[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 122 (Monday, June 25, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 37891]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-15415]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION


Notice of Proposed Information Collection Requests; Institute of 
Education Sciences; Education Longitudinal Study 2002 (ELS:2002) Third 
Follow-up Postsecondary Transcripts (ELS:2002 PETS) and Financial Aid 
Feasibility Study (ELS:2002 FAFS)

SUMMARY: The Education Longitudinal Study of 2002 (ELS:2002) is a 
nationally representative study of two high school grade cohorts 
(spring 2002 tenth-graders and spring 2004 twelfth-graders) comprising 
over 16,000 sample members. The study focuses on achievement growth in 
mathematics in the high school years and its correlates, the family and 
school social context of secondary education, transitions from high 
school to postsecondary education and/or the labor market, and 
experiences during the postsecondary years.

DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before 
August 24, 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. 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 04873. 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.

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. Please note that written comments received in response to 
this notice will be considered public records.
    Title of Collection: Education Longitudinal Study 2002 (ELS:2002) 
Third Follow-up Postsecondary Transcripts (ELS:2002 PETS) and Financial 
Aid Feasibility Study (ELS:2002 FAFS).
    OMB Control Number: 1850-0652.
    Type of Review: Revision .
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 3,084.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 2,382 .
    Abstract: The Education Longitudinal Study of 2002 (ELS:2002) is a 
nationally representative study of two high school grade cohorts 
(spring 2002 tenth-graders and spring 2004 twelfth-graders) comprising 
over 16,000 sample members. The study focuses on achievement growth in 
mathematics in the high school years and its correlates, the family and 
school social context of secondary education, transitions from high 
school to postsecondary education and/or the labor market, and 
experiences during the postsecondary years. Major topics covered for 
the postsecondary years include postsecondary education access, choice, 
and persistence; baccalaureate and sub-baccalaureate attainment; the 
work experiences of the non-college-bound; and other markers of adult 
status such as family formation, civic participation, and other young 
adult life course developments. Data collections took place in 2002, 
2004, 2006 (two years out of high school), and now will take place in 
2012, when most sample members are around 26 years of age. The third 
follow-up field test was conducted in 2011. This submission requests 
OMB's approval for the third follow-up 2012 full scale data collection.

    Dated: June 15, 2012.
Darrin A. King,
Director, Information Collection Clearance Division, Privacy, 
Information and Records Management Services, Office of Management.
[FR Doc. 2012-15415 Filed 6-22-12; 8:45 am]
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