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# Appendix B External Consultants Request for System Clearance for NAEP Assessments for 2014 - 2016 OMB# 1850- 0790 v.36

### Table of Contents

A. JUSTIFICATION ................................ ................................ ................................ .................. 1 1a. Circumstances making the collection of information necessary ................................ ........... 1 1b. Overview of NAEP assessments ................................ ................................ ............................ 2 1c. Overview of 2014

–2016 NAEP assessments ................................ ................................ ......... 5 1d. Rationale for OMB System Clearance ................................ ................................ ................... 7 2. How, by

whom, and for what purpose the data will be used ................................ ................. 9 3. Use of techniques to reduce burden ................................ ................................ ..................... 10 4. Efforts to identify

duplication ................................ ................................ .............................. 12 5. Burden on small businesses or other small entities ................................ ............................. 12 6. Consequences of collecting information less frequently ................................ ..................... 12 7. Consistency

with 5 CFR 1320.5 ................................ ................................ .......................... 13 8. Consultations outside the agency ................................ ................................ ......................... 13 9. Pay ments or gifts to respondents ................................ ................................ ......................... 14 10. Assurance of confidentiality ................................ ................................ ................................ 15 11. Sensitive questions ................................ ................................ ................................ ............... 18 12. Estimation of respondent reporting burden (2014

–2016) ................................ .................... 18 13. Cost to respondents ................................ ................................ ................................ .............. 24 14. Estimates of cost to the federal government ................................ ................................ ........ 25 15. Reasons for changes in burden (from last System Clearance submittal) ............................. 25 16. Time schedule for data collection ................................ ................................ ........................ 26 17. Approval for not displaying OMB approval expiration date ................................ ............... 26 18. Exceptions to Certification Statement ................................ ................................ ................. 26 B. COLLECTIONS OF INFORMATION EMPLOYING STATI STICALMETHODS .......... 1 1. Potential respondent universe ................................ ................................ ................................ 1 2. Procedures for collection of information ................................ ................................ ............... 1 3. Methods to maximize response rates and deal with issues of nonresponse ........................... 3 4. Tests of procedures or methods to be undertaken ................................ ................................ .. 4 5. Consultants on statistical aspects of the design ................................ ................................ ..... 4 Appendix A Statute Authorizing NAEP ................................ ................................ .................... A - 1

### Appendix B External Consultants

NAEP Design and Anal ysis Committee ................................ ................................ ................. B - 1 NAEP Validity

Studies Panel ................................ ................................ ................................ .. B - 2 NAEP Quality

Assurance Technical Panel ................................ ................................ .............. B - 3 NAEP Socio - Economic Status Panel ................................ ................................ ....................... B - 4 NAEP National Indian Education Study Technical Review Panel ................................ .......... B - 5 NAEP Civics Standing Committee ................................ ................................ .......................... B - 6 NAEP Economics Standing Committee ................................ ................................ ................. B - 7 NAEP Geography Standing Committee ................................ ................................ ................. B - 8 NAEP Mathematics Standing Committee ................................ ................................ .............. B - 9 NAEP Reading Standing Committee ................................ ................................ .................... B - 10 NAEP Science Standing Committee ................................ ................................ ..................... B - 11 NAEP Technology

and Engineering Literacy Standing Committee ................................ .... B - 12 NAEP U.S. History

Standing Committee ................................ ................................ ............. B - 13 NAEP Writing Standing Committee ................................ ................................ ...................... B - 14 Appendix C Example of Sample Design Document (2013 Assessment) ................................ .. C - 1NAEP 2014 -2016 System Clearance: Appendix B page B- 1

