OpportunityTitle: Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE): Enhanced Assessment Instruments Grants Program--Enhanced Assessment Instruments: Kindergarten Entry Assessment Competition CFDA Number 84.368A
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: Eligible Applicants: State educational agencies (SEAs) as defined in section 9101(41) of the ESEA and consortia of such SEAs.
Description: 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.Purpose of Program: The purpose of the Enhanced Assessment Instruments Grant program, also called the Enhanced Assessment Grants (EAG) program, is to enhance the quality of assessment instruments and systems used by States for measuring the academic achievement of elementary and secondary school students. In 2013, the Department will hold a competition for fiscal year (FY) 2012 EAG funds to support the development or enhancement of a kindergarten entry assessment (KEA) that is aligned with the State&apos;s early learning and development standards and that must cover all of the essential domains of school readiness. We will give priority to early learning collaborative efforts among States (collaborative efforts) in developing this assessment.Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.368A.Applications for grants under the Enhanced Assessment Instruments Grants KEA competition, CFDA number 84.368A, must be submitted electronically using the Governmentwide Grants.gov Apply site at www.Grants.gov. Through this site, you will be able to download a copy of the application package, complete it offline, and then upload and submit your application. You may not email an electronic copy of a grant application to us. You may access the electronic grant application for the Enhanced Assessment Instruments Grants KEA competition at www.Grants.gov. You must search for the downloadable application package for this competition by the CFDA number. Do not include the CFDA number&apos;s alpha suffix in your search (e.g., search for 84.368, not 84.368A). In notice document 2013-12212 appearing on pages 31359-31365 in the issue of May 23, 2013, make the following correction: On page 31359, in the first column, the Subject in the heading is corrected to read as set forth above.
GrantorContactEmailDescription: e-Mail: Program Manager
GrantorContactText: Julius Cotton &lt;br/&gt;ED Grants.gov FIND Systems Admin. &lt;br/&gt;Phone 202-245-6288 &lt;br/&gt;EducationGrantInquiries@ed.gov &lt;br/&gt;Program Manager: &lt;br/&gt;Erin Shackel &lt;br/&gt;Enhanced Assessment Grants Program &lt;br/&gt;Office of Elementary and Secondary Education &lt;br/&gt;U.S. Department of Education &lt;br/&gt;400 Maryland Avenue SW., Room 3W110 &lt;br/&gt;Washington, DC 20202-6132. &lt;br/&gt;Telephone: (202) 453-6423 or by email:  &lt;br/&gt;Erin.Shackel@ed.gov.
CloseDateExplanation: Applications Available: May 23, 2013.    Deadline for Notice of Intent to Apply: June 24, 2013. We will be able to develop a more efficient process for reviewing grant applications if we have a better understanding of the number of applicants that intend to apply for funding under this competition. Therefore, we strongly encourage each potential applicant to notify us of the applicant&apos;s intent to submit an application for funding. This notification should be brief, and provide the applicant organization&apos;s name and the SEA the applicant will designate as the fiscal agent for an award. Submit this notification to by email to Erin.Shackel@ed.gov with ``Intent to Apply&apos;&apos; in the email subject line or mail to Erin   Shackel, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW., room 3W110, Washington, DC 20202-6132. Applicants that do not provide this   email notification may still apply for funding. Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: July 8, 2013.