[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 101 (Wednesday, May 25, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 30367]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-12669]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
Title: Measurement Development: Quality of Caregiver-Child
Interactions for Infants and Toddlers (Q-CCIIT).
OMB No.: New Collection.
Description: The Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation
(OPRE), Administration for Children and Families (ACF), U.S. Department
of Health and Human Services (HHS), is proposing to develop a new
observation measure to assess the quality of child care settings,
specifically the quality of caregiver-child interaction for infants and
toddlers in nonparental care. The measure will be appropriate for use
across child care settings, center-based and family child care settings
as well as single- and mixed-age classrooms.
The two-year data collection activity will include two phases: (1)
A pilot test and (2) a psychometric field test. We will request
information about the child care setting, its classrooms and families
for recruitment into the study. Information will be collected through
observations, focus groups, and questionnaires.
In the pilot and field tests, the new Q-CCIIT observation measure
will include observing a small group activity structured with a common
task and asking follow-up observation questions. Caregivers observed
will also complete a background questionnaire. Focus groups to obtain
stakeholder input on caregiver-child interactions will be conducted
separately with parents, caregivers, and training and technical
assistance providers. Focus group participants will also complete a
demographic questionnaire. Parents of children served by caregivers
will complete a questionnaire on their child's competencies related to
cognitive, language/communication, and social-emotional development.
Parents will complete this questionnaire, which will also include
family and child characteristics, once in the pilot test and twice in
the field test, at the start of the field test and 6 months later to
assess growth.
The purpose of this data collection is to support the 2007
reauthorization of the Head Start program (Pub. L. 110-134), which
calls for periodic assessments of Head Start's quality and
effectiveness.
Respondents: Child care setting representatives (directors or
owners), caregivers (center-based and family child care settings),
parents of children in those child care settings, and training and
technical assistance providers.
Annual Burden Estimates
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Annual number Number of Average Estimated
Instrument of responses per burden hour annual burden
respondents respondent per response hours
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1. Child care setting recruitment form.......... 190 1 0.5 95
2. Q-CCIIT measure-small group activity and 290 1 0.25 73
follow-up......................................
3. Caregiver background questionnaire........... 520 1 0.25 130
4. Focus group interview guide.................. 20 1 1.90 38
5. Parent focus group demographic questionnaire. 10 1 0.10 1
6. Caregiver focus group demographic 5 1 0.10 1
questionnaire..................................
7. Training and technical assistance provider 5 1 0.10 1
focus group demographic questionnaire..........
8. Parent-report child competence questionnaire. 880 2 0.75 1,320
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Estimated total annual burden hours:........ .............. .............. .............. 1,659
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Additional Information
Copies of the proposed collection may be obtained by writing to the
Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research
and Evaluation, 370 L'Enfant Promenade, SW., Washington, DC 20447,
Attn: OPRE Reports Clearance Officer. All requests should be identified
by the title of the information collection. E-mail address:
OPREinfocollection@acf.hhs.gov.
OMB Comment
OMB is required to make a decision concerning the collection of
information between 30 and 60 days after publication of this document
in the Federal Register. Therefore, a comment is best assured of having
its full effect if OMB receives it within 30 days of publication.
Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information
collection should be sent directly to the following:
Office of Management and Budget Paperwork Reduction Project Fax:
202-395-6974.
Attn: Desk Officer for the Administration for Children and
Families.
Dated: May 17, 2011.
Steven Hanmer,
OPRE Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2011-12669 Filed 5-24-11; 8:45 am]
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