[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 155 (Monday, August 12, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 48863]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-19389]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[Docket No.: ED-2013-ICCD-0106]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; 
Evaluation of the Early Warning and Intervention Monitoring System

AGENCY: Institute of Education Sciences/National Center for Education 
Statistics (IES), 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 
October 11, 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-
0106 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: Evaluation of the Early Warning and 
Intervention Monitoring System.
    OMB Control Number: 1850-NEW.
    Type of Review: A new information collection.
    Respondents/Affected Public: Individuals or households.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 1,589.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 4,899.
    Abstract: The proposed study is a two-year randomized controlled 
trial (RCT) to examine the impact of implementing an early warning 
system on school processes and student outcomes. The project responds 
to a need expressed by members of the REL Midwest's Ohio Dropout 
Prevention Alliance for clear information about the efficacy of early 
warning systems. Despite the strong foundational research on the use of 
early indicators to identify students who are at risk of not graduating 
and the increasingly widespread implementation of early warning systems 
by states, districts and schools to date there have been no rigorous 
studies testing the impact of early warning systems on student outcomes 
such as staying in school, progressing in school and graduating. There 
also is very little information on the impact of adopting an early 
warning system on school level processes, such as how schools allocate 
their limited resources to prevent dropout and how early warning 
systems may affect school data culture.

    Dated: August 6, 2013.
Stephanie Valentine,
Acting Director, Information Collection Clearance Division, Privacy, 
Information and Records Management Services, Office of Management.
[FR Doc. 2013-19389 Filed 8-9-13; 8:45 am]
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