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Grants for State Assessments and Related Activities

Program Information

Popular name

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Program Number

84.369

Program objective

The purpose of this program is: to pay the costs of developing the standards and high-quality assessments required by Title I of the ESEA. Once a State has put in place those standards and assessments, it may use program funds to pay for the administration of the assessments and for other activities related to ensuring that the State’s schools and LEAs are held accountable for results and helping students attain challenging academic standards linked to college- and career-readiness. Such activities may include, among other things, developing standards and assessments in subjects other than those required by Title I, refining State assessments to ensure continued alignment with standards, expanding the range of testing accommodations for students with disabilities and for English Learner students, developing multiple measures to ensure the validity and reliability of State assessments, and using academic assessment instruments such as performance and technology-based assessments or computer adaptive assessments to better reflect the kind of complex work students do in an effective classroom and the real world.

Program expenditures, by FY (2023 - 2025)

This chart shows obligations for the program by fiscal year. All data for this chart was provided by the administering agency and sourced from SAM.gov, USASpending.gov, and Treasury.gov.

For more information on each of these data sources, please see the About the data page.

Additional program information

  1. 2016

    No Current Data Available.

  2. 2017

    No Current Data Available.

  3. 2018

    No Current Data Available.

  4. 2019

    Made grants to 56 State educational agencies.

  5. 2023

    Made grants to 53 State educational agencies.

  6. 2024

    Made grants to 53 State educational agencies.

Single Audit Applies (2 CFR Part 200 Subpart F):

For additional information on single audit requirements for this program, review the current Compliance Supplement.

OMB is working with the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) and agency offices of inspectors general to include links to relevant oversight reports. This section will be updated once this information is made available.

Education Department General Administrative Regulations (EDGAR), Parts 76, 77, 79, 80, 81, 82, 85, 86, 97, 98, and 99. 34 CFR Parts 200 and 300. Nonregulatory guidance concerning Title I, Part A assessment requirements is available at http://www.ed.gov/admins/lead/account/saa.html.

  1. I, B, 1201, Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended.

Program details

Categories & sub-categories

Education

Program types

Eligible beneficiaries

  • Education Professional
  • Local
  • School
  • State

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