83 FR 2439 - Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Fast Response Survey System (FRSS) 109: Teachers' Use of Technology for School and Homework Assignments-Preliminary Activities

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 11 (January 17, 2018)

Page Range		2439-2440
FR Document		2018-00638

In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ED is proposing a reinstatement of a previously approved information collection.

Federal Register, Volume 83 Issue 11 (Wednesday, January 17, 2018)

[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 11 (Wednesday, January 17, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2439-2440]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2018-00638]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[Docket No.: ED-2017-ICCD-0138]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the 
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment 
Request; Fast Response Survey System (FRSS) 109: Teachers' Use of 
Technology for School and Homework Assignments--Preliminary Activities

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, ED is 
proposing a reinstatement of a previously approved information 
collection.

DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before 
February 16, 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-
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 216-34, 
Washington, DC 20202-4537.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For specific questions related to 
collection activities, please contact Kashka Kubzdela, 202-245-7377.

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: Fast Response Survey System (FRSS) 109: 
Teachers' Use of Technology for School and Homework Assignments--
Preliminary Activities.
    OMB Control Number: 1850-0857.
    Type of Review: A reinstatement of a previously approved 
information collection.
    Respondents/Affected Public: Individuals or Households.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 3,100.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 2,161.
    Abstract: The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) 
requests OMB approval to conduct teacher list collection and district 
recruitment for the Fast Response Survey System (FRSS) 109 survey on 
teachers' use of technology for school and homework assignments in 
public schools. NCES is conducting this FRSS survey as part of the IES 
response to the request in the Every Student Succeeds Act of 2015 
(ESSA, 20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.) to provide information about the 
educational impact of access to digital learning resources (DLRs) 
outside of the classroom. The expanding use of technology affects the 
lives of students both inside and outside the classroom. For this 
reason, the role of technology in education is an increasingly 
important area of research. While access to technology can provide 
valuable learning opportunities to students, technology by itself does 
not guarantee successful outcomes. Schools and teachers play an 
important role in successfully integrating technology into teaching and 
learning. Findings from the FRSS 109 study will provide insight on the 
types and availability of DLRs outside of the classroom, and will 
contribute to IES legislatively mandated report on the educational 
impact of access to DLRs outside the classroom.

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To provide the needed data, FRSS 109 will collect nationally 
representative data from public school teachers about their use of DLRs 
for teaching, and how their knowledge and beliefs about their students' 
access to DLRs outside the classroom affect the assignments they give. 
The survey will focus on information that can best be provided by 
teachers from their perspective and direct interaction with students. 
FRSS 109 will provide national statistics on: (1) Teachers' knowledge 
and beliefs about students' access to technology for doing school 
assignments outside of school; (2) Barriers and challenges teachers 
believe their students face in using technology for class assignments 
outside of school; and (3) Computers that the district or school may 
make available to students for use outside of class time. This request 
is for FRSS 109 preliminary activities, including securing research 
approval from special contact school districts beginning in April 2018 
and obtaining teacher lists from sampled schools beginning in August 
2018.

