[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 185 (Tuesday, September 24, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 58528]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-23207]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
[Docket No.: ED-2013-ICCD-0096]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Early Childhood Longitudinal Study Kindergarten Class of 2010-
11 (ECLS-K:2011) Spring Third-Grade National Collection, Fourth-Grade
Recruitment, and Fifth-Grade Tracking
AGENCY: Institute of Education Sciences/National Center for Education
Statistics (IES), Department of Education (ED).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. chapter 3501 et seq.), ED is proposing a revision of an existing
information collection.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before
October 24, 2013.
ADDRESSES: Comments submitted in response to this notice should be
submitted electronically through the Federal eRulemaking Portal at
http://www.regulations.gov by selecting Docket ID number
ED-2013-ICCD-0096 or via postal mail, commercial delivery, or hand
delivery. Please note that comments submitted by fax or email and those
submitted after the comment period will not be accepted. Written
requests for information or comments submitted by postal mail or
delivery should be addressed to the Acting Director of the Information
Collection Clearance Division, U.S. Department of Education, 400
Maryland Avenue SW, LBJ, Room 2E105, Washington, DC 20202-4537.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For questions related to collection
activities or burden, please call Kathy Axt, 540-776-7742 or
electronically mail [email protected]. Please do not send comments
here.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department of Education (ED), in
accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) (44 U.S.C.
3506(c)(2)(A)), provides the general public and Federal agencies with
an opportunity to comment on proposed, revised, and continuing
collections of information. This helps the Department assess the impact
of its information collection requirements and minimize the public's
reporting burden. It also helps the public understand the Department's
information collection requirements and provide the requested data in
the desired format. ED is soliciting comments on the proposed
information collection request (ICR) that is described below. The
Department of Education is especially interested in public comment
addressing the following issues: (1) is this collection necessary to
the proper functions of the Department; (2) will this information be
processed and used in a timely manner; (3) is the estimate of burden
accurate; (4) how might the Department enhance the quality, utility,
and clarity of the information to be collected; and (5) how might the
Department minimize the burden of this collection on the respondents,
including through the use of information technology. Please note that
written comments received in response to this notice will be considered
public records.
Title of Collection: Early Childhood Longitudinal Study
Kindergarten Class of 2010-11 (ECLS-K:2011) Spring Third-Grade National
Collection, Fourth-Grade Recruitment, and Fifth-Grade Tracking
OMB Control Number: 1850-0750
Type of Review: Revision of an existing collection of information.
Respondents/Affected Public: Individuals or households
Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 143,825
Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 52,702
Abstract: The Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten
Class of 2010-11 (ECLS-K:2011), sponsored by the National Center for
Education Statistics (NCES) within the Institute of Education Sciences
(IES) of the U.S. Department of Education (ED), is a survey that
focuses on children's early school experiences beginning with
kindergarten and continuing through the fifth grade. It includes the
collection of data from parents, teachers, school administrators, and
nonparental care providers, as well as direct child assessments. Like
its sister study, the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten
Class of 1998-99 (ECLS-K), the ECLS-K:2011 is exceptionally broad in
its scope and coverage of child development, early learning, and school
progress, drawing together information from multiple sources to provide
rich data about the population of children who were kindergartners in
the 2010-11 school year. This submission requests OMBs clearance for
(1) a spring 2014 third-grade national data collection; (2) recruitment
for the spring 2015 fourth-grade data collection, and (3) tracking
students for the spring 2016 fifth-grade data collection.
Dated: September 19, 2013.
Stephanie Valentine,
Acting Director, Information Collection Clearance Division, Privacy,
Information and Records Management Services, Office of Management.
[FR Doc. 2013-23207 Filed 9-23-13; 8:45 am]
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