[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 157 (Tuesday, August 15, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46916-46917]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-6924]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request 
Proposed Projects

    Title: Third Grade Follow-up to the Head Start Impact Study.
    OMB No.: 0970-0229.
    Description: The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) 
within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is requesting 
comments on plans to implement a third grade follow-up to the Head 
Start Impact Study. This study will collect information for 
determining, on a national basis, how Head Start affects outcomes in 
the third grade for children who participated in the program as 
compared to children not enrolled in Head Start and to determine under 
which conditions Head Start works best and for which children.
    The Head Start Impact Study was a longitudinal study that involved 
approximately 5,000 first-time-enrolled three- and four-year-old pre 
school children across 84 nationally representative grantee/delegate 
agencies (in communities where there were more eligible children and 
families than can be served by the program). The participating children 
were randomly assigned to either a Head Start group (that could enroll 
in Head Start services) or a control group (that could not enroll in 
Head Start services but could enroll in other available services 
selected by their parents). Data collection for the study began in the 
fall of 2002 and extended through spring 2006.
    It is the intention of the Administration for Children and Families 
to examine outcomes for this sample of children and families during the 
spring of the children's third grade year. Data will be collected in 
the spring of 2007 (for the four-year-old cohort) and the spring of 
2008 (for the three-year-old cohort). The domains for development to be 
assessed include demographic characteristics of the children and 
families, as well as children's cognitive development, school 
achievement and adjustment, socio-emotional functioning, health and 
access to health care, and relationships with peers. Information will 
also be collected on parents' involvement in educational activities, 
mental health and well-being, and monitoring and other parenting 
practices, and information related to the characteristics and quality 
of the schools and classrooms that children attend.
    Respondents: Individuals or households and school districts.

                                             Annual Burden Estimates
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                                                                     Number of        Average
           Respondents and activities                Number of     responses per   burden hours    Total burden
                                                    respondents     respondent     per response        hours
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Child Interview and Assessment..................           4,600               1               1           4,600
Parent Interview................................           4,600               1               1           4,600
Teacher Survey..................................           4,600               1             .33           1,533
School Administrator Survey.....................           2,300               1             .25             575
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    Total Annual Burden Estimates...............  ..............  ..............  ..............          11,308
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    In compliance with the requirements of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Administration for Children and 
Families is soliciting public comment on the specific aspects of the 
information collection described above. Copies of this proposed 
collection of information can be obtained and comments may be forwarded 
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. All requests should be 
identified by the title of the information collection. E-mail: 
[email protected].
    The Department specifically requests comments on (a) whether the 
proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper 
performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the 
information shall have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the 
agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of 
information; (c) the quality, utility, and clarity of the information 
to be collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the collection 
of information on respondents, including through the use of automated 
collection techniques or other forms of information technology. 
Consideration will be given to comments and suggestions submitted 
within 60 days of this publications.

    Dated: August 9, 2006.
Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 06-6924 Filed 8-14-06; 8:45 am]
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