Office of Elementary and secondary Education (OESE): Office for School Support and Accountability: Competitive Grants for State Assessments (CGSA) program, Assistance Listing Number (ALN) 84.368A

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Opportunity number
ED-GRANTS-030824-003
Agency
Applications due
Award size
Up to $4,000,000

Opportunity facts

Assistance listings
Funding instrument
Grant
Category
  • Education
Eligible applicants
  • Other
Full announcement

Opportunity details come from Grants.gov. Updated .

About this opportunity

The Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education is offering the Competitive Grants for State Assessments (CGSA) program, Assistance Listing Number 84.368A, to enhance the quality, validity, and reliability of state academic assessment instruments and systems used to measure student academic achievement and growth. Eligible applicants include state educational agencies and consortia of SEAs. The evaluation criteria focus on the significance of the project, the quality of the project design and approach, the quality of services, the adequacy of resources, and quality of the management plan. The application deadline is May 24, 2024, with an intergovernmental review deadline of July 23, 2024.

A minimum of $18,993,000 is available, with individual awards ranging from $1,000,000 to $4,000,000 over one to four years. The program aims to support state efforts to improve assessment instruments and systems through multiple measures and sources. No specific place of performance is indicated, as the grants will support statewide assessment initiatives.

Synopsis

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Update #3 · Latest ·

On March 8, 2024, the Department of Education (Department) published in the Federal Register a notice inviting applications for the fiscal year (FY) 2024 Competitive Grants for State Assessments Program (NIA), Assistance Listing Number (ALN) 84.368A. The NIA established a deadline date of May 22, 2024, for the transmittal of applications. This notice extends the deadline date for transmittal of applications until May 24, 2024, and extends the deadline for intergovernmental review until July 23, 2024. DATES: Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: May 24, 2024. Deadline for Intergovernmental Review: July 23, 2024. -

Note: Each funding opportunity description is a synopsis of information in the Federal Register application notice. For specific information about eligibility, please see the official application notice. The official version of this document is the document published in the Federal Register. Free Internet access to the official edition of the Federal Register and the Code of Federal Regulations is available on GPO Access at: http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/index.html. Please review the official application notice for pre-application and application requirements, application submission information, performance measures, priorities and program contact information.

For the addresses for obtaining and submitting an application, please refer to our Revised Common Instructions for Applicants to Department of Education Discretionary Grant Programs, published in the Federal Register on December 7, 2022.

Purpose of Program: The purpose of the CGSA program is to enhance the quality of assessment instruments and assessment systems used by States for measuring the academic achievement and growth of elementary and secondary school students.

Assistance Listing Number (ALN) 84.368A.

Update #2 ·

The Department has learned that grants.gov, the system used to receive and process applications will be unavailable May 18-21, 2024. In light of this system disruption, we are extending the deadline date for transmittal of applications. The new deadline for applications is May 24, 2024. -

Note: Each funding opportunity description is a synopsis of information in the Federal Register application notice. For specific information about eligibility, please see the official application notice. The official version of this document is the document published in the Federal Register. Free Internet access to the official edition of the Federal Register and the Code of Federal Regulations is available on GPO Access at: http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/index.html. Please review the official application notice for pre-application and application requirements, application submission information, performance measures, priorities and program contact information.

For the addresses for obtaining and submitting an application, please refer to our Revised Common Instructions for Applicants to Department of Education Discretionary Grant Programs, published in the Federal Register on December 7, 2022.

Purpose of Program: The purpose of the CGSA program is to enhance the quality of assessment instruments and assessment systems used by States for measuring the academic achievement and growth of elementary and secondary school students.

Assistance Listing Number (ALN) 84.368A.

Update #1 ·

Note: Each funding opportunity description is a synopsis of information in the Federal Register application notice. For specific information about eligibility, please see the official application notice. The official version of this document is the document published in the Federal Register. Free Internet access to the official edition of the Federal Register and the Code of Federal Regulations is available on GPO Access at: http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/index.html. Please review the official application notice for pre-application and application requirements, application submission information, performance measures, priorities and program contact information.

For the addresses for obtaining and submitting an application, please refer to our Revised Common Instructions for Applicants to Department of Education Discretionary Grant Programs, published in the Federal Register on December 7, 2022.

Purpose of Program: The purpose of the CGSA program is to enhance the quality of assessment instruments and assessment systems used by States for measuring the academic achievement and growth of elementary and secondary school students.

Assistance Listing Number (ALN) 84.368A.

Files

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2024-10294.pdf PDF
2024-04972.pdf PDF
2022-26554.pdf PDF

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