however, of Question 1 was to include any anticipated adjustments or significant changes for the current year as well. Subsequently, the options for “School year planned for change” in Question 2 should have included “Current SY.”
Therefore, the requested update to this section is as follows:
Update Question 1 to “Indicate below which, if any, assessment the SEA is planning to make adjustments or significant changes for assessment to be administered in the next three years, including the current year.”
Update the options for “School year planned for change” in Question 2 to include “Current SY.”
This updated section will be as follows:
Question
1 – Indicate below which, if any, assessments the SEA is
planning to make adjustments or significant changes for assessments
to be administered in the next three years,
including the current year. in
any of the three school years following this reporting year?
Grades 3-8 mathematics
Grades 3-8 reading/language arts
Grades 3-9 science
High school mathematics
High school reading/language arts
High school science
If any assessments are checked, continue to question 2.
Question 2 – Report as many assessments that were marked as changed in question 1. Repeat as many rows as necessary.
Assessment |
Type of change (Select one or more) |
School year planned for change (Select one) |
Each assessment marked in question 1 |
Content Standards |
|
Achievement Standards
|
|
|
Assessment |
|
English Proficiency Assessment Metadata Survey (Page C-33): In Attachment C, page C-37, section “Changes to Statewide English language proficiency (ELP) Assessments,” the package includes Question 1, which asks if the SEA “… is planning to make adjustments or significant changes for English language assessments to be administered in any of the three school years following this reporting year for ….” Then in Question 2, the package requires to report “… as many assessments that were marked as changed in question 1.”
See excerpt from current Attachment C below:
Question 1 – Is the SEA is planning to make adjustments or significant changes for English language assessments to be administered in any of the three school years following this reporting year for regular or alternate assessments?
Regular English Language Proficiency Assessment
Statewide Alternate English Language Proficiency Assessments for Students with the Most Significant Cognitive Disabilities
(Either assessment type checked, continue to question 2)
Question 2
Report as many assessments that were marked as changed in question 1. Repeat as many rows as necessary.
Assessment |
Type of change (Select one or more) |
School year planned for change (Select one) |
Each assessment marked in question 1 |
ELP standards |
|
ELP Achievement standards (cut scores used on ELP assessments)
|
|
|
ELP Assessments |
|
The intent, however, of Question 1 was to include any anticipated adjustments or significant changes for the current year as well. Subsequently, the options for “School year planned for change” in Question 2 should have included “Current SY.”
Therefore, the requested update to this section is as follows:
Update Question 1 to “Is the SEA planning to make adjustments or significant changes for English language assessments to be administered in the next three school years, including this year for regular or alternate assessments?”
Update the options for “School year planned for change” in Question 2 to include “Current SY.”
This updated section will be as follows:
Question
1 – Is the SEA planning to make adjustments or significant
changes for English language assessments to be administered in the
next three school years, including this year, any
of the three school years following this reporting year for
regular or alternate assessments?
Regular English Language Proficiency Assessment
Statewide Alternate English Language Proficiency Assessments for Students with the Most Significant Cognitive Disabilities
(Either assessment type checked, continue to question 2)
No, end of metadata survey
Question 2
Report as many assessments that were marked as changed in question 1. Repeat as many rows as necessary.
Assessment |
Type of change (Select one or more) |
School year planned for change (Select one) |
Each assessment marked in question 1 |
ELP standards |
|
ELP Achievement standards (cut scores used on ELP assessments)
|
|
|
ELP Assessments |
|
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| Author | Beth Young |
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