**NAEP Design and Analysis**  **Committee Name**  **Affiliation** Betsy Becker Florida State University Peter Behuniak University of Connecticut Johnny Blair Abt SRBI Associates, Bethesda, MD Lloyd Bond Carnegie Foundation, Washington, DC Kadriye Ercikan University of British Columbia Huynh Huynh University of South Carolina Brian Junker Carnegie Mellon Universit y , Pittsburgh, PA Kenneth Koedinger Carnegie Mellon University , Pittsburgh, PA David Lohman University of Iowa In gram Olkin Stanford University , Stanford, CA Sophia Rabe -Hesketh University of California, Berkeley Lynne Stokes Southern Methodist University , University Park, TXNAEP 2014 -2016 System Clearance: Appendix B page B- 2

**NAEP Validity Studies Panel Name**  **Affiliation** Peter Behuniak University of Connecticut George Bohrnstedt American Institutes for Research , Washington, DC Jim Chromy Research Triangle Institute, Research Triangle Park, NC Phil Daro University of California/SERP/Pearson Lizanne DeStefano University of Illinois Richard Duran University of California David Grissmer University of Virginia Larry Hedges Northwestern University , Evanston, IL Gerunda Hughes H oward University , Washington, DC Robert Linn University of Colorado at Boulder Ina Mullis Boston College Scott Norton Council of Chief State School Officers, Washington, DC Gary Phillips American Institutes for Research, Washington, DC Lorrie Shep ard University of Colorado at Boulder David Thissen The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Karen Wixson The University of North Carolina at GreensboroNAEP 2014 -2016 System Clearance: Appendix B page B- 3

**NAEP Quality Assurance Technical Panel Name**  **Affiliation** Jamal Abedi University of California , Davis Chuck Cowan Analytic Focus LLC, San Antonio, TX Kadriye Ercikan University of British Columbia Gail Goldberg Gail Goldberg Consulting , Ellicott City, MD Brian Gong National Center for the Improvement of Educational Assessment, Dover, NH Mark Reckase Michigan State University Bill Schafer The University of Maryland Richard Wolfe University of Toronto Rich Hill National Center for the Improvement of Educational Assessment , Dover, NHNAEP 2014 -2016 System Clearance: Appendix B page B- 4

**NAEP Socio**  **- Economic Status**  **Panel Name**  **Affiliation** Chris Chapman National Center for Education Statistics, Washington, DC Margaret Beale Spencer University of Chicago Stephen L. Morgan Cornell University , Ithaca, NY Bob Hauser University of Wisconsin

– Madison Robert Kominski U.S. Census Bureau, Washington, DC Samuel R. Lucas University of California , Berkeley Chuck Cowan Analytic Focus, Alexandria, VA Hank Levin Columbia University , New York City, NYNAEP 2014 -2016 System Clearance: Appendix B page B- 5

**NAEP National Indian Education Study**  **Technical Review Panel Name**  **Affil iation**  Henry Braun Boston College Bryan Brayboy Arizona State University Robert Cook Crazy Horse Memorial, Crazy Horse, SD Steve Culpepper University of Colorado, Denver Susan Faircloth The Pennsylvania State University Valeria Littlecreek Oklahoma State Department of Education Christopher Lohse Council of Chief State School Officers, Washington, DC Larry Ludlow Boston College Debora Norris Arizona Department of Education Ted Wright Haskell Indian Nations University Tarajean Yazzi -Mintz Indiana UniversityNAEP 2014 -2016 System Clearance: Appendix B page B- 6

**NAEP Civics Standing**  **Committee Name**  **Affiliation** Patricia Avery University of Minnesota Steve Camicia Utah State University Michael Fischer Encino, CA Daphne Greene Doe Elementary School, Mountain City, TN Lewi s Huffman South Carolina Department of Education Peter Levine Tufts University , Medford/Somerville, MA Kim berly Eggborn Howard County Public Schools, Ellicott City, MD Ayo Magwood Cesar Chavez Public Charter School, Washington, DC Rick Miller Princeton Regional Schools, Princeton, NJ Richard Ochoa Alta High School, Sandy, UT Clarissa Peterson DePauw University , Greencastle, IN Jo seph Stewart, Jr. Clemson University , Clemson, SC Marcie Taylor- Thoma Maryland State Department of Education Kim Tetzlaff Banyan Elementary School, Newbury Park, CA Jackie Viana Hialeah Gardens Middle School, Miami, FLNAEP 2014 -2016 System Clearance: Appendix B page B- 7

