This is a firm fixed-price contract awarded by the Institute of Education Sciences, part of the U.S. Department of Education, to the Nebraska Department of Education. The $1,620,536 contract provides for the Nebraska Department of Education to serve as the state coordinator for the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) from April 2025 through March 2035. The contract does not have a set-aside designation. As the NAEP state coordinator, the Nebraska Department of Education will be responsible for coordinating data collection, administering assessments, and supporting analysis of student academic performance data across Nebraska. This contract builds on the agency's previous experience serving as the NAEP state coordinator from 2020 to 2025 under a separate $800,860 contract. The Nebraska Department of Education also receives substantial federal formula grant funding from the Department of Education, Department of Agriculture, and Department of Health and Human Services to administer a wide range of educational programs and services benefiting students statewide, including Title I, special education, child nutrition, career and technical education, and various discretionary grant initiatives.
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