83_FR_28326 83 FR 28209 - Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records

83 FR 28209 - Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 117 (June 18, 2018)

Page Range28209-28211
FR Document2018-13052

In accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended (Privacy Act), the Department of Education (Department) publishes this notice of a new system of records entitled ``Impact Evaluation of Departmentalized Instruction in Elementary Schools (18-13-44).'' This system contains individually identifying information provided by individuals and school districts that participate in the impact evaluation. The information in this system will be used to conduct a rigorous study comparing the effectiveness of elementary school teachers specializing in one subject to the more traditional approach of teaching all subjects.

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[Docket ID ED-2018-IES-0082]


Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records

AGENCY: Institute of Education Sciences, Department of Education.

ACTION: Notice of a new system of records.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended 
(Privacy Act), the Department of Education (Department) publishes this 
notice of a new system of records entitled ``Impact Evaluation of 
Departmentalized Instruction in Elementary Schools (18-13-44).'' This 
system contains individually identifying information provided by 
individuals and school districts that participate in the impact 
evaluation. The information in this system will be used to conduct a 
rigorous study comparing the effectiveness of elementary school 
teachers specializing in one subject to the more traditional approach 
of teaching all subjects.

DATES: Submit your comments on this new system of records notice on or 
before July 18, 2018.
    This new system of records will become applicable upon publication 
in the Federal Register on June 18, 2018, unless the new system of 
records notice needs to be changed as a result of public comment. The 
routine uses listed under ``ROUTINE USES OF RECORDS MAINTAINED IN THE 
SYSTEM, INCLUDING CATEGORIES OF USERS AND PURPOSES OF SUCH USES'' will 
become applicable on July 18, 2018, unless the new system of records 
notice needs to be changed as a result of public comment. The 
Department will publish any significant changes to the system of 
records or routine uses that result from public comment.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments through the Federal eRulemaking Portal 
or via postal mail, commercial delivery, or hand delivery. We will not 
accept comments submitted by fax or by email or those submitted after 
the comment period. To ensure that we do not receive duplicate copies, 
please submit your comments only once. In addition, please include the 
Docket ID at the top of your comments.
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to www.regulations.gov to 
submit your comments electronically. Information on using 
Regulations.gov, including instructions for accessing agency documents, 
submitting comments, and viewing the docket, is available on the site 
under the ``Help'' tab.
     Postal Mail, Commercial Delivery, or Hand Delivery: If you 
mail or deliver your comments about this new system of records, address 
them to: Teresa Cahalan, SORN coordinator, Institute of Education 
Sciences, U.S. Department of Education, Potomac Center Plaza, 550 12th 
Street SW, Room 4126, Washington, DC 20202.
    Privacy Note: The Department's policy is to make all comments 
received from members of the public available for public viewing in 
their entirety on the Federal eRulemaking Portal at 
www.regulations.gov. Therefore, commenters should be careful to include 
in their comments only information that they wish to make publicly 
available.
    Assistance to Individuals with Disabilities in Reviewing the 
Rulemaking Record: On request, we will provide an appropriate 
accommodation or auxiliary aid to an individual with a disability who 
needs assistance to review the comments or other documents in the 
public rulemaking record for this notice. If you want to schedule an 
appointment for this type of accommodation or auxiliary aid, please 
contact the person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Teresa Cahalan, SORN coordinator, 
Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education, Potomac 
Center Plaza, 550 12th Street SW, Room 4126, Washington, DC 20202 or by 
email at [email protected].
    If you use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) or a text 
telephone (TTY), you may call the Federal Relay Service, toll free, at 
1-800-877-8339.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The information in this system will be used 
to conduct a rigorous study of the effectiveness of departmentalizing 
instruction (where each teacher specializes in teaching one subject to 
multiple classes of students) in elementary schools to inform effective 
teacher and school improvement strategies.
    The study will address the following central research questions: 
What is the impact of departmentalization in grades 4 and 5 on teacher 
practices and student achievement? Do the impacts of 
departmentalization differ based on whether principals have access to 
teacher effectiveness scores when assigning teachers to subjects? 
Secondary research questions for the study are: How do schools 
structure departmentalization? What challenges and benefits do 
principals and teachers perceive in switching to departmentalization? 
How do principals' actual assignment of teachers to subjects compare 
with assignments based solely on baseline teacher effectiveness scores?
    Accessible Format: Individuals with disabilities can obtain this 
document in an accessible format (e.g., braille, large print, 
audiotape, or compact disc) on request to the person listed under FOR 
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
    Electronic Access to This Document: The official version of this 
document is the document published in the Federal Register. You may 
access the official editions of the Federal Register and the Code of 
Federal Regulations for free via the Federal Digital System at: 
www.thefederalregister.org/fdsys. At this site, you can view this document, as well as 
all other documents of the Department published in the Federal 
Register, in text or Portable Document Format (PDF). To use PDF, you 
must have Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is available free at the site.
    You may also access documents of the Department published in the 
Federal Register by using the article search feature at: 
www.federalregister.gov. Specifically, through the advanced search 
feature at this site, you can limit your search to documents published 
by the Department.

