[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 18 (Friday, January 27, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4287-4288]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-1834]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION


Notice of Proposed Information Collection Requests

AGENCY: Department of Education.

ACTION: Comment request.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Education (the Department), in accordance 
with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) (44 U.S.C. 
3506(c)(2)(A)), provides the general public and Federal agencies with 
an opportunity to comment on proposed and continuing collections of 
information. This helps the Department assess the impact of its 
information collection requirements and minimize the reporting burden 
on the public and helps the public understand the Department's 
information collection requirements and provide the requested data in 
the desired format. The Director, Information Collection Clearance

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Division, Privacy, Information and Records Management Services, Office 
of Management, invites comments on the proposed information collection 
requests as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 
104-13).

DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before 
March 27, 2012.

ADDRESSES: Written comments regarding burden and/or the collection 
activity requirements should be electronically mailed to 
[email protected] or mailed to U.S. Department of Education, 400 
Maryland Avenue SW., LBJ, Washington, DC 20202-4537. 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 Federal agencies provide 
interested parties an early opportunity to comment on information 
collection requests. The Director, Information Collection Clearance 
Division, Privacy, Information and Records Management Services, Office 
of Management, publishes this notice containing proposed information 
collection requests at the beginning of the Departmental review of the 
information collection. The Department of Education is especially 
interested in public comment addressing the following issues: (1) Is 
this collection necessary to the proper functions of the Department; 
(2) will this information be processed and used in a timely manner; (3) 
is the estimate of burden accurate; (4) how might the Department 
enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be 
collected; and (5) how might the Department minimize the burden of this 
collection on the respondents, including through the use of information 
technology.

    Dated: January 24, 2012.
Darrin A. King,
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: Study of Promising Features of Teacher 
Preparation Programs; Phase 1--Recruitment.
    OMB Control Number: 1850-NEW.
    Agency Form Number(s): N/A.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 2,570.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 2,513.
    Abstract: This Information Collection Request (ICR) seeks clearance 
to select teacher preparation programs, and recruit districts and 
schools, collect student rosters, and administer a baseline student 
achievement test for an experimental study of the effect on student 
learning of teachers who have experienced certain types of clinical 
practice features within university-based preparation programs.
    The objective of this study is to use causal methods to examine the 
effectiveness of certain university-based clinical practice features 
for novice teachers. Teachers who have experienced certain types of 
clinical practice features and who have completed those features are 
hypothesized to produce higher average student test scores than 
teachers who have not done so. Using a randomized controlled trial, 
students will be randomly assigned to a pair of teachers in the same 
school and grade level, one of whom will have experienced the type of 
clinical practice of interest (``treatment'') while the other will not 
have experienced the feature (``control''). Average test scores of the 
two groups will then be compared.
    The Phase I--Recruitment ICR entails the identification of 
recently-hired teacher pairs who meet the study's eligibility 
requirements. The study will use a multi-step process to identify these 
teachers, including identifying feasible states for the study, 
selecting the specific features related to clinical practice (i.e., the 
``program''), identifying university-based teacher preparation programs 
that require such clinical practice, identifying feasible districts and 
schools for the study, and finally, confirming eligibility of potential 
teachers for the study. The Phase I--Recruitment ICR requests approval 
to collect information from preparation programs about their 
requirements, focusing on aspects of clinical practice specifically, 
and to collect preliminary information from teachers about their 
training to determine their eligibility for the study. This package 
also provides an overview of the study, including its design and data 
collecting procedures.
    Copies of the proposed information collection request may be 
accessed from http://edicsweb.ed.gov, by selecting the ``Browse Pending 
Collections'' link and by clicking on link number 4792. 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 [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. 2012-1834 Filed 1-26-12; 8:45 am]
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