[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 175 (Wednesday, September 10, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53698-53699]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-21472]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
[Docket No. ED-2014-ICCD-0103]
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 if 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 10, 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-
0103 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
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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 2E103, Washington, DC 20202.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For specific questions related to
collection activities, please contact Kashka Kubzdela, 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: 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: A revision of an existing information collection.
Respondents/Affected Public: Individuals and Households.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 140,208.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 49,507.
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 2015 fourth-grade national data collection and (2)
recruitment for the spring 2016 fifth-grade data collection.
Dated: September 4, 2014.
Kate Mullan,
Acting Director, Information Collection Clearance Division, Privacy,
Information and Records Management Services, Office of Management.
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