    Dated: June 13, 2018.
Mark Schneider,
Director, Institute of Education Sciences.
    For the reasons discussed in the preamble, the Commissioner of the 
National Center for Education Research, Delegated the Duties of the 
Director of the Institute of Education Sciences of the U.S. Department 
of Education (Department) publishes a notice of a new system of records 
to read as follows:
SYSTEM NAME AND NUMBER
    Impact Evaluation of Departmentalized Instruction in Elementary 
Schools (18-13-44).

SECURITY CLASSIFICATION:
    Unclassified.

SYSTEM LOCATION:
    Mathematica Policy Research, P.O. Box 2393, Princeton, NJ 08543-
2393.

SYSTEM MANAGER(S):
    Project's contracting officer representative, Institute of 
Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education,

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Potomac Center Plaza, 550 12th Street SW, Room 4104, Washington, DC 
20202.

AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM:
    The study is authorized under sections 171(b) and 173 of the 
Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002 (ESRA) (20 U.S.C. 9561(b) and 
9563) and section 8601 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 
1965, as amended by the Every Student Succeeds Act (20 U.S.C. 7981).

PURPOSE(S) OF THE SYSTEM:
    The information in this system will be used to conduct a rigorous 
study comparing the effectiveness of departmentalizing instruction in 
elementary grades (where each teacher specializes in teaching one 
subject to multiple classes of students) to the more traditional 
approach to instruction where each teacher teaches all subjects to a 
single class of students.
    The study will address the following central research questions: 
What is the impact of departmentalization in grades 4 and 5 on student 
achievement and teacher practices? Do the impacts of 
departmentalization differ based on whether principals have access to 
teacher effectiveness scores when assigning teachers to subjects? 
Secondary research questions for the study are: How do schools 
structure departmentalization? What challenges and benefits do 
principals and teachers perceive in switching to departmentalization? 
How do principals' actual assignment of teachers to subjects compare 
with assignments based solely on baseline teacher effectiveness scores?

CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE SYSTEM:
    The system of records will include individually identifying 
information about teachers who participate in the study and their 
students. The system will contain records on approximately 1,200 
teachers and 26,400 students from up to 200 schools in 12 school 
districts.

CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM:
    For teachers, this information will include, but will not 
necessarily be limited to, teacher name, videos of classroom practice 
collected by the study team, background characteristics, teaching 
experience, time spent on instruction, planning, and professional 
development, satisfaction and confidence in teaching, opportunities to 
coordinate with other teachers, baseline teacher effectiveness scores 
(i.e., ratings of teachers' contribution to their students' 
standardized math and English/Language Arts test scores in the year 
prior to the implementation of departmentalization for the study, as 
calculated by the school district or by the study team using the 
student data described below), and ratings of teaching practice 
assigned by the study team using the videos of classroom practice. For 
students, this information will include, but will not necessarily be 
limited to, standardized math and English/Language Arts test scores, 
age, sex, race/ethnicity, grade, eligibility for free/reduced-price 
lunches, English Learner status, and individualized education plan 
status.

RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES:
    Data in this system will be obtained through: Human resource and 
student education records maintained by the school districts; videos of 
classroom practice; ratings of teaching practice conducted by the study 
team using the videos; and surveys of teachers administered by the 
study team.

