81 FR 39039 - Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment Request; International Computer and Information Literacy Study (ICILS 2018) Field Test and Recruitment for Main Study

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 115 (June 15, 2016)

Page Range		39039-39040
FR Document		2016-14050

In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. chapter 3501 et seq.), ED is proposing a new information collection.

Federal Register, Volume 81 Issue 115 (Wednesday, June 15, 2016)

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 115 (Wednesday, June 15, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39039-39040]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-14050]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[Docket No.: ED-2016-ICCD-0043]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the 
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment 
Request; International Computer and Information Literacy Study (ICILS 
2018) Field Test and Recruitment for Main Study

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 (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 
July 15, 2016.

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-2016-ICCD-
0043. 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 2E-349, 
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 Computer and Information 
Literacy Study (ICILS 2018) Field Test and Recruitment for Main Study.
    OMB Control Number: 1850--New.
    Type of Review: A new information collection.
    Respondents/Affected Public: Individuals or Households.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 1,983.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 2,040.
    Abstract: The International Computer and Information Literacy Study 
(ICILS) is a computer-based international assessment of eighth-grade 
students' computer and information literacy (CIL) skills that will 
provide a comparison of U.S. student performance and technology access 
and use with those of

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the international peers. ICILS collects data on eighth-grade students' 
abilities to collect, manage, evaluate, and share digital information; 
their understanding of issues related to the safe and responsible use 
of electronic information; on student access to, use of, and engagement 
with ICT at school and at home; school environments for teaching and 
learning CIL; and teacher practices and experiences with ICT. The data 
collected through ICILS will also provide information about the nature 
and extent of the possible ``digital divide'' and has the potential to 
inform understanding of the relationship between technology skills and 
experience and student performance in other core subject areas. ICILS 
is conducted by the International Association for the Evaluation of 
Educational Achievement (IEA), an international collective of research 
organizations and government agencies that create the assessment 
framework, assessment, and background questionnaires. In the U.S., the 
National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) conducts this study. In 
preparation for the ICILS 2018 main study, NCES will conduct a field 
test from March through May 2017 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. The U.S. ICILS main study 
will be conducted in the spring of 2018. Field recruitment will begin 
in October 2016 and main study recruitment in May of 2017. This request 
is for the 2017 field test and the 2018 main study recruitment 
activities and the 2017 field test data collection.

