83_FR_47324 83 FR 47143 - Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; High School and Beyond 2020 (HS&B:20) Base-Year Field Test Sampling and Recruitment

83 FR 47143 - Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; High School and Beyond 2020 (HS&B:20) Base-Year Field Test Sampling and Recruitment

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 181 (September 18, 2018)

Page Range47143-47143
FR Document2018-20216

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

Federal Register, Volume 83 Issue 181 (Tuesday, September 18, 2018)
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 181 (Tuesday, September 18, 2018)]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[Docket No. ED-2018-ICCD-0096]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; High 
School and Beyond 2020 (HS&B:20) Base-Year Field Test Sampling and 
Recruitment

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 new information collection.

DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before 
November 19, 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-
0096. 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, 550 12th Street SW, PCP, Room 9086, 
Washington, DC 20202-0023.

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: High School and Beyond 2020 (HS&B:20) Base-
Year Field Test Sampling and Recruitment.
    OMB Control Number: 1850--NEW.
    Type of Review: A new information collection.
    Respondents/Affected Public: Individuals or Households.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 4,836.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 2,721.
    Abstract: The High School and Beyond 2020 study (HS&B:20) will be 
the sixth in a series of longitudinal studies at the high school level 
conducted by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), 
within the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) of the U.S. Department 
of Education. HS&B:20 will follow a nationally-representative sample of 
ninth grade students from the start of high school in the fall of 2020 
to the spring of 2024 when most will be in twelfth grade. The study 
sample will be freshened in 2024 to create a nationally representative 
sample of twelfth-graders. A high school transcript collection and 
additional follow-up data collections beyond high school are also 
planned. The NCES secondary longitudinal studies examine issues such as 
students' readiness for high school; the risk factors associated with 
dropping out of high school; high school completion; the transition 
into postsecondary education and access/choice of institution; the 
shift from school to work; and the pipeline into science, technology, 
engineering, and mathematics (STEM). They inform education policy by 
tracking long-term trends and elucidating relationships among student, 
family, and school characteristics and experiences. HS&B:20 will follow 
the Middle Grades Longitudinal Study of 2017/18 (MGLS:2017) which 
followed the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Cohort of 
2011 (ECLS-K:2011), thereby allowing for the study of all transitions 
from elementary school through high school and into higher education 
and/or the workforce. HS&B:20 will include surveys of students, 
parents, students' math teachers, counselors, and administrators. 
Students will also receive assessments in mathematics and reading, and 
be given a 2-minute vision test and a 10-minute hearing test. This 
request is to conduct, beginning in January 2019, state, school 
district, school, and parent recruitment activities, including 
collection of student rosters and selection of the base-year field test 
sample in preparation for the HS&B:20 base-year field test, scheduled 
to take place in the fall of 2019. Approval for the base-year field 
test data collection and base-year full-scale sampling and recruitment 
activities will be requested in a separate submission in early 2019.