ROUTINE USES OF RECORDS MAINTAINED IN THE SYSTEM, INCLUDING CATEGORIES 
OF USERS AND PURPOSES OF SUCH USES:
    The Department may disclose information in this system of records 
under the routine uses listed in this system of records without the 
consent of the individual if the disclosure is compatible with the 
purposes for which the record was collected. The Department may make 
these disclosures on a case-by-case basis. Any disclosure of 
individually identifiable information from a record in this system must 
also comply with the requirements of section 183 of the ESRA (20 U.S.C. 
9573) providing for confidentiality standards that apply to all 
collection, reporting, and publication of data by the Institute of 
Education Sciences. Any disclosure of personally identifiable 
information from student education records that were obtained from 
school districts must also comply with the requirements of the Family 
Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) (20 U.S.C. 1232g; 34 CFR 
part 99), which protects the privacy of student education records.
    (1) Teacher Identification Disclosure. In order for the Department 
to link teacher data that the Department maintains as part of this 
study to the education records of that teacher's students maintained by 
the participating school districts for purposes consistent with the 
conduct of the study, the Department may disclose to each participating 
school district the identities of teachers from that school district 
who are participating in this study.
    (2) Contract Disclosure. If the Department contracts with an entity 
for the purposes of performing any function that requires disclosure of 
records in this system to employees of the contractor, the Department 
may disclose the records to those employees. As part of such a 
contract, the Department will require the contractor to agree to 
maintain safeguards to protect the security and confidentiality of the 
records in the system.
    (3) Research Disclosure. The Director of the Institute of Education 
Sciences may disclose information from this system of records to 
qualified researchers solely for the purpose of carrying out specific 
research that is compatible with the purpose(s) of this system of 
records. The classroom videos will not be included in disclosures of 
records that are made under this routine use. The researcher must agree 
to safeguards, consistent with section 183(c) of the ESRA (20 U.S.C. 
9573(c)), to protect the security and confidentiality of the records 
disclosed from this system. When personally identifiable information 
from a student's education record will be disclosed to the researcher, 
under FERPA (20 U.S.C. 1232g(b) and 34 CFR 99.31), the researcher also 
must agree to comply with the requirements in the applicable FERPA 
exception to consent.

POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR STORAGE OF RECORDS:
    Records in this system of records are maintained in a secure, 
password-protected electronic system.

POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR RETRIEVAL OF RECORDS:
    Records in this system will be indexed and retrieved by a unique 
number assigned to each teacher that will be cross-referenced by the 
individual's name on a separate list.
    The contractor's employees who ``maintain'' (collect, maintain, 
use, or disseminate) data in this system must comply with the 
requirements of the Privacy Act and the confidentiality standards in 
section 183 of the ESRA (20 U.S.C. 9573).

POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR RETENTION AND DISPOSAL OF RECORDS:
    The Department shall submit a retention and disposition schedule 
that covers the records contained in this system to the National 
Archives and Records Administration (NARA) for review. The records will 
not be destroyed until such a time as NARA approves said schedule.

ADMINISTRATIVE, TECHNICAL, AND PHYSICAL SAFEGUARDS:
    Security protocols for this system of records meet all required 
security standards. The contractor is required to

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ensure that information identifying individuals is in files physically 
separated from other research data and electronic files identifying 
individuals are separated from other electronic research data files. 
The contractor will maintain security of the complete set of all master 
data files and documentation. Access to individually identifiable data 
will be strictly controlled. All information will be kept in locked 
file cabinets during nonworking hours, and work on hardcopy data will 
take place in a single room, except for data entry.
    Physical security of electronic data also will be maintained. 
Security features that protect project data will include: Password-
protected accounts that authorize users to use the contractor's system 
but to access only specific network directories and network software; 
user rights and directory and file attributes that limit those who can 
use particular directories and files and determine how they can use 
them; and additional security features that the network administrators 
will establish for projects as needed. The contractor's employees who 
``maintain'' (collect, maintain, use, or disseminate) data in this 
system must comply with the requirements of the Privacy Act and the 
confidentiality standards in section 183 of the ESRA (20 U.S.C. 9573).

RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURES:
    If you wish to request access to your records, you must contact the 
system manager at the address listed under SYSTEM MANAGER AND ADDRESS. 
Your request must provide necessary particulars, such as your full 
name, address, telephone number, and any other identifying information 
requested by the Department, to distinguish between individuals with 
the same name. Your request must meet the requirements of regulations 
in 34 CFR 5b.5, including proof of identity.

CONTESTING RECORD PROCEDURES:
    If you wish to contest the content of a record regarding you in the 
system of records, you must contact the system manager. Requests must 
contain your full name, address, and telephone number. Your request 
must meet the requirements of the regulations in 34 CFR 5b.7.

