81 FR 90354 - 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 Questionnaires Change Request
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 240 (December 14, 2016)
Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 240 (December 14, 2016)
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| FR Document | 2016-29925 |
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 240 (Wednesday, December 14, 2016)] [Notices] [Pages 90354-90355] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2016-29925] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION [Docket No.: ED-2016-ICCD-0139] 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 Questionnaires Change Request AGENCY: Department of Education (ED), National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) ACTION: Notice. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ED is proposing a reinstatement of a previously approved information collection. DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before January 13, 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-2016-ICCD- 0139. 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 [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 Questionnaires Change Request. OMB Control Number: 1850-0929. Type of Review: A reinstatement of a previously approved information collection. Respondents/Affected Public: Individuals or Households. Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 1,983. Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 2,046. Abstract: The International Computer and Information Literacy Study (ICILS) is a computer-based international assessment of eighth-grade students' [[Page 90355]] computer and information literacy (CIL) skills that will provide a comparison of U.S. student performance and technology access and use with those of 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. The request for the 2017 field test and the 2018 main study recruitment activities and the 2017 field test data collection was approved in August 2016 (OMB# 1850-0929 v.1). This request (a) amends the approved record with the versions of the ICILS 2018 field test questionnaires that contain the finalized international versions of the questionnaires along with the U.S. adaptations that have been submitted for approval to the IEA, (b) updates respondent burden estimates, and (c) updates the international assessment framework for distribution and naming of dimensions. Because a few new questionnaire items have been added and burden time slightly increased, NCES is announcing in the Federal Register another 30-day public comment period to accompany this change request. Dated: December 8, 2016. Kate Mullan, Acting Director, Information Collection Clearance Division, Office of the Chief Privacy Officer, Office of Management. [FR Doc. 2016-29925 Filed 12-13-16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4000-01-P
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room 3W242, Washington, DC 20202. d. State that the applicant for the the comment period will not be
Telephone: (202) 453–6987 or by email: consortium (the lead LEA) is legally accepted. Written requests for
OpeningDoors@ed.gov. responsible for: information or comments submitted by
i. The use of all grant funds;
If you use a TDD or a TTY, call the postal mail or delivery should be
ii. Ensuring that the project is carried out
FRS, toll free, at 1–800–877–8339. by the partners or consortium in accordance addressed to the Director of the
with Federal requirements; Information Collection Clearance
VIII. Other Information iii. Ensuring that the indirect costs are Division, U.S. Department of Education,
determined as required under 34 CFR 400 Maryland Avenue SW., LBJ, Room
Accessible Format: Individuals with 75.564(e); 2E–347, Washington, DC 20202–4537.
disabilities can obtain this document iv. Carrying out the activities it has agreed
and a copy of the application package in FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
to perform; and
an accessible format (e.g., braille, large v. Using the funds that it receives under
specific questions related to collection
print, audiotape, or compact disc) on the MOU or other binding agreement in activities, please contact NCES
request to the program contact person accordance with the Federal requirements Information Collections at
listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION that apply to the Opening Doors, Expanding NCES.Information.Collections@ed.gov.
CONTACT in section VII of this notice. Opportunities grant. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
e. State that each member of the Department of Education (ED), in
Electronic Access to This Document: consortium is legally responsible for: accordance with the Paperwork
The official version of this document is i. Carrying out the activities it has agreed
Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) (44 U.S.C.