    Dated: June 9, 2016.
Tomakie Washington,
Acting Director, Information Collection Clearance Division, Office of 
the Chief Privacy Officer, Office of Management.
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government’s case has been dismissed. All hearing officer notes of testimony postal mail or delivery should be
The convening authority may not take and recordings of testimony should be addressed to the Director of the
any actions inconsistent with directives preserved until the end of trial. Information Collection Clearance
of superior competent authority. Where If during the hearing any witness Division, U.S. Department of Education,
that directive is unclear, appropriate subject to the Code is suspected of an 400 Maryland Avenue SW., LBJ, Room
clarification should be sought from the offense under the Code, the hearing 2E–349, Washington, DC 20202–4537.
authority issuing the original directive.’’ officer should comply with the warning FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
(w) A new Discussion is inserted after requirements of Mil. R. Evid. 305(c), (d), specific questions related to collection
the new R.C.M. 1107(e)(2)(B)(iii) and and, if necessary, (e). activities, please contact NCES
reads as follows: Bearing in mind that the probationer Information Collections at
‘‘A sentence rehearing, rather than a and government are responsible for NCES.Information.Collections@ed.gov.
reassessment, may be more appropriate preparing and presenting their cases, the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
in cases where a significant part of the hearing officer may ask a witness
Department of Education (ED), in
government’s case has been dismissed. questions relevant to the limited
accordance with the Paperwork
The convening authority may not take purpose of the hearing. When
Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) (44 U.S.C.
any actions inconsistent with directives questioning a witness, the hearing
3506(c)(2)(A)), provides the general
of superior competent authority. Where officer may not depart from an impartial
public and Federal agencies with an
that directive is unclear, appropriate role and become an advocate for either
opportunity to comment on proposed,
clarification should be sought from the side.’’
revised, and continuing collections of
authority issuing the original directive. Dated: June 10, 2016. information. This helps the Department
For purposes of R.C.M. 1107(e)(1)(B), Aaron Siegel, assess the impact of its information
the term ‘‘superior competent authority’’ Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison collection requirements and minimize
does not include superior convening Officer, Department of Defense. the public’s reporting burden. It also
authorities but rather, for example, the [FR Doc. 2016–14170 Filed 6–14–16; 8:45 am] helps the public understand the
appropriate Judge Advocate General or
BILLING CODE 5001–06–P Department’s information collection
a court of competent jurisdiction.’’
(x) A Discussion is inserted after the requirements and provide the requested
new R.C.M. 1107(e)(2)(C)(ii) and reads data in the desired format. ED is
as follows: DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION soliciting comments on the proposed
‘‘For example, if proof of absence information collection request (ICR) that
[Docket No.: ED–2016–ICCD–0043]
without leave was by improperly is described below. The Department of
authenticated documentary evidence Agency Information Collection Education is especially interested in
admitted over the objection of the Activities; Submission to the Office of public comment addressing the
defense, the convening authority may Management and Budget for Review following issues: (1) Is this collection
disapprove the findings of guilty and and Approval; Comment Request; necessary to the proper functions of the
sentence and order a rehearing if there International Computer and Department; (2) will this information be
is reason to believe that properly Information Literacy Study (ICILS 2018) processed and used in a timely manner;
authenticated documentary evidence or Field Test and Recruitment for Main (3) is the estimate of burden accurate;
other admissible evidence of guilt will Study (4) how might the Department enhance
be available at the rehearing. On the the quality, utility, and clarity of the
AGENCY: National Center for Education information to be collected; and (5) how
other hand, if no proof of unauthorized
Statistics (NCES), Department of might the Department minimize the
absence was introduced at trial, a
Education (ED). burden of this collection on the
rehearing may not be ordered.’’
(y) A new paragraph is added to the ACTION: Notice. respondents, including through the use
end of the Discussion immediately of information technology. Please note
SUMMARY: In accordance with the that written comments received in
following R.C.M. 1108(b) and reads as Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
follows: response to this notice will be
U.S.C. chapter 3501 et seq.), ED is considered public records.
‘‘The limitations on suspension of the proposing a new information collection.
execution of any sentence or part Title of Collection: International
DATES: Interested persons are invited to Computer and Information Literacy
thereof contained in Article 60 apply to
a decision by a convening authority or submit comments on or before July 15, Study (ICILS 2018) Field Test and
other person acting on the case under 2016. Recruitment for Main Study.
Article 60, as opposed to an individual ADDRESSES: To access and review all the OMB Control Number: 1850—New.
remitting or suspending a sentence documents related to the information Type of Review: A new information
pursuant to a different authority, such collection listed in this notice, please collection.
as Article 74. See R.C.M. 1107(d).’’ use http://www.regulations.gov by Respondents/Affected Public:
(z) A new Discussion section is searching the Docket ID number ED– Individuals or Households.
inserted immediately following the new 2016–ICCD–0043. Comments submitted Total Estimated Number of Annual
R.C.M. 1109(h)(4) and reads as follows: in response to this notice should be Responses: 1,983.
‘‘The following oath may be given to submitted electronically through the Total Estimated Number of Annual
witnesses: Federal eRulemaking Portal at http:// Burden Hours: 2,040.
‘‘Do you (swear) (affirm) that the www.regulations.gov by selecting the Abstract: The International Computer
ehiers on DSK5VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES

evidence you give shall be the truth, the Docket ID number or via postal mail, and Information Literacy Study (ICILS)
whole truth, and nothing but the truth commercial delivery, or hand delivery. is a computer-based international
(so help you God)?’’ Please note that comments submitted by assessment of eighth-grade students’
The hearing officer is required to fax or email and those submitted after computer and information literacy (CIL)
include in the record of the hearing, at the comment period will not be skills that will provide a comparison of
a minimum, a summary of the substance accepted. Written requests for U.S. student performance and
of all testimony. information or comments submitted by technology access and use with those of

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Publisher		Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
Section		Notices
Action		Notice.
Dates		Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before July 15, 2016.
Contact		For specific questions related to collection activities, please contact NCES Information Collections at [email protected]
FR Citation		81 FR 39039