NOTIFICATION PROCEDURES:
    If you wish to inquire whether a record exists regarding you in 
this system, you should contact the system manager at the address 
listed above. Your request must provide necessary particulars, such as 
your full name, address, telephone number, and any other identifying 
information requested by the Department to distinguish between 
individuals with the same name. Your request must meet the requirements 
of the Department's Privacy Act regulations at 34 CFR 5b.5, including 
proof of identity.

EXEMPTIONS PROMULGATED FOR THE SYSTEM:
    None.

HISTORY:
    None.

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                                              HISTORY:                                                comments electronically. Information                   assigning teachers to subjects?
                                                 None.                                                on using Regulations.gov, including                    Secondary research questions for the
                                              [FR Doc. 2018–13053 Filed 6–15–18; 8:45 am]             instructions for accessing agency                      study are: How do schools structure
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                                                                                                      documents, submitting comments, and                    departmentalization? What challenges
                                                                                                      viewing the docket, is available on the                and benefits do principals and teachers
                                                                                                      site under the ‘‘Help’’ tab.                           perceive in switching to
                                              DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION                                    • Postal Mail, Commercial Delivery,                 departmentalization? How do
                                                                                                      or Hand Delivery: If you mail or deliver               principals’ actual assignment of teachers
                                              [Docket ID ED–2018–IES–0082]                            your comments about this new system                    to subjects compare with assignments
                                                                                                      of records, address them to: Teresa                    based solely on baseline teacher
                                              Privacy Act of 1974; System of
                                                                                                      Cahalan, SORN coordinator, Institute of                effectiveness scores?
                                              Records
                                                                                                      Education Sciences, U.S. Department of                    Accessible Format: Individuals with
                                              AGENCY:  Institute of Education Sciences,               Education, Potomac Center Plaza, 550                   disabilities can obtain this document in
                                              Department of Education.                                12th Street SW, Room 4126,                             an accessible format (e.g., braille, large
                                              ACTION: Notice of a new system of                       Washington, DC 20202.                                  print, audiotape, or compact disc) on
                                              records.                                                   Privacy Note: The Department’s                      request to the person listed under FOR
                                                                                                      policy is to make all comments received                FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
                                              SUMMARY:    In accordance with the                      from members of the public available for                  Electronic Access to This Document:
                                              Privacy Act of 1974, as amended                         public viewing in their entirety on the                The official version of this document is
                                              (Privacy Act), the Department of                        Federal eRulemaking Portal at                          the document published in the Federal
                                              Education (Department) publishes this                   www.regulations.gov. Therefore,                        Register. You may access the official
                                              notice of a new system of records                       commenters should be careful to                        editions of the Federal Register and the
                                              entitled ‘‘Impact Evaluation of                         include in their comments only                         Code of Federal Regulations for free via
                                              Departmentalized Instruction in                         information that they wish to make                     the Federal Digital System at:
                                              Elementary Schools (18–13–44).’’ This                   publicly available.                                    www.gpo.gov/fdsys. At this site, you can
                                              system contains individually identifying                   Assistance to Individuals with                      view this document, as well as all other
                                              information provided by individuals                     Disabilities in Reviewing the                          documents of the Department published
                                              and school districts that participate in                Rulemaking Record: On request, we will                 in the Federal Register, in text or
                                              the impact evaluation. The information                  provide an appropriate accommodation                   Portable Document Format (PDF). To
                                              in this system will be used to conduct                  or auxiliary aid to an individual with a               use PDF, you must have Adobe Acrobat
                                              a rigorous study comparing the                          disability who needs assistance to                     Reader, which is available free at the
                                              effectiveness of elementary school                      review the comments or other                           site.