**NAEP Economics Standing**  **Committee Name**  **Affiliation** Kris Bertelsen Little Rock Branch -Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, Little Rock, AR Stephen Buckles Vanderbilt University , Nashville, TN Steven L. Cobb University of North Texas Jaime Festa -Daigle Lake Havasu High School, Lake Havasu City, AZ Julie Heath University of Memphis Richard MacDonald St. Cloud State University , St. Cloud, MN Andrea Morgan Oregon Department of Education Kevin Smith Renaissance High School, Detroit, MI William Walstad University of Nebraska

–LincolnNAEP 2014 -2016 System Clearance: Appendix B page B- 8

**NAEP Geography Standing**  **Committee Name**  **Affiliation** Sarah Bednarz Texas A&M University Osa Brand National Council for Geographic Education, Washington, DC Karen Thomas -Brown The University of Michigan

–Dearborn Charlie Fitzpatrick ESRI Schools, Arlington, VA Donna Fontaine Westside Elementary School, Smithfield, VA Paul Gray Russellville High School, Russellville, AR Harry Hanna Frederick County Public School, Walkersville, MD Briavel Holcomb Rutgers University , New Brunswick, NJ Niem Huynh Association of American Geographers, Washington, DC Lauren Mitterman Gibraltar Middle School, Fish Creek, WI David Palmer Eaglecrest High School, Centennial, CO Harris Payne Omaha Public Schools, Omaha, NE Jo e Stoltman Western Michigan University Kelly Swanson Johnson Senior High, St. Paul, MN Fred Walk Il linois State University Sonja Yow Eastern Kentucky UniversityNAEP 2014 -2016 System Clearance: Appendix B page B- 9

**NAEP Mathematics Standing**  **Committee Name**  **Affiliation** Sareeta Carter Benjamin Banneker Academic High School , Washington, DC Herb Clemens Ohio State University Marcia Cole District of Columbia Public Schools , Washington, DC Carl Cowen Indiana University

–Purdue University Bradford R. Findell Ohio Department o f Education Diana Rivera Garcia Departamento de Educación Puerto Rico Anne Gonzales South Gate Middle School , South Gate, CA Julie Guthrie Texas Education Agency Kathleen Heid The Pennsylvania State University Russ Keglovits Nevada Department of Education Judy Kinley Morris Elementary School , Des Moines , IA Carole Phillip Alice Deal Middle School , Washington, DC Penny Roberts Greenville Elementary School , Greenville, KY Daren Star

nes The Lawrenceville Schoo l, Lawrenceville, NJ JT Sutcliffe St. Mark’s School o f Texas , Dallas, TXNAEP 2014 -2016 System Clearance: Appendix B page B- 10

**NAEP Reading Standing**  **Committee Name**  **Affiliation** Peter Afflerbach University of Maryland Patricia Alexander University of Maryland Christine Carriere Carl Von Linne School, Chicago, IL Mary Beth Curtis Lesley University, Cambridge, MA Patsy Dunton Maine Department of Education Arzie Galvez Office of Curriculum, Instruction and School Support, Los Angeles , CA Pamela Mason Harvard Graduate School of Education , Cambridge, MA Jo e McGonegal Catholic Memorial High School , West Roxbury, MA Margaret McKeown University of Pittsburgh Katie Oliver Morgan Park Middle School , Duluth, MN Timothy Shanahan University of Illinois Alfred Tatum University of Illinois at Chicago Lisa White Plymouth Public Schools , Plymouth, MA Ju nko Yokota National

–Louis University , Skokie, ILNAEP 2014 -2016 System Clearance: Appendix B page B- 11

