81 FR 48779 - Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; Middle Grades Longitudinal Study of 2017-18 (MGLS:2017) Operational Field Test (OFT) and Recruitment for Main Study Base-year
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 143 (July 26, 2016)
Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 143 (July 26, 2016)
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| FR Document | 2016-17517 |
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 143 (Tuesday, July 26, 2016)] [Notices] [Pages 48779-48780] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2016-17517] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION [Docket No. ED-2016-ICCD-0086] Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; Middle Grades Longitudinal Study of 2017-18 (MGLS:2017) Operational Field Test (OFT) and Recruitment for Main Study Base-year AGENCY: National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), Department of Education (ED), ACTION: Notice. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 September 26, 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- 0086. 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-347, Washington, DC 20202-4537. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For specific questions related to collection activities, please contact NCES Information Collections at NCES.Information.Collections@ed.gov. 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 2017-18 (MGLS: 2017) Operational Field Test (OFT) and Recruitment for Main Study Base-year. OMB Control Number: 1850-0911. Type of Review: A revision of an existing information collection. Respondents/Affected Public: Individuals or Households. Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 33,374. Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 14,235. Abstract: The Middle Grades Longitudinal Study of 2017-18 (MGLS:2017) is the first study conducted by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) 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. Main Study Base-year data for the MGLS:2017 will be collected from a nationally-representative sample of 6th grade students beginning in January 2018, with annual follow-ups beginning in January 2019 and in January 2020 when most of the students in the sample will be in grades 7 and 8, respectively. In preparation for the national data collection, referred to as the Main Study, the data collection instruments and procedures must be field tested. This request is to conduct three components of the study: (1) The MGLS:2017 Operational Field Test (OFT) data collection from January to June 2017; (2) the recruitment of schools for the Main Study Base-year beginning in January 2017; and (3) the tracking of OFT students and associated recruitment of schools beginning in summer 2017 in preparation for the first follow-up OFT data collection. An Item Validation Field Test (IVFT) was conducted in the winter/spring of 2016 to determine the psychometric properties of assessment and survey items and the predictive potential of items so that valid, reliable, and useful assessment and survey instruments can be composed for the Main Study. The primary purpose of the OFT is to: Obtain information on recruiting, particularly for students in three focal [[Page 48780]] IDEA-defined disability groups; obtain a tracking sample that can be used to study mobility patterns in subsequent years; and test protocols and administrative procedures. The OFT will inform the materials and procedures for the main study base year and follow-up data collections. Because the OFT recruitment will still be ongoing at the time this request is approved, the burden and materials from the MGLS:2017 Recruitment for the 2017 OFT request (OMB# 1850-0911 v. 6,9,10) are being carried over in this submission. Dated: July 20, 2016. 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11090, Washington, DC 20202. ADDRESSES: To access and review all the OMB Control Number: 1850–0911.
Telephone: (202) 245–7741 or by email: documents related to the information Type of Review: A revision of an
Len.Lintner@ed.gov. collection listed in this notice, please existing information collection.
If you use a TDD or TTY, call the FRS, use http://www.regulations.gov by Respondents/Affected Public:
toll free, at 1–800–877–8339. searching the Docket ID number ED– Individuals or Households.
2016–ICCD–0086. Comments submitted Total Estimated Number of Annual
VIII. Other Information Responses: 33,374.
in response to this notice should be
Accessible Format: Individuals with submitted electronically through the Total Estimated Number of Annual
disabilities can obtain this document Federal eRulemaking Portal at http:// Burden Hours: 14,235.
and a copy of the application package in www.regulations.gov by selecting the Abstract: The Middle Grades
an accessible format (e.g., braille, large Longitudinal Study of 2017–18
Docket ID number or via postal mail,
print, audiotape, or compact disc) on (MGLS:2017) is the first study
commercial delivery, or hand delivery.
