[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 190 (Tuesday, October 1, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60266-60267]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-23799]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[Docket No. ED-2013-ICCD-0090]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the 
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment 
Request; Implementation of Title I/II Program Initiatives

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 31, 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-
0090 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: For questions related to collection 
activities or burden, please call Kathy Axt, 540-776-7742 or 
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

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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: Implementation of Title I/II Program 
Initiatives.
    OMB Control Number: 1850-NEW.
    Type of Review: A new collection.
    Respondents/Affected Public: State, Local, or Tribal Governments.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 12,321.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 6,573.
    Abstract: The Implementation of Title I/II Program Initiatives 
study will examine the implementation of policies promoted through the 
Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) at the state, district 
and school levels, in four core areas: state content standards, aligned 
assessments, accountability and school turnaround, and development of 
effective teachers and leaders.
    The purpose of this new data collection is to provide policy makers 
with detailed information on the progress being made on the core 
policies promoted by Title I and Title II, and the recent granting of 
ESEA Flexibility to states. Although other research studies cover 
similar topics on recent federal education policy, the breadth of 
research questions and the depth of responses from all SEAs and three 
levels of nationally representative samples, sets the Title I/II study 
apart from other studies.
    This study will rely on information collected from existing 
sources, for which there are no respondents or burden, and on a new set 
of surveys in order to address the study's research questions. Extant 
data sources include (a) the National Assessment of Educational 
Progress (NAEP); (b) EDFacts data; (c) information about teacher 
preparation and certification programs and policies; and (d) state 
documents.
    The new surveys of states and districts will begin in 2013 and the 
surveys of schools (principals) and teachers will begin in 2014. All 
respondents will have the opportunity to complete an electronic (email 
or web-based) survey (or paper survey, if preferred). The survey 
respondents are described briefly below.
    State Surveys. The state survey will be sent to the chief state 
school officer in each of the 50 states and the District of Columbia. 
The state surveys will be administered using an electronic instrument 
divided into modules corresponding to the four core areas.
    District Surveys. The district survey will be sent to school 
superintendents from a nationally representative sample of 570 school 
districts. The district survey will be web-based and modularized, 
corresponding to the four core areas, to allow for completion by one or 
multiple respondents.
    School Surveys. The school survey will be sent to principals from a 
nationally representative sample of 1,300 schools. The school survey 
will be web-based and address issues in the four core areas.
    Teacher Surveys. The teacher survey will be sent to a nationally 
representative sample of teachers selected from the sampled schools. A 
total of 9,100 teachers will be asked to complete a web-based survey 
that addresses issues in the four core areas.
    Teacher Rosters. Principals from sampled schools will be asked to 
provide a comprehensive list of teachers in their schools, which will 
be used as the sampling frame for the teacher sample. Principals will 
be asked to identify their school's grade span and list all teachers 
along with their email address, main grade, subjects taught, (e.g., 
Reading/English/Language Arts, Mathematics, Science and Other), and 
whether the teacher teaches a class in which students are tested for 
accountability requirements under ESEA.

    Dated: September 25, 2013.
Stephanie Valentine,
Acting Director, Information Collection Clearance Division, Privacy, 
Information and Records Management Services, Office of Management.
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