83 FR 31384 - 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

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 129 (July 5, 2018)

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

[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 129 (Thursday, July 5, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31384-31385]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2018-14369]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[Docket No.: ED-2018-ICCD-0054]


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

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 revision of an existing information collection.

DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before 
August 6, 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-2018-ICCD-
0054. 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 206-06, 
Washington, DC 20202-4537.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For specific questions related to 
collection activities, please contact Kashka Kubzdela, 202-245-7377 or 
email [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: Fast Response Survey System (FRSS) 109: 
Teachers' Use of Technology for School and Homework Assignments.
    OMB Control Number: 1850-0857.
    Type of Review: A revision of an existing information collection.
    Respondents/Affected Public: Individuals or Households.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 9,500.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 3,251.
    Abstract: The Fast Response Survey System (FRSS) 109 survey on 
teachers' use of technology for school and homework assignments in 
public schools is conducted by the National Center for Education 
Statistics (NCES) 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. 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. The request for FRSS 109 
preliminary activities, including securing research approval from 
special contact school districts beginning in April 2018, notifying 
superintendents of districts with sampled schools about the survey, and 
obtaining teacher lists from sampled schools beginning in August 2018, 
was approved in March 2018, with the latest change request approved in 
April 2018 (1850-0857 v.2-4). This

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request is to conduct the FRSS 109 data collection.

    Dated: June 28, 2018.
Kate Mullan,
Acting Director, Information Collection Clearance Division, Office of 
the Chief Privacy Officer, Office of Management.
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