                                              teachers specializing in one subject to                 documents in the public rulemaking                        You may also access documents of the
                                              the more traditional approach of                        record for this notice. If you want to                 Department published in the Federal
                                              teaching all subjects.                                  schedule an appointment for this type of               Register by using the article search
                                              DATES: Submit your comments on this                     accommodation or auxiliary aid, please                 feature at: www.federalregister.gov.
                                              new system of records notice on or                      contact the person listed under FOR                    Specifically, through the advanced
                                              before July 18, 2018.                                   FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.                           search feature at this site, you can limit
                                                 This new system of records will                      FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:                       your search to documents published by
                                              become applicable upon publication in                   Teresa Cahalan, SORN coordinator,                      the Department.
                                              the Federal Register on June 18, 2018,                  Institute of Education Sciences, U.S.                    Dated: June 13, 2018.
                                              unless the new system of records notice                 Department of Education, Potomac                       Mark Schneider,
                                              needs to be changed as a result of public               Center Plaza, 550 12th Street SW, Room                 Director, Institute of Education Sciences.
                                              comment. The routine uses listed under                  4126, Washington, DC 20202 or by                         For the reasons discussed in the
                                              ‘‘ROUTINE USES OF RECORDS                               email at IES_SORN@ed.gov.                              preamble, the Commissioner of the
                                              MAINTAINED IN THE SYSTEM,                                  If you use a telecommunications                     National Center for Education Research,
                                              INCLUDING CATEGORIES OF USERS                           device for the deaf (TDD) or a text                    Delegated the Duties of the Director of
                                              AND PURPOSES OF SUCH USES’’ will                        telephone (TTY), you may call the                      the Institute of Education Sciences of
                                              become applicable on July 18, 2018,                     Federal Relay Service, toll free, at                   the U.S. Department of Education
                                              unless the new system of records notice                 1–800–877–8339.                                        (Department) publishes a notice of a
                                              needs to be changed as a result of public               SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The                         new system of records to read as
                                              comment. The Department will publish                    information in this system will be used                follows:
                                              any significant changes to the system of                to conduct a rigorous study of the
                                              records or routine uses that result from                effectiveness of departmentalizing                     SYSTEM NAME AND NUMBER
                                              public comment.                                         instruction (where each teacher                          Impact Evaluation of
                                              ADDRESSES: Submit your comments                         specializes in teaching one subject to                 Departmentalized Instruction in
                                              through the Federal eRulemaking Portal                  multiple classes of students) in                       Elementary Schools (18–13–44).
                                              or via postal mail, commercial delivery,                elementary schools to inform effective
                                                                                                                                                             SECURITY CLASSIFICATION:
                                              or hand delivery. We will not accept                    teacher and school improvement
                                              comments submitted by fax or by email                   strategies.                                              Unclassified.
                                              or those submitted after the comment                       The study will address the following                SYSTEM LOCATION:
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                                              period. To ensure that we do not receive                central research questions: What is the                  Mathematica Policy Research, P.O.
                                              duplicate copies, please submit your                    impact of departmentalization in grades                Box 2393, Princeton, NJ 08543–2393.
                                              comments only once. In addition, please                 4 and 5 on teacher practices and student
                                              include the Docket ID at the top of your                achievement? Do the impacts of                         SYSTEM MANAGER(S):
                                              comments.                                               departmentalization differ based on                      Project’s contracting officer
                                                 • Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to                  whether principals have access to                      representative, Institute of Education
                                              www.regulations.gov to submit your                      teacher effectiveness scores when                      Sciences, U.S. Department of Education,


