[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 200 (Monday, October 17, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64078-64079]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-26809]


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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, 
Privacy, Information and Records 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 
November 16, 2011.

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

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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: October 11, 2011.
Darrin King,
Acting Director, Information Collection Clearance Division, Privacy, 
Information and Records Management Services, Office of Management.

Institute of Education Sciences

    Type of Review: New.
    Title of Collection: Teaching and Learning International Survey 
(TALIS) 2013 Field Trial.
    OMB Control Number: Pending.
    Agency Form Number(s): N/A.
    Frequency of Responses: Annually.
    Affected Public: Individuals and Households.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 594.
    Total Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 1,265.
    Abstract: TALIS (Teaching and Learning International Survey) is an 
international survey of the teaching workforce, teaching as a 
profession, and the learning environments of schools. Data are 
collected through questionnaires from individual teachers and their 
school principals in lower secondary schools (grades 7, 8 and 9) in the 
United States. TALIS' main objective is to help countries review 
current policy and develop informed education policy by providing 
accurate and relevant international indicators on teachers and 
teaching. TALIS offers an opportunity for teachers and school 
principals to provide their perspectives on the state of education in 
their own countries. Both teacher and principal questionnaires include 
questions about teacher and principal background and characteristics; 
teacher and principal professional development; school leadership and 
management; teacher appraisal and feedback; teachers' instructional 
beliefs and pedagogical practices; school climate and ethos; student 
characteristics as perceived by the teacher; and teacher efficacy and 
job satisfaction. TALIS is sponsored by the Organization for Economic 
Cooperation and Development and managed in the United States by the 
National Center for Education Statistics (NCES). This submission 
requests Office of Management and Budget's clearance for (1) a spring 
2012 field trial; (2) a fall 2012 recruitment of schools for the spring 
2013 main study data collection; and (3) a 60-day Federal Register 
notice waiver for the next Office of Management and Budget clearance 
package to be submitted in September of 2012 for the spring 2013 main 
data collection.
    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 4696. 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. 2011-26809 Filed 10-14-11; 8:45 am]
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