82 FR 12449 - Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment Request; International Early Learning Study (IELS) 2018 Field Test Recruitment

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 41 (March 3, 2017)

Page Range		12449-12450
FR Document		2017-04161

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

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[Docket No. ED-2016-ICCD-0138]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the 
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment 
Request; International Early Learning Study (IELS) 2018 Field Test 
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 (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 
April 3, 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-
0138. 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 224-84, 
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

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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 Recruitment.
    OMB Control Number: 1850-NEW.
    Type of Review: A new information collection.
    Respondents/Affected Public: Individuals or Households.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 618.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 234.
    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 emotional 
skills as well as 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 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 September to 
October, 2017. In order to meet the international data collection 
schedule for the fall 2017 field test, field test respondent recruiting 
activities must begin by May 2017. This request is to conduct 
recruitment activities for the 2017 IELS field test.

    Dated: February 28, 2017.
Kate Mullan,
Acting Director, Information Collection Clearance Division, Office of 
the Chief Privacy Officer, Office of Management.
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protecting the village of Newtok from • Potential impacts on health from than 30 September 2017. A Record of
erosion and flooding. the village of Newtok remaining in its Decision would be issued no sooner
Structural Alternatives: This set of current location. than 30 days after the U.S.
alternatives will investigate and • Potential impacts on health, both Environmental Protection Agency’s
describe possible improvement positive and negative, as a result of notice of availability of the Final EIS is
alternatives that would allow village relocation. published in the Federal Register.
residents to stay in their current • Potential impacts to workers during
the construction of the facilities. Joel Neimeyer,
location. Types of structural solutions
• Potential impacts to surface water, Federal Co-Chair, Denali Commission.
could include, but are not limited to,
tidelands, flora and fauna including [FR Doc. 2017–04119 Filed 3–2–17; 8:45 am]
constructing an earth-filled levee
turbidity from construction activities. BILLING CODE 3300–01–P
surrounding the entire village, including
• Potential impacts on air quality
the airport, and/or raising the buildings
from emissions and from noise during
above the highest flood level.
construction and operations. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Proposed Action: In collaboration • Potential cumulative impacts of the
with the Newtok Village Council (NVC), [Docket No. ED–2016–ICCD–0138]
past, present, and reasonably
the Denali Commission has proposed to foreseeable future actions. Agency Information Collection
complete comprehensive townsite • Potential impacts to historically Activities; Submission to the Office of
planning for the new Mertarvik village significant properties, if present, and on Management and Budget for Review
site encompassing all infrastructure access to traditional use areas. and Approval; Comment Request;
projects necessary to support the entire • Potential impacts on local, regional,
International Early Learning Study
village of Newtok population, which or national resources from materials and
(IELS) 2018 Field Test Recruitment
needs relocation from the endangered utilities required for construction.
village of Newtok site. The townsite • Potential impacts on ecological AGENCY: National Center for Education
plan will include at a minimum the resources, including threatened and Statistics (NCES), Department of
following infrastructure projects: endangered species and water quality. Education (ED).
Airport; solid waste landfill; wastewater • Potential impacts on local ACTION: Notice.
collection system and wastewater employment, income, population,
treatment lagoon; bulk fuel farm and housing, and public services from SUMMARY: In accordance with the
fuel dispensing facility; power house harbor construction and operations. Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
and power distribution system; water U.S.C. chapter 3501 et seq.), ED is
NEPA Process
treatment plan, water storage tank, and proposing a new information collection.
water distribution lines; barge landing; The EIS for the proposed project will DATES: Interested persons are invited to
the town center consisting of housing, be prepared pursuant to the National submit comments on or before April 3,
school, public buildings, and Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 2017.
subdivision roads; and all associated 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), Council
ADDRESSES: To access and review all the
connecting roads. The final siting of on Environmental Quality (CEQ) NEPA
documents related to the information
these proposed facilities will be Regulations (40 CFR parts 1500–1508),
collection listed in this notice, please
determined in the townsite planning and Denali Commission NEPA
use http://www.regulations.gov by
effort through a village engagement Implementing Procedures (45 CFR part
searching the Docket ID number ED–
process. The proposed Federal actions 900). Following publication of this
2016–ICCD–0138. Comments submitted
to be covered by the EIS will consist of Notice of Intent, the Denali Commission
in response to this notice should be
all infrastructure identified and sited in will continue the scoping process,
submitted electronically through the
the final townsite plan. prepare and distribute the Draft EIS for
Federal eRulemaking Portal at http://
public review, hold public meeting(s) to
No Action Alternative: Under the ‘‘no www.regulations.gov by selecting the
solicit public comment on the Draft EIS,
action’’ alternative, the village of Docket ID number or via postal mail,
and publish a Final EIS. Not less than
Newtok would remain in its current commercial delivery, or hand delivery.
30 days after the publication of the U.S.
location as long as physically possible, Please note that comments submitted by
Environmental Protection Agency’s
continue to experience severe damages fax or email and those submitted after
Notice of Availability of the Final EIS,
from flooding and erosion, and the comment period will not be
the Denali Commission may issue a
eventually be forced to evacuate the site accepted. Written requests for
Record of Decision (ROD) documenting
when it succumbs to catastrophic information or comments submitted by
its decision concerning the proposed
flooding and/or erosion. postal mail or delivery should be
action.
addressed to the Director of the
Identification of Environmental and EIS Schedule Information Collection Clearance
Other Issues Division, U.S. Department of Education,
The Draft EIS is scheduled to be
The Denali Commission intends to published no sooner than 1 July 2017. 400 Maryland Avenue SW., LBJ, Room
address the following environmental A 45-day comment period on the Draft 224–84, Washington, DC 20202–4537.
issues when assessing the potential EIS is planned, which will include FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
environmental impacts of the public meeting(s) to receive comments. specific questions related to collection
alternatives in this EIS. Additional Availability of the Draft EIS, the dates activities, please contact NCES
mstockstill on DSK3G9T082PROD with NOTICES

issues may be identified as a result of of the public comment period, and Information Collections at
the scoping process. The Denali information about public meeting(s) will NCES.Information.Collections@ed.gov.
Commission invites comment from be announced in the Federal Register SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Federal agencies; state, local, and tribal and in the local news media. Department of Education (ED), in
governments; and the general public on The Final EIS for the Mertarvik accordance with the Paperwork
these and any other issues that should Infrastructure Development Project is Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) (44 U.S.C.
be considered in the EIS: scheduled to be available no sooner 3506(c)(2)(A)), provides the general

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Category		Regulatory Information
Collection		Federal Register
sudoc Class		AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106:
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 April 3, 2017.
Contact		For specific questions related to collection activities, please contact NCES Information Collections at [email protected]
FR Citation		82 FR 12449