[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 125 (Wednesday, June 30, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37765-37766]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-15915]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

AGENCY: Department of Education.

SUMMARY: The Acting Director, Information Collection Clearance 
Division, Regulatory Information Management Services, Office of 
Management invites comments on the submission for OMB review as 
required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13).

DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before 
July 30, 2010.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should be addressed to the Office of 
Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attention: Education Desk Officer, 
Office of Management and Budget, 725 17th Street, NW., Room 10222, New 
Executive Office Building, Washington, DC 20503, be faxed to (202) 395-
5806 or e-mailed to [email protected] with a cc: to 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 3506 of the Paperwork Reduction Act 
of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35) requires that the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) provide interested Federal agencies and the public an 
early opportunity to comment on information collection requests. The 
OMB is particularly interested in comments which:
     Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is 
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, 
including whether the information will have practical utility;
     Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the 
burden of the proposed collection of information, including the 
validity of the methodology and assumptions used;
     Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information to be collected; and
     Minimize the burden of the collection of information on 
those who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate 
automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection 
techniques or other forms of information technology.

    Dated: June 25, 2010.
James Hyler,
Acting Director, Information Collection Clearance Division, Regulatory 
Information Management Services, Office of Management.

Office of Planning, Evaluation and Policy Development

    Type of Review: Revision.
    Title of Collection: Evaluation of the Teacher Incentive Fund (TIF) 
Program.
    OMB #: 1875-0256.
    Frequency of Responses: On Occasion.
    Affected Public: State, Local, or Tribal Government (Gov't), State 
Educational Agencies (SEAs) or Local Educational Agencies (LEAs).
    Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 2,627.
    Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 1,009.
    Abstract: In 2006, the U.S. Department of Education launched the 
Teacher Incentive Fund (TIF), which awards competitive grants to 
develop and implement performance-based compensation systems in high-
need schools. The purpose of the evaluation

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is to describe the implementation of the program and its relationship 
to any increases in recruitment and retention of effective teachers and 
principals. If feasible, this evaluation will also seek to analyze 
TIF's relationship to increasing student achievement.
    This evaluation of the TIF program includes an implementation study 
of the Cohort 1 and 2 TIF grantees.
    The implementation study will describe the central features of the 
local TIF performance-pay programs, the implementation of the programs, 
and similarities and differences in performance pay programs. Data 
collection activities will be iterative, beginning with telephone 
interviews of key stakeholders in all the TIF sites (completed winter 
2010), followed by two rounds of more in-depth case studies in a sample 
of sites. Representative surveys of principals and teachers will also 
be conducted to represent the full range of program knowledge and 
experiences in each grantee program. The implementation study may be 
used in conjunction with outcomes data (if the Department exercises 
optional outcomes tasks) to help explain the relationship between 
program characteristics and system supports and program outcomes.
    Requests for copies of the information collection submission for 
OMB review may be accessed from the RegInfo.gov Web site at http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain or from the Department's website at 
http://edicsweb.ed.gov, by selecting the ``Browse Pending Collections'' 
link and by clicking on link number 4249. When you access the 
information collection, click on ``Download Attachments'' to view. 
Written requests for information should be addressed to U.S. Department 
of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., LBJ, Washington, DC 20202-4537. 
Requests may also be electronically mailed to the Internet address 
[email protected] or faxed to 202-401-0920. Please specify the 
complete title and OMB Control Number of the information collection 
when making your request.
    Comments regarding burden and/or the collection activity 
requirements should be electronically mailed to [email protected]. 
Individuals who use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) may 
call the Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1-800-877-8339.

[FR Doc. 2010-15915 Filed 6-29-10; 8:45 am]
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