Legislation
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended, Title VII, Part A, Subpart 3, Sec. 7131; 20 U.S.C. 7451.
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended, Title VII, Part A, Subpart 3, Sec. 7131; 20 U.S.C. 7451.
Appropriation: $3,890,819
Fiscal Year 2008 Awards Information
Note: The Department is not bound by any estimates in this notice. Number of New Awards Anticipated:0
Appropriation: $3,960,000
Fiscal Year 2007 Awards Information
Note: The Department is not bound by any estimates in this notice. Number of New Awards Anticipated:1
Appropriation: $3,960,000
Fiscal Year 2006 Awards Information
Note: The Department is not bound by any estimates in this notice. Number of New Awards Anticipated:0
Appropriation: $5,128,640
Appropriation: $5,170,314
Who May Apply: (by category) Institutions of Higher Education, Local Education Agencies, Nonprofit Organizations, Other Organizations and/or Agencies, State Education Agencies (SEAs)
Who May Apply: (specifically) In addition to the entities above, Indian tribes, Indian organizations, Indian(IHEs), and other public and private agencies and institutions may apply.
The National Activities authority funds research, evaluation, and data collection to provide information on the education status of the Indian population and on the effectiveness of Indian education programs. This authority enables the Department to improve the national knowledge base on the education status and needs of Indians and to identify and disseminate information on best practices for serving this population.
The Department uses these funds, primarily through contracts, to support research, evaluation, and data collection on the status and effectiveness of Indian education programs, and for other activities to improve programs that serve American Indians and Alaska Natives, age preschool through adult.
The NIES 2019 Report is now available. Click here!
The goal of the study is to describe the condition of education of American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) students by focusing on both their academic performance and educational experiences in grades 4 and 8. This activity is part of a collaborative effort among Indian tribes and organizations, the Bureau of Indian Education (BIE), and state and local education agencies toward meeting the challenging academic standards set forth in the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, reauthorized in 2015 as the Every Student Succeeds Act.
The NIES helps to provide a more complete picture of the status of education for American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) students in the United States. The last two studies were conducted in 2019 and 2015.
Members of the NIES Technical Review Panel (TRP) also authored a companion document to the 2019 NIES Report Setting the Context which provides overarching recommendations and a perspective of how NIES fits in the larger sphere of education for AI/AN Students.
Click here to visit the NIES web page
In 2019, 4,100 AI/AN fourth-graders and 3,700 AI/AN eight-graders participated in the NAEP reading assessment, and 4,000 AI/AN fourth-graders and 3,800 AI/AN eighth-graders participated in the NAEP mathematics assessment. About 7,000 AI/AN students from approximately 1,400 schools at grade 4 and about 6,300 AI/AN students from approximately 1,300 schools at grade 8 participated in the 2019 NIES survey. In 2019, Nebraska was added, raising the number of NIES states to 15.
The 2019 NIES found that:
Based on the 2015 NIES – A Closer Look publication (released in May 2019), composite results found that:
Further analysis of these composites found that
In conjunction with the release of the 2015 NIES – A Closer Look publication, the NIES TRP also authored a Setting the Context document.