82 FR 32808 - 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 Data Collection and Main Study Recruitment
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 136 (July 18, 2017)
Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 136 (July 18, 2017)
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| FR Document | 2017-15047 |
[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 136 (Tuesday, July 18, 2017)] [Notices] [Page 32808] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2017-15047] [[Page 32808]] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION [Docket No. ED-2017-ICCD-0055] 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 Data Collection and Main Study Recruitment AGENCY: Institute of Education Sciences (IES), Department of Education (ED). ACTION: Notice. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 August 17, 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 216-34, 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, or in the early stages of primary school. In 2018, in the participating countries, including the United States, the IELS will assess nationally-representative samples of 5-year-old children enrolled in public and private schools that offer 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 October- 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 early September 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: July 13, 2017. Kate Mullan, Acting Director, Information Collection Clearance Division, Office of the Chief Privacy Officer, Office of Management. [FR Doc. 2017-15047 Filed 7-17-17; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4000-01-P
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION is described below. The Department of learning environments, ECEC histories,
Education is especially interested in and demographic characteristics. The
[Docket No. ED–2017–ICCD–0055]
public comment addressing the IELS will measure young children’s
Agency Information Collection following issues: (1) Is this collection knowledge, skills, and competencies in
Activities; Submission to the Office of necessary to the proper functions of the both cognitive and non-cognitive
Management and Budget for Review Department; (2) will this information be domains, including language and
and Approval; Comment Request; processed and used in a timely manner; literacy, mathematics and numeracy,
International Early Learning Study (3) is the estimate of burden accurate; executive function/self-regulation, and
(IELS) 2018 Field Test Data Collection (4) how might the Department enhance social emotional skills. This assessment
and Main Study Recruitment the quality, utility, and clarity of the will take place as children are
information to be collected; and (5) how transitioning to primary school and will
AGENCY: Institute of Education Sciences might the Department minimize the provide data on how U.S. children
(IES), Department of Education (ED). burden of this collection on the entering kindergarten compare with
ACTION: Notice. respondents, including through the use their international peers on skills
of information technology. Please note deemed important for later success. To
SUMMARY: In accordance with the that written comments received in prepare for the main study that will take
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ED is response to this notice will be place in October–November 2018, the
proposing a revision of an existing considered public records. IELS countries will conduct a field test
information collection. Title of Collection: International Early in the fall of 2017 to evaluate newly
DATES: Interested persons are invited to Learning Study (IELS) 2018 Field Test developed assessment instruments and
submit comments on or before August Data Collection and Main Study questionnaires and to test the study
17, 2017. Recruitment. operations. The U.S. IELS field test data
ADDRESSES: To access and review all the OMB Control Number: 1850–0936. collection will occur from November to
documents related to the information Type of Review: A revision of an December, 2017, with respondent
collection listed in this notice, please existing information collection. recruitment beginning in early
Respondents/Affected Public:
use http://www.regulations.gov by September 2017. Recruitment activities
Individuals or Households.
searching the Docket ID number ED– for the 2017 field test were approved in
Total Estimated Number of Annual
2017–ICCD–0055. Comments submitted Responses: 6,309. April 2017 (OMB 1850–0936 v.1–2).
in response to this notice should be Total Estimated Number of Annual This request is to conduct 2017 IELS
submitted electronically through the Burden Hours: 2,563. field test data collection as well as
Federal eRulemaking Portal at http:// Abstract: The International Early recruitment for the IELS 2018 main
www.regulations.gov by selecting the Learning Study (IELS), scheduled to be study.
Docket ID number or via postal mail, conducted in 2018, is a new study Dated: July 13, 2017.
commercial delivery, or hand delivery. sponsored by the Organization for Kate Mullan,
Please note that comments submitted by Economic Cooperation and Acting Director, Information Collection
fax or email and those submitted after Development (OECD), an Clearance Division, Office of the Chief Privacy
the comment period will not be intergovernmental organization of Officer, Office of Management.
accepted. Written requests for industrialized countries. In the United [FR Doc. 2017–15047 Filed 7–17–17; 8:45 am]
information or comments submitted by States, the IELS is conducted by the BILLING CODE 4000–01–P
postal mail or delivery should be National Center for Education Statistics
addressed to the Director of the (NCES). The IELS focuses on young
Information Collection Clearance children and their cognitive and non- DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Division, U.S. Department of Education, cognitive skills and competencies as
400 Maryland Avenue SW., LBJ, Room [Docket No.: ED–2017–ICCD–0065]
they transition to primary school. The
216–34, Washington, DC 20202–4537. IELS is designed to examine: Children’s Agency Information Collection
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For early learning and development in a Activities; Submission to the Office of
specific questions related to collection broad range of domains, including Management and Budget for Review
activities, please contact NCES social and cognitive skills; the and Approval; Comment Request;
Information Collections at relationship between children’s early NCER–NPSAS Grant Study—
NCES.Information.Collections@ed.gov. learning and children’s participation in Connecting Students With Financial
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The early childhood education and care Aid (CSFA) 2017: Testing the
Department of Education (ED), in (ECEC); the role of contextual factors, Effectiveness of FAFSA Interventions
accordance with the Paperwork including children’s individual on College Outcomes
Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) (44 U.S.C. characteristics and their home
3506(c)(2)(A)), provides the general backgrounds and experiences, in AGENCY: National Center for Education
public and Federal agencies with an promoting young children’s growth and Statistics (NCES), Department of
opportunity to comment on proposed, development; and how early learning Education (ED).
revised, and continuing collections of varies across and within countries prior ACTION: Notice.
information. This helps the Department to beginning, or in the early stages of
assess the impact of its information primary school. In 2018, in the SUMMARY: In accordance with the
collection requirements and minimize participating countries, including the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ED is
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the public’s reporting burden. It also United States, the IELS will assess proposing a revision of an existing
helps the public understand the nationally-representative samples of 5- information collection.
Department’s information collection year-old children enrolled in public and DATES: Interested persons are invited to
requirements and provide the requested private schools that offer kindergarten submit comments on or before August
data in the desired format. ED is in the United States through direct and 17, 2017.
soliciting comments on the proposed indirect measures, and will collect ADDRESSES: To access and review all the
information collection request (ICR) that contextual data about their home documents related to the information
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