Letters and Testimony to Congress and the Trump Administration

Recent letters and testimony to Congress from the AERA and from Congress to the administration.

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  Comments on Request for Information on Redesigning IES
  October 15, 2025
  
  AERA provided comments on the U.S. Department of Education’s Request for Information on Redesigning the Institute of Education Sciences (IES), emphasizing the importance of investing in staff and infrastructure capacity and of preserving and strengthening IES programs while pursuing innovation. Read more

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  Comments on IPEDS Proposed Updates
  October 14, 2025
  
  AERA provided input on proposed updates to the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), including the new Admissions and Consumer Transparency Supplement, emphasizing the need for NCES staff to pilot indicators and provide technical assistance. Read more

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  PostSecondary Data Collaborative Letter on IPEDS
  October 14, 2025
  
  AERA joined the Postsecondary Data Collaborative in comments on IPEDS, recommending effective implementation of the Admissions and Consumer Transparency Supplement and highlighting the need for sufficient NCES capacity. Read more

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  Comments on NCES School Finance Surveys
  September 16, 2025
  
  AERA urged the U.S. Department of Education to ensure that the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) has the capacity to collect and report data for the School-Level Finance Survey and the National Public Education Financial Survey. Read more

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  AERA Issues Testimony to Senate Commerce, Justice, Science Appropriations Subcommittee
• June 13, 2025
  
  In a testimony, AERA expressed concern over proposed cuts & a call for robust investments to ensure the vitality of the National Science Foundation and Census Bureau.

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  AERA Issues Testimony to House Commerce, Justice, Science Appropriations Subcommittee
  May 9, 2025
  
  In appropriations testimony, AERA Executive Director Felice Levine registered “shock and concern” about DOGE’s “unbridled attacks on the NSF and its mission as an independent agency to advance all science.” She called on Congress to examine this assault—now directed to education science and other social, behavioral, and economic sciences.

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  Members of the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology Send Letter to Acting Director of the National Science Foundation
  May 8, 2025
  
  Members of the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology sent a letter to Brian Stone, Acting Director of the National Science Foundation (NSF) demanding answers on how decisions are being made at NSF.