[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 47 (Friday, March 10, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12363-12364]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-2321]


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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.: 0970-0151.
    Description: The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) of 
the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is requesting 
comments on plans to collect data on a new cohort for the Head Start 
Family and Child Experiences Survey (FACES). ACF is conducting this 
study to collect information on Head Start performance measures and has 
contracted with Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. (with Juarez and 
Associates and Educational Testing Service as their subcontractors) 
(contract HHSP23320052905YC) for this purpose.
    FACES will involve five waves of data collection. The first wave 
will occur in fall 2006. Data will be collected on a sample of 
approximately 3,650 3- and 4-year-old children and their families from 
about 350 classrooms across 60 Head Start programs. Data collection 
will include assessments of Head Start children, interviews with their 
parents, and ratings by their Head Start teachers. Furthermore, site 
visitors will interview Head Start teachers and management staff.
    The second wave in spring 2007 will be very similar to the fall 
2006 data collection, except that we will not repeat interviews with 
the Head Start staff interviewed in the fall. The children in the 
second wave will be at the end of their first year of Head Start. 
Trained staff will also do observations of children's Head Start 
classrooms.

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    The third wave will occur in fall 2007 and will involve follow-ups 
with children who at this time are starting their second year in Head 
Start. Data collection will follow the same procedures as in fall 2006.
    The fourth wave will occur in spring 2008 and will involve follow-
ups with children who at this time are either completing a second year 
in Head Start or completing kindergarten. For those children who are 
still attending Head Start, data collection will follow the same 
procedures as in spring 2007. For those children attending 
kindergarten, data collection will include assessments of children, an 
``update'' survey of the information collected from the parent 
interview, and ratings of the children's academic progress and school 
adjustment by kindergarten teachers.
    The fifth wave of data collection will occur in spring 2009. 
Children who attended kindergarten the previous year will not be 
included in this wave. The procedures for this effort will be the same 
as for kindergartners in spring 2008.
    This schedule of data collection is necessitated by the mandates of 
the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) of 1993 (Pub. L. 103-
62), which requires that the Head Start Bureau move expeditiously 
toward development and testing of Head Start Performance Measures and, 
by the 1994 reauthorization of Head Start (Head Start Act, as amended, 
May 18, 1994, Section 649(d)), which requires periodic assessments of 
Head Start's quality and effectiveness.
    Respondents: Federal Government, Individuals or Households, and 
Not-for-Profit Institutions.


Annual Burden Estimates

    Estimated Response Burden for Respondents to the Head Start Family 
and Child Experiences Survey (FACES 2006)--Fall 2006, Spring 2007, Fall 
2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2009.

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                                                                     Number of    Average burden
                   Instrument                        Number of     responses per     hours per     Total burden
                                                    respondents     respondent       response          hours
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Year 1--Fall 2006:
    Head Start Parent Interview.................           3,464               1            1.00           3,464
    Head Start Child Assessment.................           3,464               1            0.66           2,286
    Teacher Child Rating........................             350             9.4            0.25             823
    Program Director Interview..................              60               1            0.25              15
    Center Director Interview...................             120               1            0.80              96
    Education Coordinator Interview.............             120               1            0.75              90
    Teacher Interview...........................             350               1            1.00             350
Spring 2007:
    Head Start Parent Interview.................           2,789               1            0.75           2,092
    Head Start Child Assessment.................           2,882               1            0.66           1,902
    Teacher Child Rating........................             370             8.2            0.25             759
    Head Start Teacher-new......................              70               1            1.00              70
    Head Start Teacher-continuing...............             300               1            0.50             150
Year 2--Fall 2007:
    Head Start Parent Interview.................           1,333               1            0.40             533
    Head Start Child Assessment.................           1,425               1            0.66             941
    Teacher Child Rating........................             200             7.5           0.025             375
Spring 2008:
    Head Start Parent Interview.................           1,172               1            0.75             879
    Head Start Child Assessment.................           1,282               1            0.66             846
    Teacher Child Rating........................             200             6.7            0.25             335
    Head Start Teacher Interiew.................             200               1             200             200
    Kindergarten Parent Interview...............           1,171               1            0.75             878
    Kindergarten Child Assessment...............           1,102               1            0.75             827
    Kindergarten Teacher Questionnarie and Child             964               1            0.50             482
     Rating.....................................
Year 3--Spring 2009:
    Kindergarten Parent Interview...............           1,172               1            0.75             879
    Kindergarten Child Assessment...............           1,103               1            0.75             827
    Kindergarten Teacher Questionnaire and Child             965               1            0.50             483
     Rating.....................................
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    Estimated Total Burden Hours: 20,582.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours (averaage of 3 years): 6,861.

 Additional Information

     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. E-mail address: [email protected].

 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, Attn: Desk Officer 
for ACF. E-mail address: [email protected].

    Dated: March 6, 2006.
Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
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