[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 126 (Wednesday, July 1, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37605-37606]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-16107]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

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


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the 
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; 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 
July 31, 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 2E105, 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

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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: 5,360.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 1,386.
    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: June 25, 2015.
Stephanie Valentine,
Acting Director, Information Collection Clearance Division, Office of 
the Chief Privacy Officer, Office of Management.
[FR Doc. 2015-16107 Filed 6-30-15; 8:45 am]
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