Grants for State Assessments and Related Activities — CFDA 84.369

State-assessment obligations at $842,786,790.73

USAspending.gov records $842,786,790.73 in obligations under CFDA 84.369. One hundred nineteen awards produce that stock. A simple average is about $7,082,242 per award. That average is a quotient of two packet totals, not a typical statewide testing contract and not a cost per student. Other Elementary and Secondary Education Act listings tagged under different CFDA numbers are not mixed into the $842,786,790.73.

The assistance-listing title is GRANTS FOR STATE ASSESSMENTS AND RELATED ACTIVITIES. CFDA 84.369 is the identifier. Combining 84.369 with Title I or special-education assessment codes would invent a combined testing total this packet does not contain. Read the $842,786,790.73 as the obligation book tagged 84.369 only.

53 recipients on a 52-jurisdiction map

Fifty-three recipients share 119 awards, or about 2.2 award records per recipient on average. Splitting $842,786,790.73 evenly would assign about $15.9 million per recipient. That density is a multi-year SEA formula pattern: a small named-agency headcount carrying a few assistance rows. The packet does not list the 53.

Fifty-two jurisdictions in the geographic count sit one shy of the 53-recipient headcount — a near match typical of states plus the District of Columbia and a small extra coded entity. Assessment dollars follow statutory allocations, not equal shares. Place-of-performance amounts are on the program table. Recipient count is organizational, not a census of test vendors.

Award rows are not a testing census

Among Education listings, 84.369 is a low-row formula file: 119 awards against 53 recipients. Award count is a weak proxy for “number of assessment systems” and a worse proxy for exams scored. Recipients (53) tell you how many named organizations sit on the extract; awards (119) tell you how many assistance rows were stored.

The packet does not report NAEP-style scores, participation rates, or item banks. Citing 119 as tests would be a unit error. Keep the units straight: dollars, awards, recipients, jurisdictions. The $842,786,790.73 stock is the obligation figure from USAspending.gov.

Obligations versus assessment outlays

The $842,786,790.73 is an obligation total from USAspending.gov. Outlays — cash paid against Grants for State Assessments and Related Activities awards — are not in the packet. A formula file can show a large obligation stock while SEAs draw against multi-year assessment contracts on a later calendar. Deobligations and upward adjustments both move the total.

Use CFDA 84.369 to size this assessment listing in the assistance file. Do not use it as a student-achievement dashboard. Those series live elsewhere. This page reports the obligation book tagged 84.369.

What the 84.369 tables omit

The program hub lists award-backed obligations from USAspending.gov. It is not a test-score file, not a standards inventory, and not a contractor directory. Series that never appear as assistance awards will not show up in the $842,786,790.73. That omission is definitional rather than a gap in the 119 award rows.

Place-of-performance on 52 jurisdictions is a coding field. Read the program page before treating those cells as equal shares of assessment funding. Recipient dollars, if shown on the hub, are still obligation amounts, not cash already paid to state education agencies.

Where the 84.369 table lives

The program page overlays these four facts. The all-programs index ranks 84.369 among other assistance listings. Agency pages show awarding-agency rollups that may include this CFDA among other Education listings. For 84.369 only, start on the program page.

CFDA 84.369’s 119 awards spread $842,786,790.73 across 53 recipients and 52 jurisdictions. Quote award count as a record count, recipient count as the organizational headcount, and dollars as obligations from USAspending.gov. About 2.2 award records per recipient is the density story. Outlays remain a separate column. Source: USAspending.gov assistance awards.

A researcher comparing 84.369 with Title I or special-education assessment codes should keep CFDA numbers separate. The 53-recipient headcount on 52 jurisdictions is an SEA formula fingerprint, not a testing-vendor ledger. Quote $842,786,790.73 as the USAspending obligation stock for Grants for State Assessments and Related Activities only. About 2.2 award records per recipient is the density story on 119 awards. Test counts, participation rates, and item banks remain outside the packet. Outlays are a separate column.

Questions

How much is obligated for state assessment grants?

USAspending.gov records $842,786,790.73 in obligations for CFDA 84.369. SpendingVault indexes 119 awards, 53 recipients, and 52 jurisdictions. The figure is an obligation sum from assistance awards, not an outlay and not a test count. CFDA 84.369’s $842,786,790.73 is the USAspending obligation stock.

How many awards does CFDA 84.369 carry?

The listing shows 119 awards against 53 recipients, or about 2.2 award records per recipient. A simple average is about $7,082,242 per award. Award count is not a count of exams or students assessed. Recipient dollars are on the program page.

How many organizations receive 84.369 awards?

The extract lists 53 recipients. Those are organizational recipients on assistance awards tagged 84.369, not a census of testing vendors. Geographic coding covers 52 jurisdictions. The packet does not name the 53 or publish participation rates. The packet reports obligations from USAspending.gov, not outlays.

Is $842,786,790.73 already paid for state assessments?

Not necessarily. Obligations are commitments. Outlays are payments. CFDA 84.369’s indexed total is the obligation stock from USAspending.gov. This page does not report cash drawn, remaining balances, or tests scored. The $842,786,790.73 on 119 awards is the obligation figure. The packet reports obligations from USAspending.gov, not outlays.