[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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