the document published in the Federal to perform; and
ii. Using the funds that it receives under 3506(c)(2)(A)), provides the general
Register. Free Internet access to the
the MOU or other binding agreement in public and Federal agencies with an
official edition of the Federal Register
accordance with the Federal requirements opportunity to comment on proposed,
and the Code of Federal Regulations is
that apply to the Opening Doors, Expanding revised, and continuing collections of
available via the Federal Digital System
Opportunities grant. information. This helps the Department
at: www.gpo.gov/fdsys. At this site you 2. Signatures: Each MOU must be signed assess the impact of its information
can view this document, as well as all by each party’s superintendent or CEO. collection requirements and minimize
other documents of this Department
[FR Doc. 2016–29936 Filed 12–13–16; 8:45 am] the public’s reporting burden. It also
published in the Federal Register, in
BILLING CODE 4000–01–P helps the public understand the
text or PDF. To use PDF you must have
Department’s information collection
Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is
requirements and provide the requested
available free at the site. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION data in the desired format. ED is
You may also access documents of the soliciting comments on the proposed
[Docket No.: ED–2016–ICCD–0139]
Department published in the Federal information collection request (ICR) that
Register by using the article search Agency Information Collection is described below. The Department of
feature at: www.federalregister.gov. Activities; Submission to the Office of Education is especially interested in
Specifically, through the advanced Management and Budget for Review public comment addressing the
search feature at this site, you can limit and Approval; Comment Request; following issues: (1) Is this collection
your search to documents published by International Computer and necessary to the proper functions of the
the Department. Information Literacy Study (ICILS 2018) Department; (2) will this information be
Dated: December 8, 2016. Field Test Questionnaires Change processed and used in a timely manner;
Ann Whalen, Request (3) is the estimate of burden accurate;
Senior Advisor to the Secretary, Delegated (4) how might the Department enhance
AGENCY: Department of Education (ED), the quality, utility, and clarity of the
the Duties of Assistant Secretary, for
Elementary and Secondary Education.
National Center for Education Statistics information to be collected; and (5) how
(NCES) might the Department minimize the
Appendix: Memorandum of ACTION: Notice. burden of this collection on the
Understanding or Other Binding respondents, including through the use
Agreement Requirements for Consortia SUMMARY: In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ED is of information technology. Please note
Applicants that written comments received in
proposing a reinstatement of a
An applicant that is applying as part of a
previously approved information response to this notice will be
consortium must enter into a memorandum considered public records.
of understanding (MOU) or other binding collection.
Title of Collection: International
agreement with each member of the DATES: Interested persons are invited to Computer and Information Literacy
consortium. At a minimum, each MOU or submit comments on or before January Study (ICILS 2018) Field Test
other binding agreement must include the 13, 2017.
following key elements, each of which is Questionnaires Change Request.
ADDRESSES: To access and review all the OMB Control Number: 1850–0929.
described in detail below: (1) Terms and
conditions; and (2) signatures. documents related to the information Type of Review: A reinstatement of a
1. Terms and conditions: In accordance collection listed in this notice, please previously approved information
with the Opening Doors, Expanding use http://www.regulations.gov by collection.
Opportunities application requirements and searching the Docket ID number ED– Respondents/Affected Public:
the requirements for group applicants under 2016–ICCD–0139. Comments submitted Individuals or Households.
34 CFR 75.127–129, the MOU must: in response to this notice should be
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Total Estimated Number of Annual
a. Designate one member of the group to submitted electronically through the Responses: 1,983.
apply for the grant or establish a separate Federal eRulemaking Portal at http:// Total Estimated Number of Annual
legal entity to apply for the grant;
b. Detail the activities that each party plans
www.regulations.gov by selecting the Burden Hours: 2,046.
to perform; Docket ID number or via postal mail, Abstract: The International Computer
c. Bind each party to every statement and commercial delivery, or hand delivery. and Information Literacy Study (ICILS)
assurance made by the applicant in the Please note that comments submitted by is a computer-based international
application; fax or email and those submitted after assessment of eighth-grade students’
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computer and information literacy (CIL) Dated: December 8, 2016. Programs, Climate Change Division,
skills that will provide a comparison of Kate Mullan, (6207A), Environmental Protection
U.S. student performance and Acting Director, Information Collection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW.,
technology access and use with those of Clearance Division, Office of the Chief Privacy Washington, DC 20460; telephone
the international peers. ICILS collects Officer, Office of Management. number: 202–343–9258; fax number:
data on eighth-grade students’ abilities [FR Doc. 2016–29925 Filed 12–13–16; 8:45 am] 202–343–2342; email address:
to collect, manage, evaluate, and share BILLING CODE 4000–01–P Pryor.Justin@epa.gov.
