[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 71 (Wednesday, April 13, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20635-20636]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-8878]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION


Notice of Submission for OMB Review

AGENCY: Department of Education.

ACTION: Comment request.

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SUMMARY: The Director, Information Collection Clearance Division, 
Information Management and Privacy 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 
May 13, 2011.

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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]. Please note that written comments received in 
response to this notice will be considered public records.

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: (1) 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; (2) 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; (3) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information 
to be collected; and (4) 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: April 7, 2011.
Darrin A. King,
Director, Information Collection Clearance Division, Information 
Management and Privacy Services, Office of Management.

Institute of Education Sciences

    Type of Review: NEW.
    Title of Collection: Study of the Distribution of Teacher 
Effectiveness.
    OMB Control Number: Pending.
    Agency Form Number(s): N/A.
    Frequency of Responses: Once; On Occasion.
    Affected Public: State, Local, or Tribal Government, State 
Educational Agencies or Local Educational Agencies.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 213.
    Total Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 1,217.
    Abstract: Title II, Part A, the Improving Teacher State Formula 
Grants program is the primary federal funding under the Elementary and 
Secondary Education Act to support a high quality teacher in every 
classroom. The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) supports 
reform in four key areas including increasing teacher effectiveness and 
promoting the equitable distribution of effective teachers. Therefore, 
this study describes the distribution of teacher quality within 
districts over time and any changes in that distribution associated 
with district strategies to promote an equitable distribution of high 
quality teachers.
    This study will provide information over time about the 
distribution of teacher quality and will document district efforts to 
promote teacher equity within a select number of districts. The 
research questions are:
     What is the distribution of teacher quality across schools 
within districts?
     What strategies and policies are districts promoting to 
address inequitable distribution of teacher quality? How these 
strategies/policies are enacted (e.g. strategy determination, goals and 
objectives, theory of action, features, administration, necessary 
resources, and challenges to administration, intended duration)?
     What is the relationship between the district policies/
strategies and the distribution of teacher quality?
    The study will be conducted in up to 30 geographically-dispersed 
school districts. The study will document the distribution of teacher 
quality, within participating districts, using teacher value-added 
analyses. The study will also describe changes in the distribution of 
teacher quality across the outcomes years 2010-2011 through 2012-2013. 
Data collection will include student achievement obtained from 
administrative records, annual semi-structured district leadership 
interviews about district strategies and policies to address 
inequitable distribution of teacher quality, and district 
administrative records/personnel data.
    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 Web site at http://edicsweb.ed.gov, by selecting the ``Browse Pending Collections'' link 
and by clicking on link number 4484. 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 of the information collection and OMB Control Number 
when making your request.
    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. 2011-8878 Filed 4-12-11; 8:45 am]
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