[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 166 (Monday, August 27, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45046-45047]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-21543]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    Title: Head Start Family and Child Experiences Survey (FACES).
    OMB No.: Revision of a currently approved collection (OMB No. 0970-
0151).
    Description: The Administration on Children, Youth and Families 
(ACYF), Administration for Children and Families (ACF) of the 
Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) is requesting comments 
on plans to amend the Head Start Family and Child Experiences Survey 
(FACES) data collection. This study is being conducted under contract 
with Westat, Inc. (with Ellsworth Associates and the CDM Group as their 
subcontractors) (#105-96-1912) to collect information on Head Start 
performance measures. The current revision is intended to include 8 
additional sites participating in the Head Start Quality Research 
Center Consortium. These Head Start program-university researcher 
partnerships, funded under cooperative agreements with ACYF, will be 
conducting evaluations of interventions designed to enhance the school 
readiness of Head Start children in such areas as literacy and social-
emotional development, through improvements in curriculum, training, 
and assessment practices. This amendment will include use of 
subsections of the FACES instrument battery to obtain information about 
classroom quality and child performance both before and after the 
implementation of the interventions. Data from local sites can be 
compared to the data available from the FACES national sample.
    Respondents: Federal Government, Individuals or Households, and 
Not-for-profit institutions.
    Annual Burden Estimates: Estimated Response Burden for Respondents 
to the Quality Research Center Consortium FACES Data Collection, 2001, 
2002, 2003.

                                                    Fall 2001
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                                                                      No. of          Average
                   Instruments                        No. of       responses per   burden hours    Total burden
                                                    respondents     respondent     per response        hours
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Head Start Child Assessments....................             600               1           \2/3\             396
Head Start Teacher ratings......................              48              13           \1/4\             156
Education Coordinator...........................              24               1           \3/4\              18

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Center Directors................................              24               1               1              24
Classroom Teachers..............................              48               1               1              48
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    Totals for Fall 2001........................             744  ..............  ..............             642
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                                                   Spring 2002
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                                                                      No. of          Average
                   Instruments                        No. of       responses per   burden hours    Total burden
                                                    respondents     respondent     per response        hours
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Head Start child Assessments....................             520               1           \2/3\             343
Head Start Teacher ratings......................              48              11           \1/4\             132
Classroom Teachers..............................              48               1               1              48
                                                 ---------------------------------------------------------------
    Totals for Spring 2002......................             616  ..............  ..............             523
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                                                    Fall 2002
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                                                                      No. of          Average
                   Instruments                        No. of       responses per   burden hours    Total burden
                                                    respondents     respondent     per response        hours
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Head Start Child Assessments....................             920               1           \2/3\             607
Head Start Teacher Ratings......................              80              12           \1/4\             240
Center Directors................................              24               1               1              24
Education Coordinators..........................              24               1             .75              18
Classroom Teachers..............................              80               1               1              80
                                                 ---------------------------------------------------------------
    Totals for Fall 2002........................           1,128  ..............  ..............             969
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                                                   Spring 2003
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                                                                      No. of          Average
                   Instruments                        No. of       responses per   burden hours    Total burden
                                                    respondents     respondent     per response        hours
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Head Start Child Assessments....................             800               1           \2/3\             528
Head Start Teacher Ratings......................              80              10           \1/4\             200
Classroom Teachers..............................              80               1               1              80
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    Totals for Spring 2003......................             960  ..............  ..............             808
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    Total 2001: 642.
    Total 2002: 1492.
    Total 2003: 808.
    Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 981.

    Note: Estimated Annual Burden Hours are based on an average of 
2001, 2002, and 2003 estimated burden hours.


FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Copies of the proposed collection may 
be obtained by writing to The Administration for Children and Families, 
Office of Information Services, 370 L'Enfant Promenade, SW., 
Washington, DC 20447, Attn: ACF Reports Clearance Officer.

OMB Comment

    OMB is required to make a decision concerning the collection of 
information between 30 and 60 days after publication of this document 
in the Federal Register. Therefore, a comment is best assured of having 
its full effect if OMB receives it within 30 days of publication. 
Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent directly to the following: Office of 
Management and Budget, Paperwork Reduction Project, 725 17th Street, 
NW., Washington, DC 20503; Attn: Desk Officer for ACF.

    Dated: August 22, 2001.
Bob Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
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