request to the program contact person conducted by the National Center for
Please note that comments submitted by
listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION Education Statistics (NCES) to follow a
fax or email and those submitted after
CONTACT in section VII of this notice. nationally-representative sample of
the comment period will not be
Electronic Access to This Document: students as they enter and move through
accepted. Written requests for
The official version of this document is the middle grades (grades 6–8). The data
information or comments submitted by
the document published in the Federal collected through repeated measures of
postal mail or delivery should be
Register. Free Internet access to the key constructs will provide a rich
addressed to the Director of the
official edition of the Federal Register descriptive picture of the academic
Information Collection Clearance experiences and development of
and the Code of Federal Regulations is
Division, U.S. Department of Education, students during these critical years and
available via the Federal Digital System
400 Maryland Avenue SW., LBJ, Room will allow researchers to examine
at: www.gpo.gov/fdsys. At this site you
2E–347, Washington, DC 20202–4537. associations between contextual factors
can view this document, as well as all
other documents of this Department FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For and student outcomes. The study will
published in the Federal Register, in specific questions related to collection focus on student achievement in
text or Adobe Portable Document activities, please contact NCES mathematics and literacy along with
Format (PDF). To use PDF you must Information Collections at measures of student socioemotional
have Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is NCES.Information.Collections@ed.gov. wellbeing and other outcomes. The
available free at the site. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The study will also include a special sample
You may also access documents of the Department of Education (ED), in of students with different types of
Department published in the Federal accordance with the Paperwork disabilities that will provide descriptive
Register by using the article search Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) (44 U.S.C. information on their outcomes,
feature at: www.federalregister.gov. 3506(c)(2)(A)), provides the general educational experiences, and special
Specifically, through the advanced public and Federal agencies with an education services. Main Study Base-
search feature at this site, you can limit opportunity to comment on proposed, year data for the MGLS:2017 will be
your search to documents published by revised, and continuing collections of collected from a nationally-
the Department. information. This helps the Department representative sample of 6th grade
assess the impact of its information students beginning in January 2018,
Johan E. Uvin,
collection requirements and minimize with annual follow-ups beginning in
Deputy Assistant Secretary Delegated the
the public’s reporting burden. It also January 2019 and in January 2020 when
Duties of the Assistant Secretary for Career,
Technical, and Adult Education. helps the public understand the most of the students in the sample will
Department’s information collection be in grades 7 and 8, respectively. In
[FR Doc. 2016–17657 Filed 7–25–16; 8:45 am]
requirements and provide the requested preparation for the national data
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data in the desired format. ED is collection, referred to as the Main
soliciting comments on the proposed Study, the data collection instruments
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION information collection request (ICR) that and procedures must be field tested.
is described below. The Department of This request is to conduct three
[Docket No. ED–2016–ICCD–0086] Education is especially interested in components of the study: (1) The
public comment addressing the MGLS:2017 Operational Field Test
Agency Information Collection following issues: (1) Is this collection (OFT) data collection from January to
Activities; Comment Request; Middle necessary to the proper functions of the June 2017; (2) the recruitment of schools
Grades Longitudinal Study of 2017–18 Department; (2) will this information be for the Main Study Base-year beginning
(MGLS:2017) Operational Field Test processed and used in a timely manner; in January 2017; and (3) the tracking of
(OFT) and Recruitment for Main Study (3) is the estimate of burden accurate; OFT students and associated
Base-year (4) how might the Department enhance recruitment of schools beginning in
AGENCY: National Center for Education the quality, utility, and clarity of the summer 2017 in preparation for the first
Statistics (NCES), Department of information to be collected; and (5) how follow-up OFT data collection. An Item
Education (ED), might the Department minimize the Validation Field Test (IVFT) was
ACTION: Notice. burden of this collection on the conducted in the winter/spring of 2016
respondents, including through the use to determine the psychometric
SUMMARY: In accordance with the of information technology. Please note properties of assessment and survey
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Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 that written comments received in items and the predictive potential of
U.S.C. chapter 3501 et seq.), ED is response to this notice will be items so that valid, reliable, and useful
proposing a revision of an existing considered public records. assessment and survey instruments can
information collection. Title of Collection: Middle Grades be composed for the Main Study. The
DATES: Interested persons are invited to Longitudinal Study of 2017–18 (MGLS: primary purpose of the OFT is to:
submit comments on or before 2017) Operational Field Test (OFT) and Obtain information on recruiting,
September 26, 2016. Recruitment for Main Study Base-year. particularly for students in three focal
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IDEA-defined disability groups; obtain a Algonquin SKIC 20 Solar, LLC’s DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
tracking sample that can be used to application for market-based rate
study mobility patterns in subsequent authority, with an accompanying rate Federal Energy Regulatory
years; and test protocols and tariff, noting that such application Commission
administrative procedures. The OFT includes a request for blanket
will inform the materials and authorization, under 18 CFR part 34, of Combined Notice of Filings
procedures for the main study base year future issuances of securities and Take notice that the Commission has
and follow-up data collections. Because assumptions of liability. received the following Natural Gas
the OFT recruitment will still be Any person desiring to intervene or to Pipeline Rate and Refund Report filings:
ongoing at the time this request is protest should file with the Federal
approved, the burden and materials Filings Instituting Proceedings
Energy Regulatory Commission, 888
from the MGLS:2017 Recruitment for Docket Numbers: RP16–1088–000.
