83_FR_54544 83 FR 54335 - Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Middle Grades Longitudinal Study of 2017-18 (MGLS:2017) Main Study First Follow-Up (MS2) Tracking and Recruitment Revision and Operational Field Test Second Follow-Up (OFT3)

83 FR 54335 - Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Middle Grades Longitudinal Study of 2017-18 (MGLS:2017) Main Study First Follow-Up (MS2) Tracking and Recruitment Revision and Operational Field Test Second Follow-Up (OFT3)

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 209 (October 29, 2018)

Page Range54335-54336
FR Document2018-23551

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

Federal Register, Volume 83 Issue 209 (Monday, October 29, 2018) 
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 209 (Monday, October 29, 2018)]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[Docket No.: ED-2018-ICCD-0113]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the 
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment 
Request; Middle Grades Longitudinal Study of 2017-18 (MGLS:2017) Main 
Study First Follow-Up (MS2) Tracking and Recruitment Revision and 
Operational Field Test Second Follow-Up (OFT3)

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 
November 28, 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-
0113. 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 9089, 
Washington, DC 20202-0023.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For specific questions related to 
collection

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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: Middle Grades Longitudinal Study of 2017-18 
(MGLS:2017) Main Study First Follow-Up (MS2) Tracking and Recruitment 
Revision and Operational Field Test Second Follow-Up (OFT3).
    OMB Control Number: 1850-0911.
    Type of Review: A revision of an existing information collection.
    Respondents/Affected Public: Individuals or Households.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 20,113.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 10,891.
    Abstract: The Middle Grades Longitudinal Study of 2017-18 
(MGLS:2017) is the first study conducted by the National Center for 
Education Statistics (NCES) to follow a nationally representative 
sample of students as they enter and move through the middle grades 
(grades 6-8). The data collected through repeated measures of key 
constructs will provide a rich descriptive picture of the academic 
experiences and development of students during these critical years and 
will allow researchers to examine associations between contextual 
factors and student outcomes. The study focuses on student achievement 
in mathematics and literacy along with measures of student 
socioemotional wellbeing and other outcomes. The study includes 
students with disabilities for whom descriptive information on their 
outcomes, educational experiences, and special education services are 
being collected. In preparation for the Main Study (MS), the data 
collection instruments and procedures were field tested. An Item 
Validation Field Test (IVFT) was conducted from January through May 
2016 to determine the psychometric properties of assessment and survey 
items and the predictive potential of items so that valid, reliable, 
and useful assessment and survey instruments could be developed for the 
Main Study. The MGLS:2017 Operational Field Test (OFT) Base Year (OFT1) 
data collection was conducted from January through May 2017 to test the 
near-final instruments and recruitment and data collection procedures 
and materials in preparation for the MGLS:2017 Main Study Base Year 
(MS1). The MS1 data collection took place from January to August 2018, 
and the OFT First Follow-up (OFT2) data collections from February to 
May 2018. OFT2 was conducted primarily to obtain information on 
recruiting, particularly for students in three focal IDEA-defined 
disability groups: Specific learning disability, autism, and emotional 
disturbance; obtain a tracking sample that can be used to study 
mobility patterns in subsequent years; and test protocols, items, and 
administrative procedures. Originally, NCES planned for MGLS:2017 to 
conduct annual main study follow-up data collections first beginning in 
January 2019 and next beginning in January 2020, when most of the 
students in the sample will be in grades 7 and 8, respectively. In 
September 2018, OMB approved NCES's request (OMB# 1850-0911 v.20) to 
revise the study design due to lower than expected response rates 
experienced in the sixth grade data collection and to: (1) Drop the 
originally planned seventh grade round of data collection and conduct 
the Main Study First Follow-up (MS2) data collection in January-July 
2020 (when most sample students will be in the eighth grade), (2) 
notify participating districts and schools of this change in data 
collection schedule, (3) discontinue the procedures designed to 
oversample students in specific IDEA-defined disability groups, and (4) 
conduct MS2 and OFT Second Follow-up (OFT3) tracking activities. This 
request is to further modify the study design for MS2 to augment the 
sample with additional schools to achieve about 776 participating 
schools in MS2.