digital information; their understanding SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
of issues related to the safe and Supporting documents which explain in
responsible use of electronic ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION detail the information that the EPA will
information; on student access to, use AGENCY be collecting are available in the public
of, and engagement with ICT at school [EPA–HQ–OAR–2016–0731; FRL–9956–64–
docket for this ICR. The docket can be
and at home; school environments for OAR] viewed online at www.regulations.gov
teaching and learning CIL; and teacher or in person at the EPA Docket Center,
practices and experiences with ICT. The Proposed Information Collection WJC West, Room 3334, 1301
data collected through ICILS will also Request; Comment Request; Constitution Ave. NW., Washington,
provide information about the nature Reporting and Recordkeeping DC. The telephone number for the
and extent of the possible ‘‘digital Requirements Under EPA’s Natural Docket Center is 202–566–1744. For
divide’’ and has the potential to inform Gas STAR Methane Challenge Program additional information about EPA’s
understanding of the relationship public docket, visit http://www.epa.gov/
AGENCY: Environmental Protection dockets.
between technology skills and
Agency (EPA). Pursuant to section 3506(c)(2)(A) of
experience and student performance in
ACTION: Notice. the PRA, EPA is soliciting comments
other core subject areas. ICILS is
conducted by the International and information to enable it to: (i)
SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection
Association for the Evaluation of Evaluate whether the proposed
Agency is planning to submit an
Educational Achievement (IEA), an collection of information is necessary
information collection request (ICR),
international collective of research for the proper performance of the
‘‘Reporting and Recordkeeping
organizations and government agencies functions of the Agency, including
Requirements Under EPA’s Natural Gas
that create the assessment framework, whether the information will have
STAR Methane Challenge Program’’
assessment, and background practical utility; (ii) evaluate the
(EPA ICR No. 2547.01, OMB Control No.
questionnaires. In the U.S., the National accuracy of the Agency’s estimate of the
2060–NEW) to the Office of
Center for Education Statistics (NCES) burden of the proposed collection of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
conducts this study. In preparation for information, including the validity of
review and approval in accordance with
the methodology and assumptions used;
the ICILS 2018 main study, NCES will the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.
(iii) enhance the quality, utility, and
conduct a field test from March through 3501 et seq.). Before doing so, EPA is
clarity of the information to be
May 2017 to evaluate new assessment soliciting public comments on specific
collected; and (iv) minimize the burden
items and background questions, to aspects of the proposed information
of the collection of information on those
ensure practices that promote low collection as described below. This is a
who are to respond, including through
exclusion rates, and to ensure that request for approval of a new collection.
the use of appropriate automated
classroom and student sampling An Agency may not conduct or sponsor
electronic, mechanical, or other
procedures proposed for the main study and a person is not required to respond
technological collection techniques or
are successful. The U.S. ICILS main to a collection of information unless it
other forms of information technology,
study will be conducted in the spring of displays a currently valid OMB control
e.g., permitting electronic submission of
2018. Field recruitment will begin in number.
responses. EPA will consider the
October 2016 and main study DATES: Comments must be submitted on comments received and amend the ICR
recruitment in May of 2017. The request or before February 13, 2017. as appropriate. The final ICR package
for the 2017 field test and the 2018 main ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, will then be submitted to OMB for
study recruitment activities and the referencing Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– review and approval. At that time, EPA
2017 field test data collection was OAR–2016–0731, online using will issue another Federal Register
approved in August 2016 (OMB# 1850– www.regulations.gov (our preferred notice to announce the submission of
0929 v.1). This request (a) amends the method), by email to a-and-r-Docket@ the ICR to OMB and the opportunity to
approved record with the versions of the epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA Docket submit additional comments to OMB.
ICILS 2018 field test questionnaires that Center, Environmental Protection Abstract: The Natural Gas STAR
contain the finalized international Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 1200 Methane Challenge Program is a
versions of the questionnaires along Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, voluntary program sponsored by the
with the U.S. adaptations that have been DC 20460. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
submitted for approval to the IEA, (b) EPA’s policy is that all comments (EPA) that provides an innovative
updates respondent burden estimates, received will be included in the public voluntary mechanism through which oil
and (c) updates the international docket without change including any and natural gas companies can make
assessment framework for distribution personal information provided, unless specific, ambitious commitments to
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and naming of dimensions. Because a the comment includes profanity, threats, reduce methane emissions. This
few new questionnaire items have been information claimed to be Confidential Program is an integral part of the
added and burden time slightly Business Information (CBI) or other EPA’s—and the Administration’s—
increased, NCES is announcing in the information whose disclosure is ongoing commitment to address
Federal Register another 30-day public restricted by statute. methane emissions and global climate
comment period to accompany this FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: change. Methane is the primary
change request. Justin Pryor, Office of Atmospheric component of natural gas and a potent
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