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                                              Potomac Center Plaza, 550 12th Street                   departmentalization for the study, as                  that requires disclosure of records in
                                              SW, Room 4104, Washington, DC 20202.                    calculated by the school district or by                this system to employees of the
                                                                                                      the study team using the student data                  contractor, the Department may disclose
                                              AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM:
                                                                                                      described below), and ratings of                       the records to those employees. As part
                                                The study is authorized under                         teaching practice assigned by the study                of such a contract, the Department will
                                              sections 171(b) and 173 of the Education                team using the videos of classroom                     require the contractor to agree to
                                              Sciences Reform Act of 2002 (ESRA) (20                  practice. For students, this information               maintain safeguards to protect the
                                              U.S.C. 9561(b) and 9563) and section                    will include, but will not necessarily be              security and confidentiality of the
                                              8601 of the Elementary and Secondary                    limited to, standardized math and                      records in the system.
                                              Education Act of 1965, as amended by                    English/Language Arts test scores, age,                   (3) Research Disclosure. The Director
                                              the Every Student Succeeds Act (20                      sex, race/ethnicity, grade, eligibility for            of the Institute of Education Sciences
                                              U.S.C. 7981).                                           free/reduced-price lunches, English                    may disclose information from this
                                              PURPOSE(S) OF THE SYSTEM:                               Learner status, and individualized                     system of records to qualified
                                                 The information in this system will be               education plan status.                                 researchers solely for the purpose of
                                              used to conduct a rigorous study                                                                               carrying out specific research that is
                                                                                                      RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES:
                                              comparing the effectiveness of                                                                                 compatible with the purpose(s) of this
                                                                                                        Data in this system will be obtained                 system of records. The classroom videos
                                              departmentalizing instruction in
                                              elementary grades (where each teacher                   through: Human resource and student                    will not be included in disclosures of
                                              specializes in teaching one subject to                  education records maintained by the                    records that are made under this routine
                                              multiple classes of students) to the more               school districts; videos of classroom                  use. The researcher must agree to
                                              traditional approach to instruction                     practice; ratings of teaching practice                 safeguards, consistent with section
                                              where each teacher teaches all subjects                 conducted by the study team using the                  183(c) of the ESRA (20 U.S.C. 9573(c)),
                                              to a single class of students.                          videos; and surveys of teachers                        to protect the security and
                                                 The study will address the following                 administered by the study team.                        confidentiality of the records disclosed
                                              central research questions: What is the                 ROUTINE USES OF RECORDS MAINTAINED IN THE
                                                                                                                                                             from this system. When personally
                                              impact of departmentalization in grades                 SYSTEM, INCLUDING CATEGORIES OF USERS AND              identifiable information from a student’s
                                              4 and 5 on student achievement and                      PURPOSES OF SUCH USES:                                 education record will be disclosed to
                                              teacher practices? Do the impacts of                       The Department may disclose                         the researcher, under FERPA (20 U.S.C.
                                              departmentalization differ based on                     information in this system of records                  1232g(b) and 34 CFR 99.31), the
                                              whether principals have access to                       under the routine uses listed in this                  researcher also must agree to comply
                                              teacher effectiveness scores when                       system of records without the consent of               with the requirements in the applicable
                                              assigning teachers to subjects?                         the individual if the disclosure is                    FERPA exception to consent.
                                              Secondary research questions for the                    compatible with the purposes for which                 POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR STORAGE OF
                                              study are: How do schools structure                     the record was collected. The                          RECORDS:
                                              departmentalization? What challenges                    Department may make these disclosures                    Records in this system of records are
                                              and benefits do principals and teachers                 on a case-by-case basis. Any disclosure                maintained in a secure, password-
                                              perceive in switching to                                of individually identifiable information               protected electronic system.
                                              departmentalization? How do                             from a record in this system must also
                                              principals’ actual assignment of teachers               comply with the requirements of section                POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR RETRIEVAL OF
                                              to subjects compare with assignments                    183 of the ESRA (20 U.S.C. 9573)                       RECORDS:
                                              based solely on baseline teacher                        providing for confidentiality standards                  Records in this system will be
                                              effectiveness scores?                                   that apply to all collection, reporting,               indexed and retrieved by a unique
                                                                                                      and publication of data by the Institute               number assigned to each teacher that
                                              CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE
                                              SYSTEM:                                                 of Education Sciences. Any disclosure                  will be cross-referenced by the
                                                                                                      of personally identifiable information                 individual’s name on a separate list.
                                                The system of records will include
                                                                                                      from student education records that                      The contractor’s employees who
                                              individually identifying information
                                                                                                      were obtained from school districts                    ‘‘maintain’’ (collect, maintain, use, or
                                              about teachers who participate in the
                                                                                                      must also comply with the requirements                 disseminate) data in this system must
                                              study and their students. The system
                                                                                                      of the Family Educational Rights and                   comply with the requirements of the
                                              will contain records on approximately
                                                                                                      Privacy Act (FERPA) (20 U.S.C. 1232g;                  Privacy Act and the confidentiality
                                              1,200 teachers and 26,400 students from
                                                                                                      34 CFR part 99), which protects the                    standards in section 183 of the ESRA
                                              up to 200 schools in 12 school districts.
                                                                                                      privacy of student education records.                  (20 U.S.C. 9573).
                                              CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM:                       (1) Teacher Identification Disclosure.              POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR RETENTION AND
                                                For teachers, this information will                   In order for the Department to link                    DISPOSAL OF RECORDS:
                                              include, but will not necessarily be                    teacher data that the Department                         The Department shall submit a
                                              limited to, teacher name, videos of                     maintains as part of this study to the                 retention and disposition schedule that
                                              classroom practice collected by the                     education records of that teacher’s                    covers the records contained in this
                                              study team, background characteristics,                 students maintained by the participating               system to the National Archives and
                                              teaching experience, time spent on                      school districts for purposes consistent               Records Administration (NARA) for
                                              instruction, planning, and professional                 with the conduct of the study, the                     review. The records will not be
                                              development, satisfaction and                           Department may disclose to each
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                                                                                                                                                             destroyed until such a time as NARA
                                              confidence in teaching, opportunities to                participating school district the                      approves said schedule.
                                              coordinate with other teachers, baseline                identities of teachers from that school
                                              teacher effectiveness scores (i.e., ratings             district who are participating in this                 ADMINISTRATIVE, TECHNICAL, AND PHYSICAL
                                              of teachers’ contribution to their                      study.                                                 SAFEGUARDS:
                                              students’ standardized math and                            (2) Contract Disclosure. If the                       Security protocols for this system of
                                              English/Language Arts test scores in the                Department contracts with an entity for                records meet all required security
                                              year prior to the implementation of                     the purposes of performing any function                standards. The contractor is required to