    Dated: October 24, 2018.
Tomakie Washington,
Acting Director, Information Collection Clearance Division, Office of 
the Chief Privacy Officer, Office of Management.
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Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 209 / Monday, October 29, 2018 / Notices 54335 from a panel on the history and context from its standing committees from 10:30 Register by using the article search of the NAEP achievement levels. The a.m. to 11:00 a.m. Action items for feature at: www.federalregister.gov. Governing Board will then discuss the Governing Board consideration include Specifically, through the advanced draft Governing Board Policy on the Governing Board Policy on search feature at this site, you can limit Developing Student Achievement Developing Student Achievement your search to documents published by Levels for NAEP. Levels for NAEP and a proposed Release the Department. From 4:45 p.m. to 5:15 p.m. the Plan for the 2018 NAEP Technology and Authority: Pub. L. 107–279, Title III— Governing Board will meet in closed Engineering Literacy Assessment. National Assessment of Educational Progress session to receive a confidential briefing From 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. the § 301. on ethics from the Office of General Governing Board will meet in its third Dated: October 22, 2018. Counsel. This meeting is closed because closed session of the day to receive a the discussions pertain solely to internal briefing on the 2017 NAEP Writing Lisa Stooksberry, personnel rules and practices of an Assessment. This meeting must be Deputy Executive Director, National agency and information of a personal conducted in closed session because the Assessment Governing Board (NAGB), U. S. Department of Education. nature wherein disclosure would assessment test items and data are [FR Doc. 2018–23495 Filed 10–26–18; 8:45 am] constitute a clearly unwarranted secure and have not been released to the invasion of personal privacy. As such, public. Public disclosure of the secure BILLING CODE 4000–01–P the discussions are protected by test items and data would significantly exemptions 2 and 6 of § 552b(c) of Title impede implementation of the NAEP 5 of the United States Code. assessment program if conducted in DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION The November 16, 2018 session of the open session. Such matters are [Docket No.: ED–2018–ICCD–0113] Governing Board meeting will adjourn protected by exemption 9(B) of § 552b(c) at 5:15 p.m. of Title 5 of the United States Code. Agency Information Collection On Saturday, November 17, 2018, the The November 17, 2018 session of the Activities; Submission to the Office of Governing Board will convene in three Governing Board meeting will adjourn Management and Budget for Review closed sessions. During the first closed at 12:00 p.m. and Approval; Comment Request; session, the Nominations Committee Access to Records of the Meeting: Middle Grades Longitudinal Study of will meet from 7:30 a.m. to 8:20 a.m. to Pursuant to FACA requirements, the 2017–18 (MGLS:2017) Main Study First discuss and receive updates on public may also inspect the meeting Follow-Up (MS2) Tracking and nominations received for Governing materials at www.nagb.gov beginning on Recruitment Revision and Operational Board vacancies for terms that begin on Thursday, November 15, 2018, by 10:00 Field Test Second Follow-Up (OFT3) October 1, 2019. The Nominations a.m. EST. The official verbatim Committee’s discussions pertain solely transcripts of the public meeting AGENCY: National Center for Education to internal personnel rules and practices sessions will be available for public Statistics (NCES), Department of of an agency and information of a inspection no later than 30 calendar Education (ED). personal nature where disclosure would days following the meeting. ACTION: Notice. constitute a clearly unwarranted Reasonable Accommodations: The SUMMARY: In accordance with the invasion of personal privacy. As such, meeting site is accessible to individuals Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ED is the discussions are protected by with disabilities. If you will need an proposing a revision of an existing exemptions 2 and 6 of § 552b(c) of Title auxiliary aid or service to participate in information collection. 5 of the United States Code. the meeting (e.g., interpreting service, DATES: Interested persons are invited to The second closed session on assistive listening device, or materials in November 17, 2018 scheduled from 8:30 an alternate format), notify the contact submit comments on or before a.m. to 9:00 a.m. is to receive a briefing person listed in this notice no later than November 28, 2018. from Terry Mazany, Chair of the Search 21 days prior to the meeting. ADDRESSES: To access and review all the Committee for the Executive Director, Written comments may be submitted documents related to the information on the status of the search process with electronically or in hard copy to the collection listed in this notice, please a proposed timeline for the search. attention of the Executive Officer/ use http://www.regulations.gov by These discussions pertain solely to Designated Federal Official (see contact searching the Docket ID number ED– internal personnel rules and practices of information noted above). Information 2018–ICCD–0113. Comments submitted an agency and information of a personal on the Governing Board and its work in response to this notice should be nature where disclosure would can be found at www.nagb.gov. submitted electronically through the constitute a clearly unwarranted Electronic Access to This Document: Federal eRulemaking Portal at http:// invasion of personal privacy. As such, The official version of this document is www.regulations.gov by selecting the the discussions are protected by the document published in the Federal Docket ID number or via postal mail, exemptions 2 and 6 of § 552b(c) of Title Register. Internet access to the official commercial delivery, or hand delivery. 5 of the United States Code. edition of the Federal Register and the Please note that comments submitted by Following these closed sessions, the Code of Federal Regulations is available fax or email and those submitted after Governing Board will meet in open via the Federal Digital System at: the comment period will not be session from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. www.gpo.gov/fdsys. At this site you can accepted. Written requests for From 9:00 a.m. to 10:15 a.m., the view this document, as well as all other information or comments submitted by Governing Board will receive a final documents of this Department postal mail or delivery should be amozie on DSK3GDR082PROD with NOTICES1 report from the Chair of the Ad Hoc published in the Federal Register, in addressed to the Director of the Committee Terry Mazany on text or Adobe Portable Document Information Collection Clearance recommendations made by the Ad Hoc Format (PDF). To use PDF, you must Division, U.S. Department of Education, Committee on Measures of have Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is 550 12th Street SW, PCP, Room 9089, Postsecondary Preparedness. available free at the Adobe website. You Washington, DC 20202–0023. 