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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 180 / Tuesday, September 21, 2021 / Notices characteristics, including information organized by race/ethnicity, gender, socio-economic status, disability, and limited English proficiency. It requires fair and accurate presentation of achievement data and permits the collection of background, noncognitive, or descriptive information that is related to academic achievement and aids in fair reporting of results. The intent of the law is to provide representative sample data on student achievement for the nation, the states, and subpopulations of students and to monitor progress over time. 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.
The request to conduct NAEP 2021, including operational assessments and pilot tests: Operational national/state/
TUDA Digitally Based Assessments DBA in mathematics and reading at grades 4 and 8, and Puerto Rico in mathematics at grades 4 and 8; and operational national DBA in U.S. history and civics at grade 8 was approved in April 2020, with further updates to the materials approved in July and November 2020. Throughout 2020 NCES
worked with its contractors and with OMB to find the best way to plan for a data collection in schools in 2021, and as the coronavirus pandemic progressed over the course of the year, plans for NAEP 2020 data collection changed multiple times. In November 2020, the NCES Commissioner announced the delay of NAEP 2021 by one year to early 2022.
Since then, NAEP has continued to work to salvage any pieces of their data collection plans for 2021 and begin planning for NAEP 2022. NCES has used the drawn and notified sample from 2021 for two data collections that dont include the student assessment that is central to the NAEP program, instead using that sample to collect information about basic school operations during the coronavirus pandemic NAEP 2021 School Survey;
OMB 18500957 and the experiences of teachers and school staff over the 20192020 and 20202021 school years NAEP 2021 School and Teacher Questionnaire Special Study; OMB
18500956.
The request to conduct NAEP
operational assessments in 2022, which will follow the traditional NAEP design
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which assesses each student in 60minutes for one cognitive subject, was approved in May 2021, and the first update to the NAEP 2022 materials was approved in August 2021. The 2022 data collection will consist of operational national/state/TUDA DBA in mathematics and reading at grades 4
and 8, and Puerto Rico in mathematics at grades 4 and 8; and operational national DBA in U.S. history and civics at grade 8. In addition to the regular NAEP operational assessments delayed from 2021, this submission also contains materials for the LTT, which will be administered to 9-year-olds in 2022. This package finalizes all materials in time for the data collection in early 2022.
Dated: September 16, 2021.
Stephanie Valentine, PRA Coordinator, Strategic Collections and Clearance Governance and Strategy Division, Office of Chief Data Officer, Office of Planning, Evaluation and Policy Development.
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Docket No.: ED2021SCC0135

Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; William D. Ford Direct Loan Program General Forbearance Request Federal Student Aid FSA, Department of Education ED.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ED is proposing an extension without change of a currently approved collection.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before November 22, 2021.
ADDRESSES: To access and review all the documents related to the information collection listed in this notice, please use http www.regulations.gov by searching the Docket ID number ED
2021SCC0135. Comments submitted in response to this notice should be submitted electronically through the Federal eRulemaking Portal at http
www.regulations.gov by selecting the Docket ID number or via postal mail, commercial delivery, or hand delivery.
If the regulations.gov site is not available to the public for any reason, ED will temporarily accept comments at ICDocketMgr@ed.gov. Please include the docket ID number and the title of the information collection request when requesting documents or submitting SUMMARY:

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comments. Please note that comments submitted by fax or email and those 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 PRA Coordinator of the Strategic Collections and Clearance Governance and Strategy Division, U.S.
Department of Education, 400 Maryland Ave. SW, LBJ, Room 6W208D, Washington, DC 202028240.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For specific questions related to collection activities, please contact Beth Grebeldinger, 2023774018.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department of Education ED, in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 PRA 44 U.S.C.
3506c2A, 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 publics reporting burden. It also helps the public understand the Departments information collection requirements and provide the requested data in the desired format. ED is soliciting comments on the proposed information collection request ICR that is described below. The Department of Education 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: William D. Ford Direct Loan Program General Forbearance Request.
OMB Control Number: 18450031.
Type of Review: An extension without change of a currently approved collection.
Respondents/Affected Public:
Individuals and Households.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 2,188,770.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 175,102.
Abstract: Due to the effects of the COVID19 pandemic and the suspension of the collection of loans,
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