[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 118 (Wednesday, June 19, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36754-36755]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-14642]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[Docket No. ED-2013-ICCD-0053]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the 
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment 
Request; Program for International Student Assessment (PISA 2015) 
Recruitment and Field Test

AGENCY: Department of Education (ED), Institute of Education Sciences/
National Center for Education Statistics (IES).

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 
July 19, 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-2013-ICCD-
0053 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 2E105 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

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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: Program for International Student Assessment 
(PISA 2015) Recruitment and Field Test.
    OMB Control Number: 1850-0755.
    Type of Review: Revision of an existing information collection.
    Respondents/Affected Public: Individuals or households.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 6,435.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 6,758.
    Abstract: The Program for International Student Assessments (PISA) 
is an international assessment of 15-year-olds which focuses on 
assessing students science, mathematics, and reading literacy. PISA was 
first administered in 2000 and is conducted every three years. This 
submission is for the sixth cycle in the series, PISA 2015, and 
requests OMB approval for field test and main study recruitment, and 
field trial data collection. As in 2006, in PISA 2015, science will be 
the major subject domain. The field test will also include computer-
based assessments in reading, mathematics, and collaborative problem 
solving. In addition to the cognitive assessments described above, PISA 
2015 will include questionnaires administered to assessed students, 
school principals, and teachers. School recruitment for the field test 
in the U.S. will begin in Fall 2013 with data collection occurring 
during April-May 2014. The U.S. PISA main study will be conducted from 
September through November 2015. This submission is for recruitment for 
the 2014 field test and 2015 main study, conducting the 2014 field test 
data collection, and to provide a description of the overarching plan 
for all of the phases of the data collection, including the 2015 main 
study.

    Dated: June 14, 2013.
Stephanie Valentine,
Acting Director, Information Collection Clearance Division, Privacy, 
Information and Records Management Services, Office of Management.
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