[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 78 (Tuesday, April 25, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19029-19030]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-08322]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
[Docket No.: ED-2017-ICCD-0055]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request;
International Early Learning Study (IELS) 2018 Field Test Data
Collection and Main Study Recruitment
AGENCY: National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), Department of
Education (ED).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ED is
proposing a revision of an existing information collection.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before
June 26, 2017.
ADDRESSES: To access and review all the documents related to the
information collection listed in this notice, please use http://www.regulations.gov by searching the Docket ID number ED-2017-ICCD-
0055. Comments submitted in response to this notice should be submitted
electronically through the Federal eRulemaking Portal at http://www.regulations.gov by selecting the Docket ID number 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 224-82,
Washington, DC 20202-4537.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For specific questions related to
collection activities, please contact NCES Information Collections at
[email protected].
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: International Early Learning Study (IELS) 2018
Field Test Data Collection and Main Study Recruitment.
OMB Control Number: 1850-0936.
Type of Review: A revision of an existing information collection.
Respondents/Affected Public: Individuals or Households.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 6,309.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 2,563.
Abstract: The International Early Learning Study (IELS), scheduled
to be conducted in 2018, is a new study sponsored by the Organization
for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), an intergovernmental
organization of industrialized countries. In the United States, the
IELS is conducted by the National Center for Education Statistics
(NCES). The IELS focuses on young children and their cognitive and non-
cognitive skills and competencies as they transition to primary school.
The IELS is designed to examine: Children's early learning and
development in a broad range of domains, including social and cognitive
skills; the relationship between children's early learning and
children's participation in early childhood education and care (ECEC);
the role of contextual factors, including children's individual
characteristics and their home backgrounds and experiences, in
promoting young children's growth and development; and how early
learning varies across and within countries prior to beginning primary
school. In 2018, in the participating countries, including the United
States, the IELS will assess nationally-representative samples of
children ages 5.0-5.5 years (in kindergarten in the United States)
through direct and indirect measures, and will collect contextual data
about their home learning environments, ECEC histories, and demographic
characteristics. The IELS will measure
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young children's knowledge, skills, and competencies in both cognitive
and non-cognitive domains, including language and literacy, mathematics
and numeracy, executive function/self-regulation, and social emotional
skills. This assessment will take place as children are transitioning
to primary school and will provide data on how U.S. children entering
kindergarten compare with their international peers on skills deemed
important for later success. To prepare for the main study that will
take place in September-November 2018, the IELS countries will conduct
a field test in the fall of 2017 to evaluate newly developed assessment
instruments and questionnaires and to test the study operations. The
U.S. IELS field test data collection will occur from November to
December, 2017, with respondent recruitment beginning in May 2017.
Recruitment activities for the 2017 field test were approved in April
2017 (OMB 1850-0936 v.1-2). This request is to conduct 2017 IELS field
test data collection as well as recruitment for the IELS 2018 main
study.
Dated: April 20, 2017.
Stephanie Valentine,
Acting Director, Information Collection Clearance Division, Office of
the Chief Privacy Officer, Office of Management.
[FR Doc. 2017-08322 Filed 4-24-17; 8:45 am]
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