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                                              ensure that information identifying                     other identifying information requested                DATES:  DOE will accept comments, data,
                                              individuals is in files physically                      by the Department to distinguish                       and information with respect to the HH
                                              separated from other research data and                  between individuals with the same                      Technologies Petition until July 18,
                                              electronic files identifying individuals                name. Your request must meet the                       2018.
                                              are separated from other electronic                     requirements of the Department’s                       ADDRESSES: Interested persons are
                                              research data files. The contractor will                Privacy Act regulations at 34 CFR 5b.5,                encouraged to submit comments using
                                              maintain security of the complete set of                including proof of identity.                           the Federal eRulemaking Portal at
                                              all master data files and documentation.                                                                       http://www.regulations.gov.
                                                                                                      EXEMPTIONS PROMULGATED FOR THE SYSTEM:
                                              Access to individually identifiable data                                                                       Alternatively, interested persons may
                                              will be strictly controlled. All                          None.
                                                                                                                                                             submit comments, identified by case
                                              information will be kept in locked file                 HISTORY:                                               number ‘‘2018–001,’’ and Docket
                                              cabinets during nonworking hours, and                     None.                                                number ‘‘EERE–2018–BT–WAV–0001,’’
                                              work on hardcopy data will take place                                                                          by any of the following methods:
                                                                                                      [FR Doc. 2018–13052 Filed 6–15–18; 8:45 am]
                                              in a single room, except for data entry.                                                                          • Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://
                                                                                                      BILLING CODE 4000–01–P
                                                 Physical security of electronic data                                                                        www.regulations.gov. Follow the
                                              also will be maintained. Security                                                                              instructions for submitting comments.
                                              features that protect project data will                                                                           • Email: HHT2018WAV0001@
                                              include: Password-protected accounts                    DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
                                                                                                                                                             ee.doe.gov Include the case number
                                              that authorize users to use the                         [Case No. 2018–001]                                    [Case No. 2018–001] in the subject line
                                              contractor’s system but to access only                                                                         of the message.
                                              specific network directories and                        Notice of Petition for Waiver of HH                       • Postal Mail: Ms. Lucy deButts, U.S.
                                              network software; user rights and                       Technologies From the Department of                    Department of Energy, Building
                                              directory and file attributes that limit                Energy Walk-in Cooler and Walk-in                      Technologies Office, Mailstop EE–5B,
                                              those who can use particular directories                Freezer Test Procedure, and Notice of                  Petition for Waiver Case No. 2018–001,
                                              and files and determine how they can                    Grant of Interim Waiver                                1000 Independence Avenue SW,
                                              use them; and additional security                                                                              Washington, DC 20585–0121. If
                                                                                                      AGENCY:  Office of Energy Efficiency and
                                              features that the network administrators                                                                       possible, please submit all items on a
                                                                                                      Renewable Energy, Department of
                                              will establish for projects as needed.                                                                         compact disc (‘‘CD’’), in which case it is
                                                                                                      Energy.
                                              The contractor’s employees who                                                                                 not necessary to include printed copies.
                                                                                                      ACTION: Notice of petition for waiver,
                                              ‘‘maintain’’ (collect, maintain, use, or                                                                          • Hand Delivery/Courier: Appliance
                                              disseminate) data in this system must                   notice of grant of an interim waiver, and
                                                                                                                                                             and Equipment Standards Program, U.S.
                                              comply with the requirements of the                     request for comments.
                                                                                                                                                             Department of Energy, Building
                                              Privacy Act and the confidentiality                     SUMMARY:   This document announces                     Technologies Office, 950 L’Enfant Plaza
                                              standards in section 183 of the ESRA                    receipt of, and publishes a petition for               SW, Room 6055, Washington, DC 20024.
                                              (20 U.S.C. 9573).                                       waiver from, HH Technologies, which                    If possible, please submit all items on a
                                                                                                      seeks an exemption from specified                      compact disc (‘‘CD’’), in which case it is
                                              RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURES:
                                                                                                      portions of the U.S. Department of                     not necessary to include printed copies.
                                                If you wish to request access to your                                                                           No telefacsimilies (faxes) will be
