AERA submitted comments on the generic clearance for improvement projects for surveys conducted by the National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics. (September 8, 2025)

AERA submitted comments on the revised information collection for the 2025-28 school years for EDFacts, urging reconsideration of the withdrawal of a proposal for states to report state assessment data for fourth and eighth grade by multiple proficiency levels. (June 20, 2025)

AERA submitted comments on the revised information collection request for the 2026 National Assessment of Educational Progress, seeking an immediate solution to enable the restoration of CIPSEA confidentiality assurances. (June 16, 2025)

AERA submitted comments on the proposed rule from the Office of Personnel Management that would create a new Schedule Policy/Career job classification in the federal government, “Improving Performance, Accountability and Responsiveness in the Civil Service.” (June 6, 2025)

In a letter, AERA and other education research leaders called on Congress to protect the nation’s education data, research infrastructure, and knowledge base, by safeguarding the IES and broader Education Department staff, leadership, and mission. (March 26, 2025)

AERA and 86 others organizations and individual researchers sent a letter to Congress elevating deep concerns regarding Institute of Education Sciences research and data collection cancellations. (March 10, 2025)

More Comments and Letters

Congress Moves Forward on FY 2026 NSF Funding Proposals with Small Cut in Senate, Larger Cut in House
AERA Highlights, July 2025

NIH Issues Policy on Supporting Fairness and Originality in Research Applications
AERA Highlights, July 2025

AERA Provides Comments on Proposed Updates to 2026 NAEP and EDFacts
AERA Highlights, June 2025

AERA Provides Comment on Proposed Schedule Policy/Career Designation, Urges Exemption of Federal Research Program Officers and Statistical Agency Staff
AERA Highlights, June 2025

Congress Begins Action on FY 2026 Appropriations, AERA Weighs in With Testimony
AERA Highlights, June 2025

FY 2026 Budget Request Includes Deep Cuts for Federal Research Agencies
AERA Highlights, June 2025

OSTP Issues Guidance for Implementing “Gold Standard Science” Executive Order
AERA Highlights, June 2025

National Institutes of Health Launches NIH Brain Development Cohorts (NBDC) Data Hub
AERA Highlights, June 2025

Judge Blocks Dismantling of Education Department, Temporarily Reinstates Hundreds of Employees
AERA Highlights, May 2025

NSF Continues Grant Terminations as Layoffs and Closure of Division of Equity for Excellence in STEM Division Are on Hold
AERA Highlights, May 2025

Trump Administration Issues “Skinny” FY 2026 Budget Outline with Proposed Cuts for NSF, NIH
AERA Highlights, May 2025

President Trump Issues Executive Order on “Gold Standard Science”
AERA Highlights, May 2025

NIH Updates: Public Access Policy Implementation Deadline Moved Up, Leadership Changes for Individual Institutes
AERA Highlights, May 2025

AERA Highlights Priorities for FY 2026 Funding for Education Research and Statistics
AERA Highlights, April 2025

National Science Foundation Issues Statement on Priorities, Cancels Chunk of Ongoing Grants
AERA Highlights, April 2025

AERA Partnering with 11 Other Education Research Associations Calls on Congress to Save Education Research and Data
AERA Highlights, March 2025

AERA Urges Action on Use of NCES Restricted-Use Data Licenses
AERA Highlights, March 2025

Department of Education Initiates Reduction in Force with Significant Impact on IES Staffing
AERA Highlights, March 2025

FY 2025 Wraps Up with Full-Year Continuing Resolution with Uncertainty for Research and Statistics Support
AERA Highlights, March 2025

NCES Commissioner Peggy Carr Placed on Administrative Leave
AERA Highlights, February 2025

Broad Coalition Releases Vision for American Science and Technology (VAST)
AERA Highlights, February 2025

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