[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 16 (Thursday, January 24, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 5172]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-01394]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[Docket No. ED-2012-ICCD-0057]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the 
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment 
Request; National Assessment of Education Progress (NAEP) 2014-2016 
System Clearance

AGENCY: Department of Education (ED), IES, NCES.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 
U.S.C. chapter 3501 et seq.), ED is proposing a revision of an existing 
information collection.

DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before 
February 25, 2013.

ADDRESSES: Comments submitted in response to this notice should be 
submitted electronically through the Federal eRulemaking Portal at 
http://www.regulations.gov by selecting Docket ID number ED-2012-ICCD-
0057 or via postal mail, commercial delivery, or hand delivery. Please 
note that comments submitted by fax or email and those submitted after 
the comment period will not be accepted. Written requests for 
information or comments submitted by postal mail or delivery should be 
addressed to the Director of the Information Collection Clearance 
Division, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW., LBJ, 
Room 2E117, Washington, DC 20202-4537.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Electronically mail 
[email protected]. Please do not send comments here.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department of Education (ED), 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, revised, and continuing 
collections of information. This helps the Department assess the impact 
of its information collection requirements and minimize the public's 
reporting burden. It also helps the public understand the Department's 
information collection requirements and provide the requested data in 
the desired format. ED is soliciting comments on the proposed 
information collection request (ICR) that is described below. 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: National Assessment of Education Progress 
(NAEP) 2014-2016 System Clearance.
    OMB Control Number: 1850-0790.
    Type of Review: Revision of an existing collection of information.
    Respondents/Affected Public: States, Local, and Tribal Governments.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 1,609,126.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 758,329.
    Abstract: NCES is requesting a 3 year generic system clearance for 
the National Assessment of Education Progress (NAEP) to be administered 
in the 2014-2016 timeframe (OMB 1850-0790). The primary reason 
for the system clearance request is that it enables NAEP to meet its 
large and complex assessment reporting schedules and deliverables 
through a more efficient clearance process. NAEP is a federally 
authorized survey of student achievement at grades 4, 8, and 12 in 
various subject areas, such as mathematics, reading, writing, science, 
U.S. history, civics, geography, economics, technology and engineering 
literacy (TEL), and the arts. The National Assessment of Educational 
Progress Authorization Act (Pub. L. 107-279 Title III, section 303) 
requires the assessment to collect data on specified student groups and 
characteristics, including information organized by race/ethnicity, 
gender, socio-economic status, disability, and limited English 
proficiency. It requires fair and accurate presentation of achievement 
data and permits the collection of background, noncognitive, or 
descriptive information that is related to academic achievement and 
aids in fair reporting of results. The intent of the law is to provide 
representative sample data on student achievement for the nation, the 
states, and subpopulations of students and to monitor progress over 
time. The nature of NAEP is that burden alternates from a relatively 
low burden in national-level administration years to a substantial 
burden increase in state-level administration years when the sample has 
to allow for estimates for individual states and some of the large 
urban districts. Consequently, the estimated respondent burden is 
substantially lower for the 2014 and 2016 versus the 2015 
administration of NAEP. The NAEP results will be reported to the public 
through the Nations Report Card as well as other online NAEP tools.

    Dated: January 18, 2013.
Stephanie Valentine,
Acting Director, Information Collection Clearance Division, Privacy, 
Information and Records Management Services, Office of Management.
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