[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 116 (Wednesday, June 17, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34623-34624]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-14838]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
[Docket No. ED-2015-ICCD-0077]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; Middle
Grades Longitudinal Study of 2016-2017 (MGLS:2017) Item Validation and
Operational Field Tests
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.
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DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before
August 17, 2015.
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-2015-ICCD-
0077 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 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: Middle Grades Longitudinal Study of 2016-2017
(MGLS:2017) Item Validation and Operational Field Tests.
OMB Control Number: 1850-0911.
Type of Review: A revision of an existing information collection.
Respondents/Affected Public: Individuals.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 25,951.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 8,729.
Abstract: The Middle Grades Longitudinal Study of 2016-2017
(MGLS:2017) is the first study sponsored by the National Center for
Education Statistics (NCES), within the Institute of Education Sciences
(IES) of the U.S. Department of Education (ED), to follow a nationally-
representative sample of students as they enter and move through the
middle grades (grades 6-8). The data collected through repeated
measures of key constructs will provide a rich descriptive picture of
the academic experiences and development of students during these
critical years and will allow researchers to examine associations
between contextual factors and student outcomes. The study will focus
on student achievement in mathematics and literacy along with measures
of student socioemotional wellbeing and other outcomes. The study will
also include a special sample of students with different types of
disabilities that will provide descriptive information on their
outcomes, educational experiences, and special education services.
Baseline data for the MGLS:2017 will be collected from a nationally-
representative sample of 6th grade students in winter of 2017 with
annual follow-ups in winter 2018 and winter 2019 when most of the
students in the sample will be in grades 7 and 8, respectively. This
request is to concurrently conduct the Item Validation and the
Operational Field Tests for the MGLS: 2017, beginning in January 2016.
The primary purpose of the Item Validation Field Test is to determine
the psychometric properties of items and the predictive potential of
assessment and survey items so that valid, reliable, and useful
assessment and survey instruments can be composed for the main study.
The primary purposes of the Operational Field Test are to obtain
information on recruiting, particularly for the targeted disability
groups; on obtaining a tracking sample that can be used to study
mobility patterns in subsequent years; and on administrative
procedures.
Dated: June 11, 2015.
Stephanie Valentine,
Acting Director, Information Collection Clearance Division, Office of
the Chief Privacy Officer, Office of Management.
[FR Doc. 2015-14838 Filed 6-16-15; 8:45 am]
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