[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 246 (Monday, December 23, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 77442]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-30420]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[Docket No.: ED-2013-ICCD-0157]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; The 
Impact of Professional Development in Fractions for Fourth Grade

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 
February 21, 2014.

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-
0157 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. We will only accept comments in this mailbox when the 
regulations.gov site is not available to the public for any reason.

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: The Impact of Professional Development in 
Fractions for Fourth Grade.
    OMB Control Number: 1850-NEW.
    Type of Review: A new information collection.
    Respondents/Affected Public: Individuals or households.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 3,024.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 1,512.
    Abstract: OMB clearance is requested for a randomized control trial 
study of the impact of professional development in fractions for fourth 
grade teachers on student achievement and teacher knowledge in 84 
elementary schools from Georgia and South Carolina for one academic 
year. Schools below the state median on the respective state assessment 
will be recruited. Random assignment will be conducted at the school-
level. Teachers in the treatment schools will participate in 8 three-
hour training sessions during the Fall semester with additional 
homework lessons. Teachers in control schools will receive business-as-
usual professional development. Teachers will participate in the 
following data collection activities: consent and demographic form, 
teacher knowledge measure of fractions (pre- and post-test), and 9 
monthly professional development surveys. Grade 4 students will be 
assessed with a fractions measure. REL Southeast will conduct the 
study. This OMB clearance request is to collect data from approximately 
252 teachers.

    Dated: December 17, 2013.
Stephanie Valentine,
Acting Director, Information Collection Clearance Division, Privacy, 
Information and Records Management Services, Office of Management.
[FR Doc. 2013-30420 Filed 12-20-13; 8:45 am]
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