Closed · DOL-OESE-34017 · CFDA 84.368 · Discretionary

Competitive Grants for State Assessments

Federal grant opportunity posted by Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, cataloged on Grants.gov.

up to $4M
Award range
Closed
Status
June 16, 2026
Close date
6
Expected awards

The verdict

Competitive Grants for State Assessments is a closed discretionary listing from Office of Elementary and Secondary Education that offered Up to $4,000,000 across 6 expected awards. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 10 other opportunities from Office of Elementary and Secondary Education.

up to $4M
award range
Closed
application status
6
expected awards
84.368
CFDA program

Recently closed NOFO

This listing closed on June 16, 2026. CFDA 84.368 may re-announce under a new opportunity number. Historical award band was Up to $4,000,000.

According to Grants.gov (extract vintage 2026-08-10), this record reflects the officially published listing. See methodology.

Deadline tracker

Application window closed

Closed June 16, 2026

Posted Apr 30 Closes Jun 16

Est. Total Funding

$16,556,000

Expected Awards

6

Instrument

Grant

Description

The purpose of the CGSA program is to enhance the quality of assessment instruments and assessment systems used by States for measuring the academic achievement and growth of elementary and secondary school students. The FY 2026 competition includes two absolute priorities, three competitive preference priorities, two invitational priorities, selection criteria, and requirements. The absolute priorities are: 1) Developing Innovative Assessment Item Types and Design Approaches and 2) Meaningful Learning Opportunities. The competitive preference priorities are: 1) Improving Assessment Scoring and Score Reporting, 2) Assessing Student Growth, and 3) Comprehensive Academic Assessment Instruments. The invitational priorities are: 1) Assessment and Data Literacy and 2) Comprehensive Assessment Systems.

Public-sector applicant lane · Office of Elementary and Secondary Education

Grants.gov lists only government / tribal / housing-authority applicant doors for Competitive Grants for State Assessments (State governments). This is a public-sector corridor, not a general nonprofit open call. The extract does not mark applicant cost-sharing as required. Instrument: Grant. Funding-activity code maps to Education (ED). 1 other Office of Elementary and Secondary Education listings share this eligibility-code string (9% of 11).

Code 00
State governments

Codes are Grants.gov eligibility category values from the extract vintage 2026-08-10. Confirm the full eligibility statement on the official listing or the Grants.gov eligibility reference.

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Agency Contact

Donald Peasley ESEA.Assessment@ed.gov

What to do next

Competitive Grants for State Assessments is closed; use the parent program and agency catalog for the next funding cycle.

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