First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426,
the 2017 OFT request (OMB# 1850– Applicants: Trailblazer Pipeline
in accordance with Rules 211 and 214
0911 v. 6,9,10) are being carried over in Company LLC.
of the Commission’s Rules of Practice
this submission. Description: Report Filing:
and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and
Dated: July 20, 2016. 385.214). Anyone filing a motion to Supplemental Filing to RP16–1088.
Kate Mullan, Filed Date: 7/14/16.
intervene or protest must serve a copy
Accession Number: 20160714–5000.
Acting Director, Information Collection of that document on the Applicant.
Clearance Division, Office of the Chief Privacy
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 7/26/16.
Notice is hereby given that the Docket Numbers: RP16–1090–000.
Officer, Office of Management.
deadline for filing protests with regard Applicants: Columbia Gas
[FR Doc. 2016–17517 Filed 7–25–16; 8:45 am]
to the applicant’s request for blanket Transmission, LLC.
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authorization, under 18 CFR part 34, of Description: § 4(d) Rate Filing:
future issuances of securities and Negotiated Rate Agmt—EQT to be
assumptions of liability, is August 8, effective 7/8/2016.
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 2016. Filed Date: 7/13/16.
Federal Energy Regulatory The Commission encourages Accession Number: 20160713–5106.
Commission electronic submission of protests and Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 7/25/16.
interventions in lieu of paper, using the Docket Numbers: RP16–1091–000.
[Docket No. ER16–1649–000] FERC Online links at http:// Applicants: Transcontinental Gas
www.ferc.gov. To facilitate electronic Pipe Line Company.
California Independent System Description: § 4(d) Rate Filing: S–2
service, persons with Internet access
Operator Corporation; Notice Tracker Effective 8–1–2016 to be
who will eFile a document and/or be
Rescheduling Technical Conference effective 8/1/2016.
listed as a contact for an intervenor
July 18, 2016. must create and validate an Filed Date: 7/14/16.
The technical conference originally eRegistration account using the Accession Number: 20160714–5023.
scheduled for September 30, 2016, in eRegistration link. Select the eFiling Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 7/26/16.
the above-referenced proceeding, is link to log on and submit the Any person desiring to intervene or
hereby rescheduled to convene on intervention or protests. protest in any of the above proceedings
September 16, 2016, at 10:00 a.m. Persons unable to file electronically must file in accordance with Rules 211
(Eastern Time). It will occur at the should submit an original and 5 copies and 214 of the Commission’s
Commission’s offices at 888 First Street, of the intervention or protest to the Regulations (18 CFR 385.211 and
NE., Washington, DC 20426.1 Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, § 385.214) on or before 5:00 p.m. Eastern
888 First Street NE., Washington, DC time on the specified comment date.
Dated: July 18, 2016.
20426. Protests may be considered, but
Kimberly D. Bose,
intervention is necessary to become a
Secretary. The filings in the above-referenced party to the proceeding.
[FR Doc. 2016–17519 Filed 7–25–16; 8:45 am] proceeding are accessible in the
BILLING CODE 6717–01–P Commission’s eLibrary system by Filings in Existing Proceedings
clicking on the appropriate link in the Docket Numbers: RP16–979–001.
above list. They are also available for Applicants: Algonquin Gas
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY electronic review in the Commission’s Transmission, LLC.
Public Reference Room in Washington, Description: Compliance filing AGT
Federal Energy Regulatory DC. There is an eSubscription link on Cleanup RP16–979 Compliance Filing to
Commission the Web site that enables subscribers to be effective 7/1/2016.
[Docket No. ER16–2169–000] receive email notification when a Filed Date: 7/12/16.
document is added to a subscribed Accession Number: 20160712–5048.
Algonquin SKIC 20 Solar, LLC; docket(s). For assistance with any FERC Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 7/25/16.
Supplemental Notice That Initial Online service, please email Any person desiring to protest in any
Market-Based Rate Filing Includes FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov. or call of the above proceedings must file in
Request for Blanket Section 204 (866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY, call accordance with Rule 211 of the
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Authorization (202) 502–8659. Commission’s Regulations (18 CFR
This is a supplemental notice in the Dated: July 18, 2016. 385.211) on or before 5:00 p.m. Eastern
above-referenced proceeding of time on the specified comment date.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
The filings are accessible in the
Deputy Secretary. Commission’s eLibrary system by
1 See the Notice of Technical Conference issued
[FR Doc. 2016–17530 Filed 7–25–16; 8:45 am] clicking on the links or querying the
on July 14, 2016, for additional details regarding
this conference. BILLING CODE 6717–01–P docket number.
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