**NAEP Science Standing**  **Committee Name**  **Affiliation** Al icia Cristina Alonzo Michigan State University Carlos Ayala Sonoma State University , Rohnert Park, CA Mary Thandi Buthelezi Wheaton College , Wheaton, IL Susan Craft Hanahan High School, Hanahan, SC George Deboer American Association for the Advancement of Science, Washington, DC Alex Decaria Millersville University , Millersville, PA Crystal Edwards Lawrence Township Public Schools, Lawrenceville, NJ Ibari Igwe Shrewd Learning, Elkridge, MD Michele Lombard Swanson Middle School, Arlington, VA Ellen Mingione Delaware Department of Education Brett Moulding Utah Partnership for Effective Science Teaching and Learning, Ogden, UT Am y Pearlmutter Littlebrook Elementary School, Princeton, NJ Steve Semken Arizona State University Gerald Wheeler National Science Teacher Association, Arlington, VA David White Berlin, VTNAEP 2014 -2016 System Clearance: Appendix B page B- 12

**NAEP Technology and**  **Engineering Literacy Standing Committee**  **Name Affiliation**  Keith Barton Indiana University , Bloomington John Behrens Pearson eLEADS Center, Mishawaka, IN Brooke Bourdelat -Parks Biological Sciences Curriculum Study (BSCS), Colorado Springs, CO Barbara Bratzel Shady Hill School, Cambridge, MA Lewis Chappelear James Monroe High School, North Hills, CA Britte Haugan Cheng SRI Internati onal, Menlo Park, CA Meredith Davis North Carolina State University Chris Dede Harvard Graduate School of Education , Cambridge, MA Richard Duran University of California, Santa Barbara Maurice Frazier Oscar Smith High School, Chesapeake, VA Camilla Gagliolo Arlington Public Schools, Arlington, VA Christopher Hoadley New York University Eric Klopfer Massachusetts Institute of Technology Beth McGrath Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ Greg Pearson National Academy of Engineering, Washington, DC John Poggio University of Kansas Erin Reilly Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism, Los Angeles, CA Troy Sadler Missouri University Science Education Center, Columbia, MO Kim berly Scott Arizona State University Teh -Yuan Wan New York State Education DepartmentNAEP 2014 -2016 System Clearance: Appendix B page B- 13

**NAEP U.S. History Standing**  **Committee Name**  **Affiliation** Keith Barton Indiana University Konstantin Dierks Indiana University Cosby Hunt Bell Multicultural High School, Washington, DC Linda Levstik Univers ity of Kentucky

–Dickey Hall Louisa Moffitt Marist School, Atlanta, GA Alana Murray Loiederman Middle School, Silver Spring, MD Caleb Perkins International Education Curriculum, Instruction, & Assessment, Olympia, WA Kim Rasmussen Auburn Washburn Unified S chool D istrict , Topeka, KS Tina Reynolds Woodfill Elementary School, Fort Thomas, KY Larry Starr Nebraska Department of Education Kathleen Anderson Steeves National Council for History Education, College Park, MD Diana Turk New York University Rebecca Valbuena Stanton School, Glendora, CA Bruce Vansledright University of MarylandNAEP 2014 -2016 System Clearance: Appendix B page B- 14

**NAEP Writing Standing**  **Committee Name**  **Affiliation** Arthur Applebee University at Albany

– SUNY Diane August Center for Applied Linguistics, Washington, DC Margretta Browne Montgomery County Public Schools, Silver Spring, MD Robert Crongeyer Robla School, Sacramento, CA Elyse Eidman -Aadahl University of California , Berkeley Nikki Elliot - Schuman Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction, Olympia, WA Rayna Goldfarb Abraham Lincoln High School, Philadelphia, PA Carol Jago University of California, Los Angeles Charles MacArthur University of Delaware Michael McCloskey Johns Hopkins University Norma Mota -Altman San Gabriel High School, Alhambra, CA Sandra Murphy University of California , Davis Drew Sterner Tamanend Middle School, Warrington, PA Sherry Swain National Writing Project, Berkeley, CA Victoria Young Texas Education Agency