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54336 Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 209 / Monday, October 29, 2018 / Notices activities, please contact Kashka associations between contextual factors tracking activities. This request is to Kubzdela, 202–245–7377 or email and student outcomes. The study further modify the study design for MS2 NCES.Information.Collections@ed.gov. focuses on student achievement in to augment the sample with additional SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The mathematics and literacy along with schools to achieve about 776 Department of Education (ED), in measures of student socioemotional participating schools in MS2. accordance with the Paperwork wellbeing and other outcomes. The Dated: October 24, 2018. Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) (44 U.S.C. study includes students with disabilities Tomakie Washington, 3506(c)(2)(A)), provides the general for whom descriptive information on Acting Director, Information Collection public and Federal agencies with an their outcomes, educational Clearance Division, Office of the Chief Privacy opportunity to comment on proposed, experiences, and special education Officer, Office of Management. revised, and continuing collections of services are being collected. In [FR Doc. 2018–23551 Filed 10–26–18; 8:45 am] information. This helps the Department preparation for the Main Study (MS), BILLING CODE 4000–01–P assess the impact of its information the data collection instruments and collection requirements and minimize procedures were field tested. An Item the public’s reporting burden. It also Validation Field Test (IVFT) was DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION helps the public understand the conducted from January through May [Docket No. ED–2018–ICCD–0112] Department’s information collection 2016 to determine the psychometric requirements and provide the requested properties of assessment and survey Agency Information Collection data in the desired format. ED is items and the predictive potential of Activities; Comment Request; soliciting comments on the proposed items so that valid, reliable, and useful Educational Quality Through information collection request (ICR) that assessment and survey instruments Innovative Partnerships (EQUIP) is described below. The Department of could be developed for the Main Study. Experimental Sites Initiative Education is especially interested in The MGLS:2017 Operational Field Test public comment addressing the (OFT) Base Year (OFT1) data collection AGENCY: Federal Student Aid (FSA), following issues: (1) Is this collection was conducted from January through Department of Education (ED). necessary to the proper functions of the May 2017 to test the near-final ACTION: Notice. Department; (2) will this information be instruments and recruitment and data SUMMARY: In accordance with the processed and used in a timely manner; collection procedures and materials in Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ED is (3) is the estimate of burden accurate; preparation for the MGLS:2017 Main proposing an extension of an existing (4) how might the Department enhance Study Base Year (MS1). The MS1 data information collection. the quality, utility, and clarity of the collection took place from January to information to be collected; and (5) how August 2018, and the OFT First Follow- DATES: Interested persons are invited to might the Department minimize the up (OFT2) data collections from submit comments on or before burden of this collection on the February to May 2018. OFT2 was December 28, 2018. respondents, including through the use conducted primarily to obtain ADDRESSES: To access and review all the of information technology. Please note information on recruiting, particularly documents related to the information that written comments received in for students in three focal IDEA-defined collection listed in this notice, please response to this notice will be disability groups: Specific learning use http://www.regulations.gov by considered public records. disability, autism, and emotional searching the Docket ID number ED– Title of Collection: Middle Grades disturbance; obtain a tracking sample 2018–ICCD–0112. Comments submitted Longitudinal Study of 2017–18 that can be used to study mobility in response to this notice should be (MGLS:2017) Main Study First Follow- patterns in subsequent years; and test submitted electronically through the Up (MS2) Tracking and Recruitment protocols, items, and administrative Federal eRulemaking Portal at http:// Revision and Operational Field Test procedures. Originally, NCES planned www.regulations.gov by selecting the Second Follow-Up (OFT3). for MGLS:2017 to conduct annual main Docket ID number or via postal mail, OMB Control Number: 1850–0911. study follow-up data collections first commercial delivery, or hand delivery. Type of Review: A revision of an beginning in January 2019 and next Please note that comments submitted by existing information collection. beginning in January 2020, when most fax or email and those submitted after Respondents/Affected Public: of the students in the sample will be in the comment period will not be Individuals or Households. grades 7 and 8, respectively. In accepted. Written requests for Total Estimated Number of Annual September 2018, OMB approved NCES’s information or comments submitted by Responses: 20,113. request (OMB# 1850–0911 v.20) to postal mail or delivery should be Total Estimated Number of Annual revise the study design due to lower addressed to the Director of the Burden Hours: 10,891. than expected response rates Information Collection Clearance Abstract: The Middle Grades experienced in the sixth grade data Division, U.S. Department of Education, Longitudinal Study of 2017–18 collection and to: (1) Drop the originally 550 12th Street SW, PCP, Room 9086, (MGLS:2017) is the first study planned seventh grade round of data Washington, DC 20202–0023. conducted by the National Center for collection and conduct the Main Study FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For Education Statistics (NCES) to follow a First Follow-up (MS2) data collection in specific questions related to collection nationally representative sample of January–July 2020 (when most sample activities, please contact Beth students as they enter and move through students will be in the eighth grade), (2) Grebeldinger, 202–377–4018. amozie on DSK3GDR082PROD with NOTICES1 the middle grades (grades 6–8). 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ActionNotice.
DatesInterested persons are invited to submit comments on or before November 28, 2018.
ContactFor specific questions related to collection activities, please contact Kashka Kubzdela, 202-245-7377 or email [email protected]
FR Citation83 FR 54335 
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