83 FR 2149 - Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment Request; National Evaluation of the Investing in Innovation (i3) Program

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 10 (January 16, 2018)

In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ED is proposing an extension of an existing information collection.

[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 10 (Tuesday, January 16, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2149-2150]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2018-00554]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[Docket No.: ED-2017-ICCD-0134]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the 
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment 
Request; National Evaluation of the Investing in Innovation (i3) 
Program

AGENCY: Institute of Education Sciences (IES), Department of Education 
(ED).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ED is 
proposing an extension of an existing information collection.

DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before 
February 15, 2018.

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-
0134. 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 216-32, 
Washington, DC 20202-4537.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For specific questions related to 
collection activities, please contact Tracy Rimdzius, 202-245-7283.

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: National Evaluation of the Investing in 
Innovation (i3) Program.
    OMB Control Number: 1850-0913.
    Type of Review: An extension of an existing information collection.
    Respondents/Affected Public: Private Sector.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 23.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 343.
    Abstract: This submission requests approval to collect data in 
support of the Investing in Innovation (i3) Program Technical 
Assistance and Evaluation Project. The i3 Program is designed to 
support school districts and nonprofit organizations in expanding, 
developing, and evaluating evidence-based practices and promising 
efforts to improve outcomes for the nations' students, teachers, and 
schools. Each i3 grantee is required to fund an independent evaluation. 
The Technical Assistance and Evaluation Project requires data 
collection to assess the strength of the evidence produced under the 
grantees independent evaluations as well as provide a cross-site 
summary of the

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findings. Specifically, the data collected will be used to support 
reviews and reports to ED that: Describe the intervention implemented 
by each i3 grantee; assess the strength of the evidence produced by 
each i3 evaluation; present the evidence produced by each i3 
evaluation; identify effective and promising interventions; and, assess 
the results of the i3 Program. We will collect data from the universe 
of all 172 i3 projects funded under the i3 Program.

    Dated: January 10, 2018.
Stephanie Valentine,
Acting Director, Information Collection Clearance Division, Office of 
the Chief Privacy Officer, Office of Management.
[FR Doc. 2018-00554 Filed 1-12-18; 8:45 am]
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