[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 137 (Wednesday, July 17, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 42761]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-17119]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[Docket No.: ED-2013-ICCD-0093]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; 
Program for International Student Assessments (PISA) Validation Study

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

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 new information 
collection.

DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before 
September 16, 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-
0093 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 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 Assessments 
(PISA) Validation Study.
    OMB Control Number: 1850-NEW.
    Type of Review: New information collection.
    Respondents/Affected Public: Individuals or households.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 5,810.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 2,240.
    Abstract: PISA (Program for International Student Assessment), is 
an international assessment of 15-year-olds designed to evaluate, at 
the end of compulsory education, how well students are prepared for 
further education or entry into the workforce and, more fundamentally, 
to contribute to society as functioning young adults (OMB 
1850-0755). However, PISA has been implemented as a cross-
sectional study and, thus, the claim that PISA assesses key 
competencies for later success has never been tested in the United 
States. What is lacking is an empirical linkage between PISA and 
measures of successful transition from high school to postsecondary 
education, the workforce, or the types of skills required for 
successful participation in adult life. This study is designed to 
provide this empirical linkage. Students in the U.S. who participated 
in PISA in 2012 and supplied contact information will be contacted in 
early 2013 and invited to participate in the PISA Validation Study. In 
2015, when these students will be 18 years old, they will be asked to 
complete an online questionnaire and assessment, based on those used in 
the Program for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies 
(PIAAC), assessing their literacy, numeracy, and problem-solving 
skills, and asking them about their educational attainment, education 
and work experiences, skills used in daily life, and aspects of health 
and well-being. This submission is for address updates of both filed 
trial and main study sample members, and will be followed in 2014 by 
requests for field test and main study recruitment and data collections 
activities.

    Dated: July 11, 2013.
Stephanie Valentine,
Acting Director, Information Collection Clearance Division, Privacy, 
Information and Records Management Services, Office of Management.
[FR Doc. 2013-17119 Filed 7-16-13; 8:45 am]
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