    Dated: January 10, 2018.
Kate Mullan,
Acting Director, Information Collection Clearance Division, Office of 
the Chief Privacy Officer, Office of Management.
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Needs and Uses: Executive order DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION soliciting comments on the proposed
(E.O.) 12829, ‘‘National Industrial information collection request (ICR) that
[Docket No.: ED–2017–ICCD–0138]
Security Program (NISP),’’ stipulates is described below. The Department of
that the Secretary of Defense shall serve Agency Information Collection Education is especially interested in
as the Executive Agent for inspecting Activities; Submission to the Office of public comment addressing the
and monitoring the contractors, Management and Budget for Review following issues: (1) Is this collection
licensees, and grantees who require or and Approval; Comment Request; Fast necessary to the proper functions of the
will require access to classified Response Survey System (FRSS) 109: Department; (2) will this information be
information; and for determining the Teachers’ Use of Technology for processed and used in a timely manner;
School and Homework Assignments— (3) is the estimate of burden accurate;
eligibility for access to classified
Preliminary Activities (4) how might the Department enhance
information of contractors, licensees,
the quality, utility, and clarity of the
and grantees and their respective AGENCY: National Center for Education information to be collected; and (5) how
employees. The Under Secretary of Statistics (NCES), Department of might the Department minimize the
Defense for Intelligence assigned Education (ED). burden of this collection on the
Defense Security Service (DSS) the ACTION: Notice. respondents, including through the use
responsibility for central operational of information technology. Please note
management of NISP personnel security SUMMARY: In accordance with the that written comments received in
investigation (PSI) workload Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ED is response to this notice will be
projections, and for monitoring of NISP proposing a reinstatement of a considered public records.
PSI funding and investigations. The previously approved information Title of Collection: Fast Response
execution of the collection instrument is collection. Survey System (FRSS) 109: Teachers’
an essential element of DSS’ ability to DATES: Interested persons are invited to Use of Technology for School and
plan, program and budget for the PSI submit comments on or before February Homework Assignments—Preliminary
needs of NISP personnel security 16, 2018. Activities.
investigations. ADDRESSES: To access and review all the OMB Control Number: 1850–0857.
documents related to the information Type of Review: A reinstatement of a
Affected Public: Cleared business or previously approved information
other for profit; not-for-profit collection listed in this notice, please
use http://www.regulations.gov by collection.
institutions under Department of Respondents/Affected Public:
searching the Docket ID number ED–
Defense Security Cognizance approved Individuals or Households.
2017–ICCD–0138. Comments submitted Total Estimated Number of Annual
for storage of classified materials.
in response to this notice should be Responses: 3,100.
Annual Burden Hours: 5,210.50. submitted electronically through the Total Estimated Number of Annual
Number of Respondents: 10,421. Federal eRulemaking Portal at http:// Burden Hours: 2,161.
www.regulations.gov by selecting the Abstract: The National Center for
Responses per Respondent: 1.
Docket ID number or via postal mail, Education Statistics (NCES) requests
Average Burden per Response: 30 commercial delivery, or hand delivery. OMB approval to conduct teacher list
minutes. Please note that comments submitted by collection and district recruitment for
Frequency: Annually. fax or email and those submitted after the Fast Response Survey System
the comment period will not be (FRSS) 109 survey on teachers’ use of
In this annual collection of information, accepted. Written requests for technology for school and homework
DSS asks the Facility Security Officers information or comments submitted by assignments in public schools. NCES is
of cleared contractor entities to provide postal mail or delivery should be conducting this FRSS survey as part of
for each of three upcoming fiscal years addressed to the Director of the the IES response to the request in the
(e.g., 2018, 2019, 2020): projections of Information Collection Clearance Every Student Succeeds Act of 2015
the numbers and types of personnel Division, U.S. Department of Education, (ESSA, 20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.) to
security investigations (PSIs) required; a 400 Maryland Avenue SW, LBJ, Room provide information about the
description of methodology used for the 216–34, Washington, DC 20202–4537. educational impact of access to digital
projections; and estimates of the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For learning resources (DLRs) outside of the
numbers and types of cleared specific questions related to collection classroom. The expanding use of
contractor’s PSI projections that are activities, please contact Kashka technology affects the lives of students
separately attributable to DoD contracts Kubzdela, 202–245–7377. both inside and outside the classroom.
and the contracts of non-DoD agencies. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The For this reason, the role of technology
The data will be incorporated into DSS Department of Education (ED), in in education is an increasingly
budget submissions and used to track accordance with the Paperwork important area of research. While access
against actual PSI submissions. PSI Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) (44 U.S.C. to technology can provide valuable
projections are collected electronically 3506(c)(2)(A)), provides the general learning opportunities to students,
via a PSI module within the National public and Federal agencies with an technology by itself does not guarantee
Industrial Security System (NISS) which opportunity to comment on proposed, successful outcomes. Schools and
displays OMB approval number 0704– revised, and continuing collections of teachers play an important role in
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Dated: January 11, 2018.
assess the impact of its information teaching and learning. Findings from
collection requirements and minimize the FRSS 109 study will provide insight
Aaron Siegel, the public’s reporting burden. It also on the types and availability of DLRs
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison helps the public understand the outside of the classroom, and will
Officer, Department of Defense. Department’s information collection contribute to IES legislatively mandated
[FR Doc. 2018–00702 Filed 1–16–18; 8:45 am] requirements and provide the requested report on the educational impact of
BILLING CODE 5001–06–P data in the desired format. ED is access to DLRs outside the classroom.

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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 February 16, 2018.
Contact		For specific questions related to collection activities, please contact Kashka Kubzdela, 202-245-7377.
FR Citation		83 FR 2439