[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 49 (Friday, March 13, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 13360]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-05755]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[Docket No.: ED-2015-ICCD-0027]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; 
Student Messaging in GEAR UP Demonstration

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 
May 12, 2015.

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-2015-ICCD-
0027 or via postal mail, commercial delivery, or hand delivery. If the 
regulations.gov site is not available to the public for any reason, ED 
will temporarily accept comments at [email protected]. Please note 
that comments submitted by fax or email and those submitted after the 
comment period will not be accepted; ED will only accept comments 
during the comment period in this mailbox when the regulations.gov site 
is not available. 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, Mailstop L-OM-2-
2E319, Room 2E103, Washington, DC 20202.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For specific questions related to 
collection activities, please contact Marsha Silverberg, (202) 208-
7178.

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: Student Messaging in GEAR UP Demonstration.
    OMB Control Number: 1850-NEW.
    Type of Review: A new information collection.
    Respondents/Affected Public: Individuals or households.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 16,080.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 4,160.
    Abstract: The Student Messaging in GEAR UP Demonstration, sponsored 
by the Institute of Education Sciences (IES), U.S. Department of 
Education (ED), is being conducted to test the effectiveness of a 
promising strategy to improve college-related outcomes in the federal 
college access program Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for 
Undergraduate Programs (GEAR UP). The demonstration will use a 
randomized controlled trial (RCT) design to test the effectiveness of 
sending customized messaging to students, first during the summer after 
high school graduation, and then in the fall and spring of their 
expected first year of college. Students within high schools that 
volunteer for the demonstration will be randomly assigned to either 
receive the messages or not. This ICR requests clearance for the 
collection of GEAR UP student rosters and administration of a baseline 
survey. In addition to the baseline survey data that will be collected 
from students, college-related outcome data will be extracted from 
national datasets (National Student Clearinghouse Data (NSC) and the 
Federal Student Aid (FSA) database). Impact and descriptive analyses 
will be conducted to answer the study research questions. The 
evaluation plans call for two reports. The first, published in summer 
2018, will be based on data collected through 2017 that will look at 
college advising received in high school and early college-related 
outcomes (i.e., college enrollment and FAFSA completion). The second 
report will be available in early 2020, and will investigate college 
persistence.

    Dated: March 10, 2015.
Kate Mullan,
Acting Director, Information Collection Clearance Division, Privacy, 
Information and Records Management Services, Office of Management.
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