                                                                                                      Energy (‘‘DOE’’) test procedure used for
                                              records, you must contact the system                                                                           accepted. For detailed instructions on
                                                                                                      determining the energy consumption of
                                              manager at the address listed under                                                                            submitting comments and additional
                                                                                                      walk-in cooler and walk-in freezer doors
                                              SYSTEM MANAGER AND ADDRESS.                                                                                    information on this process, see section
                                                                                                      (collectively, ‘‘walk-in doors’’). HH
                                              Your request must provide necessary                                                                            V of this document.
                                                                                                      Technologies seeks to use an alternate
                                              particulars, such as your full name,                                                                              Docket: The docket, which includes
                                                                                                      test procedure to address issues
                                              address, telephone number, and any                                                                             Federal Register notices, comments,
                                                                                                      involved in testing the basic models
                                              other identifying information requested                                                                        and other supporting documents/
                                                                                                      identified in its petition. HH
                                              by the Department, to distinguish                                                                              materials, is available for review at
                                                                                                      Technologies asserts in its petition that
                                              between individuals with the same                                                                              http://www.regulations.gov. All
                                                                                                      the percent time off (‘‘PTO’’) value
                                              name. Your request must meet the                                                                               documents in the docket are listed in
                                                                                                      specified in the test procedure for walk-
                                              requirements of regulations in 34 CFR                                                                          the http://www.regulations.gov index.
                                                                                                      in door motors is unrepresentative of
                                              5b.5, including proof of identity.                                                                             However, some documents listed in the
                                                                                                      actual performance and causes the test
                                              CONTESTING RECORD PROCEDURES:                           procedure to over-estimate the energy                  index, such as those containing
                                                                                                      use of the motors used in the specified                information that is exempt from public
                                                 If you wish to contest the content of
                                                                                                      walk-in door basic models. Accordingly,                disclosure, may not be publicly
                                              a record regarding you in the system of
                                                                                                      HH Technologies seeks to test and rate                 available.
                                              records, you must contact the system                                                                              The docket web page can be found at
                                              manager. Requests must contain your                     the basic models identified in its
                                                                                                      petition using an alternate PTO value                  http://www.regulations.gov/docket?
                                              full name, address, and telephone                                                                              D=EERE-2018-BT-WAV-0001. The
                                              number. Your request must meet the                      for walk-in door motors. DOE is granting
                                                                                                      HH Technologies an interim waiver                      docket web page contains simple
                                              requirements of the regulations in 34                                                                          instruction on how to access all
                                              CFR 5b.7.                                               from the DOE’s walk-in door test
                                                                                                      procedure for its specified basic models,              documents, including public comments,
                                              NOTIFICATION PROCEDURES:                                subject to use of the alternative test                 in the docket. See section V for
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                                                If you wish to inquire whether a                      procedure as set forth in this document.               information on how to submit
                                              record exists regarding you in this                     DOE solicits comments, data, and                       comments through http://
                                              system, you should contact the system                   information concerning HH                              www.regulations.gov.
                                              manager at the address listed above.                    Technologies’ petition and its suggested               FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.
                                              Your request must provide necessary                     alternate test procedure to inform its                 Lucy deButts, U.S. Department of
                                              particulars, such as your full name,                    final decision on HH Technologies’                     Energy, Building Technologies Office,
                                              address, telephone number, and any                      waiver request.                                        Mailstop EE–5B, 1000 Independence


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Document Created: 2018-06-18 15:50:02
Document Modified: 2018-06-18 15:50:02
CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
GS 4.107:
AE 2.106:
PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice of a new system of records.
DatesSubmit your comments on this new system of records notice on or before July 18, 2018.
ContactTeresa Cahalan, SORN coordinator, Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education, Potomac Center Plaza, 550 12th Street SW, Room 4126, Washington, DC 20202 or by email at [email protected]
FR Citation83 FR 28209 

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