[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 127 (Wednesday, July 2, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 37721]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-15479]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
[Docket No. ED-2014-ICCD-0101]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request;
Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS 2016) Field
Test and Recruitment for Main Study
AGENCY: Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education
Statistics (IES-NCES), 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 reinstatement without
change of an existing information collection.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before
September 2, 2014.
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-2014-ICCD-
0101 or via postal mail, commercial delivery, or hand delivery. If the
regulations.gov site is not available to the public for any reason, ED
will temporarily accept comments at [email protected]. Please note
that comments submitted by fax or email and those submitted after the
comment period will not be accepted; ED will only accept comments
during the comment period in this mailbox when the regulations.gov site
is not available. 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, Mailstop L-OM-2-
2E319, Room 2E105, Washington, DC 20202.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For specific questions related to
collection activities, please contact Kashka Kubdzela, 202-502-7411.
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: Progress in International Reading Literacy
Study (PIRLS 2016) Field Test and Recruitment for Main Study.
OMB Control Number: 1850-0645.
Type of Review: A reinstatement without change of an existing
information collection.
Respondents/Affected Public: Individuals or households.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 1,919.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 5,142.
Abstract: The Progress in International Reading Literacy Study
(PIRLS) 2016 is coordinated by the International Association for the
Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA) and in the U.S.
administered by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES).
Since its inception in 2001, PIRLS has continued to assess students
every five years (2001, 2006, 2011, 2016). It is administered in more
than 40 countries and provides data for internationally benchmarking
U.S. performance in fourth-grade reading. PIRLS also collects
background information on students, teachers, schools, curricula, and
official education policies. Each successive participation in PIRLS
provides trend information about U.S. 4th-grade students' knowledge and
abilities in reading relative to other countries, and about the
cultural environments, teaching practices, curriculum goals, and
institutional arrangements that are associated with student
achievement, and how these change over time in different countries.
This submission describes the overarching plan for all phases of the
data collection, including the field test and the main study. The field
test will take place in March-April, 2015, and the main study will take
place in March-April, 2016. The purpose of the PIRLS field test is to
evaluate new assessment items and background questions to ensure
practices that promote low exclusion rates, and to ensure that
classroom and student sampling procedures proposed for the main study
are successful. This submission requests approval for recruiting for
the 2015 field test and 2016 main study; conducting the 2015 field test
data collection; and a description of the overarching plan for all of
the phases of the data collection, including the 2016 main study.
Dated: June 26, 2014.
Stephanie Valentine,
Acting Director, Information Collection Clearance Division, Privacy,
Information and Records Management Services, Office of Management.
[FR Doc. 2014-15479 Filed 7-1-14; 8:45 am]
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