[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 239 (Tuesday, December 13, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 77503-77504]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-31953]


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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 
January 12, 2012.

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 emailed 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: December 7, 2011.
Darrin King,
Director, Information Collection Clearance Division, Privacy, 
Information and Records Management Services, Office of Management.

Institute of Education Sciences

    Type of Review: Revision.
    Title of Collection: Impact Evaluation of Race to the Top (RTT) and 
School Improvement Grants (SIG).
    OMB Control Number: 1850-0884.
    Agency Form Number(s): N/A.
    Frequency of Responses: Annually.
    Affected Public: State, Local or Tribal Government.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 1,526.
    Total Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 2,459.

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    Abstract: This Office of Management and Budget (OMB) package 
requests clearance for data collection, analysis, and reporting 
activities from 50 states and the District of Columbia, and 
approximately 134 districts and 1,200 schools as part of an evaluation 
of Race to the Top (RTT) and School Improvement Grants (SIG). The 
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act contained substantial funding 
for systemic education reform. This included $4 billion in RTT grants, 
which were awarded to 11 states and the District of Columbia based both 
on their education reform plans and their past success in creating the 
conditions for reform, and $3 billion in additional funding for SIG, 
which is aimed at implementing one of four School Turnaround Models 
(STMs) in the lowest-performing schools. The evaluation is designed to 
(1) study the implementation of RTT and SIG; (2) analyze the impact of 
SIG- or RTT-funded STMs on student outcomes using a regression 
discontinuity design; (3) analyze the relationship between receipt of 
RTT funds and student outcomes using an interrupted time series design; 
and (4) investigate the relationship between STM turnaround models (and 
strategies within those models) and student outcomes in low-performing 
schools. This OMB package follows a previously approved package for 
recruitment activities (1850-0884), and includes data 
collection forms, and burden estimates of the number of respondents and 
hours of response time.
    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 4718. 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. 2011-31953 Filed 12-12-11; 8:45 am]
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