[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 190 (Tuesday, October 1, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60266-60267]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-23799]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
[Docket No. ED-2013-ICCD-0090]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Implementation of Title I/II Program Initiatives
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 new information
collection.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before
October 31, 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-
0090 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 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
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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: Implementation of Title I/II Program
Initiatives.
OMB Control Number: 1850-NEW.
Type of Review: A new collection.
Respondents/Affected Public: State, Local, or Tribal Governments.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 12,321.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 6,573.
Abstract: The Implementation of Title I/II Program Initiatives
study will examine the implementation of policies promoted through the
Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) at the state, district
and school levels, in four core areas: state content standards, aligned
assessments, accountability and school turnaround, and development of
effective teachers and leaders.
The purpose of this new data collection is to provide policy makers
with detailed information on the progress being made on the core
policies promoted by Title I and Title II, and the recent granting of
ESEA Flexibility to states. Although other research studies cover
similar topics on recent federal education policy, the breadth of
research questions and the depth of responses from all SEAs and three
levels of nationally representative samples, sets the Title I/II study
apart from other studies.
This study will rely on information collected from existing
sources, for which there are no respondents or burden, and on a new set
of surveys in order to address the study's research questions. Extant
data sources include (a) the National Assessment of Educational
Progress (NAEP); (b) EDFacts data; (c) information about teacher
preparation and certification programs and policies; and (d) state
documents.
The new surveys of states and districts will begin in 2013 and the
surveys of schools (principals) and teachers will begin in 2014. All
respondents will have the opportunity to complete an electronic (email
or web-based) survey (or paper survey, if preferred). The survey
respondents are described briefly below.
State Surveys. The state survey will be sent to the chief state
school officer in each of the 50 states and the District of Columbia.
The state surveys will be administered using an electronic instrument
divided into modules corresponding to the four core areas.
District Surveys. The district survey will be sent to school
superintendents from a nationally representative sample of 570 school
districts. The district survey will be web-based and modularized,
corresponding to the four core areas, to allow for completion by one or
multiple respondents.
School Surveys. The school survey will be sent to principals from a
nationally representative sample of 1,300 schools. The school survey
will be web-based and address issues in the four core areas.
Teacher Surveys. The teacher survey will be sent to a nationally
representative sample of teachers selected from the sampled schools. A
total of 9,100 teachers will be asked to complete a web-based survey
that addresses issues in the four core areas.
Teacher Rosters. Principals from sampled schools will be asked to
provide a comprehensive list of teachers in their schools, which will
be used as the sampling frame for the teacher sample. Principals will
be asked to identify their school's grade span and list all teachers
along with their email address, main grade, subjects taught, (e.g.,
Reading/English/Language Arts, Mathematics, Science and Other), and
whether the teacher teaches a class in which students are tested for
accountability requirements under ESEA.
Dated: September 25, 2013.
Stephanie Valentine,
Acting Director, Information Collection Clearance Division, Privacy,
Information and Records Management Services, Office of Management.
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