[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 221 (Friday, November 15, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 68831-68832]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-27299]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

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


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the 
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; 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 
December 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-
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 2E103, Washington, DC 20202-4537.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For questions related to collection 
activities or burden, please call Katrina Ingalls, 703-620-3655 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 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: New collection.
    Respondents/Affected Public: Individuals or households.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 839.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 1,772.
    Abstract: The U.S. Department of Education (ED) requests clearance 
for the recruitment materials and data collection protocols for 
activities related to the Regional Educational Laboratory Program 
(REL). ED, in consultation with American Institutes for Research (AIR), 
is planning a two-part evaluation of the Early Warning and Intervention 
Monitoring System (EWIMS), consisting of an impact study and an 
implementation study. OMB approval is being requested for a multimode 
data collection and analysis of a group of schools, students, and staff 
members in public schools in Ohio, Michigan, and Indiana. The impact 
study consists of data collection from the state education agencies 
(SEAs) in Ohio, Michigan, and Indiana and participating districts and 
schools. The implementation component consists of data collection from 
participating schools.
    This impact study (designed as a cluster randomized controlled 
trial) will focus on student outcomes spanning multiple domains of 
school success (student risk status, scores on graduation tests, 
persistence and progress in school, and being on track at the end of 
ninth grade) and will examine whether the EWIMS model has an impact on 
intermediate outcomes in schools, including the schools data culture 
and data-informed allocation of dropout prevention interventions. The 
implementation study will focus on schools experience with 
implementation, the extent to which schools faithfully implement the 
EWIMS model and the interventions provided to students identified as at 
risk by the EWS tool.
    The purpose of the project is to assess the implementation and 
impact of EWIMS, a data tool and process for implementing a system of 
data-driven decision making. Developed by the National High School 
Center, EWIMS provides a means of systematically and reliably 
identifying students at risk for dropping out of high school. The 
proposed study is a two-year school-level randomized controlled trial 
(RCT) to examine the impact of implementing EWIMS on school processes 
and student outcomes.

Kate Mullan,
Acting Director, Information Collection Clearance Division, Privacy, 
Information and Records Management Services, Office of Management.
[FR Doc. 2013-27299 Filed 11-14-13; 8:45 am]
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