    Dated: September 13, 2018.
Kate Mullan,
Acting Director, Information Collection Clearance Division, Office of 
the Chief Privacy Officer, Office of Management.
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                                                 Randy Silvis—Assistant Inspector                      postal mail or delivery should be                     representative sample of ninth grade
                                               General for Investigations (Field                       addressed to the Director of the                      students from the start of high school in
                                               Divisions).                                             Information Collection Clearance                      the fall of 2020 to the spring of 2024
                                                 George Jakabcin—Chief Information                     Division, U.S. Department of Education,               when most will be in twelfth grade. The
                                               Officer.                                                550 12th Street SW, PCP, Room 9086,                   study sample will be freshened in 2024
                                                 Danny Verneuille—Assistant                            Washington, DC 20202–0023.                            to create a nationally representative
                                               Inspector General for Audit (Security                   FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For                  sample of twelfth-graders. A high school
                                               and Information Technology Services).                   specific questions related to collection              transcript collection and additional
                                                 Matthew Weir—Assistant Inspector                      activities, please contact Kashka                     follow-up data collections beyond high
                                               General for Audit (Compliance and                       Kubzdela, 202–245–7377 or email                       school are also planned. The NCES
                                               Enforcement Operations).                                NCES.Information.Collections@ed.gov.                  secondary longitudinal studies examine
                                               Department of Veterans Affairs                          SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The                        issues such as students’ readiness for
                                                                                                       Department of Education (ED), in                      high school; the risk factors associated
                                               Phone Number: (202) 461–4720
                                                                                                       accordance with the Paperwork                         with dropping out of high school; high
                                               CIGIE Liaison—Jennifer Geldhof (202)                    Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) (44 U.S.C.                school completion; the transition into
                                               461–4677                                                3506(c)(2)(A)), provides the general                  postsecondary education and access/
                                                 Roy Fredrikson—Deputy Counselor to                    public and Federal agencies with an                   choice of institution; the shift from
                                               the Inspector General.                                  opportunity to comment on proposed,                   school to work; and the pipeline into
                                                 Brent Arronte—Deputy Assistant                        revised, and continuing collections of                science, technology, engineering, and
                                               Inspector General for Audits and                        information. This helps the Department                mathematics (STEM). They inform
                                               Evaluations.                                            assess the impact of its information
                                                                                                                                                             education policy by tracking long-term
                                                 John D. Daigh—Assistant Inspector                     collection requirements and minimize
                                                                                                                                                             trends and elucidating relationships
                                               General for Healthcare Inspections.                     the public’s reporting burden. It also
                                                                                                                                                             among student, family, and school
                                                                                                       helps the public understand the
                                                 Dated: September 12, 2018.                                                                                  characteristics and experiences.
                                                                                                       Department’s information collection
                                               Mark D. Jones,                                                                                                HS&B:20 will follow the Middle Grades
                                                                                                       requirements and provide the requested
                                               Executive Director.                                     data in the desired format. ED is                     Longitudinal Study of 2017/18
                                               [FR Doc. 2018–20243 Filed 9–17–18; 8:45 am]             soliciting comments on the proposed                   (MGLS:2017) which followed the Early
                                               BILLING CODE 6820–C9–P                                  information collection request (ICR) that             Childhood Longitudinal Study,
                                                                                                       is described below. The Department of                 Kindergarten Cohort of 2011 (ECLS–
                                                                                                       Education is especially interested in                 K:2011), thereby allowing for the study
                                               DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION                                 public comment addressing the                         of all transitions from elementary school
                                                                                                       following issues: (1) Is this collection              through high school and into higher
                                               [Docket No. ED–2018–ICCD–0096]
                                                                                                       necessary to the proper functions of the              education and/or the workforce.
                                               Agency Information Collection                           Department; (2) will this information be              HS&B:20 will include surveys of
                                               Activities; Comment Request; High                       processed and used in a timely manner;                students, parents, students’ math
                                               School and Beyond 2020 (HS&B:20)                        (3) is the estimate of burden accurate;               teachers, counselors, and
                                               Base-Year Field Test Sampling and                       (4) how might the Department enhance                  administrators. Students will also
                                               Recruitment                                             the quality, utility, and clarity of the              receive assessments in mathematics and
                                                                                                       information to be collected; and (5) how              reading, and be given a 2-minute vision
                                               AGENCY:   National Center for Education                 might the Department minimize the                     test and a 10-minute hearing test. This
                                               Statistics (NCES), Department of                        burden of this collection on the                      request is to conduct, beginning in
                                               Education (ED).                                         respondents, including through the use                January 2019, state, school district,
                                               ACTION: Notice.                                         of information technology. Please note                school, and parent recruitment
                                                                                                       that written comments received in                     activities, including collection of
                                               SUMMARY:   In accordance with the                       response to this notice will be
                                               Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ED is                                                                        student rosters and selection of the base-
                                                                                                       considered public records.
                                               proposing a new information collection.                                                                       year field test sample in preparation for
                                                                                                          Title of Collection: High School and
                                               DATES: Interested persons are invited to                                                                      the HS&B:20 base-year field test,
                                                                                                       Beyond 2020 (HS&B:20) Base-Year Field
                                               submit comments on or before                            Test Sampling and Recruitment.                        scheduled to take place in the fall of
                                               November 19, 2018.                                         OMB Control Number: 1850—NEW.                      2019. Approval for the base-year field
                                               ADDRESSES: To access and review all the                    Type of Review: A new information                  test data collection and base-year full-
                                               documents related to the information                    collection.                                           scale sampling and recruitment
                                               collection listed in this notice, please                   Respondents/Affected Public:                       activities will be requested in a separate
                                               use http://www.regulations.gov by                       Individuals or Households.                            submission in early 2019.
                                               searching the Docket ID number ED–                         Total Estimated Number of Annual                     Dated: September 13, 2018.
                                               2018–ICCD–0096. Comments submitted                      Responses: 4,836.                                     Kate Mullan,
                                               in response to this notice should be                       Total Estimated Number of Annual
                                               submitted electronically through the                    Burden Hours: 2,721.                                  Acting Director, Information Collection
                                                                                                                                                             Clearance Division, Office of the Chief Privacy
                                               Federal eRulemaking Portal at http://                      Abstract: The High School and
                                                                                                                                                             Officer, Office of Management.
                                               www.regulations.gov by selecting the                    Beyond 2020 study (HS&B:20) will be
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                                               Docket ID number or via postal mail,                    the sixth in a series of longitudinal
                                               commercial delivery, or hand delivery.                  studies at the high school level                      BILLING CODE 4000–01–P

                                               Please note that comments submitted by                  conducted by the National Center for
                                               fax or email and those submitted after                  Education Statistics (NCES), within the
                                               the comment period will not be                          Institute of Education Sciences (IES) of
                                               accepted. Written requests for                          the U.S. Department of Education.
                                               information or comments submitted by                    HS&B:20 will follow a nationally-


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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice.
DatesInterested persons are invited to submit comments on or before November 19, 2018.
ContactFor specific questions related to collection activities, please contact Kashka Kubzdela, 202-245-7377 or email [email protected]
FR Citation83 FR 47143 

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