[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 190 (Thursday, October 1, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 59143]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-24909]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[Docket No.: ED-2015-ICCD-0115]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the 
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment 
Request; Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS 2016) 
Main Study

AGENCY: National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), 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 revision of an existing 
information collection.

DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before 
November 2, 2015.

ADDRESSES: To access and review all the documents related to the 
information collection listed in this notice, please use http://www.regulations.gov by searching the Docket ID number ED-2015-ICCD-
0115. Comments submitted in response to this notice should be submitted 
electronically through the Federal eRulemaking Portal at http://www.regulations.gov by selecting the Docket ID number 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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For specific questions related to 
collection activities, please contact Kashka Kubzdela at (202) 502-7411 
or by email [email protected].

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: Progress in International Reading Literacy 
Study (PIRLS 2016) Main Study.
    OMB Control Number: 1850-0645.
    Type of Review: A revision of an existing information collection.
    Respondents/Affected Public: Individuals or Households.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 10,317.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 4,764.
    Abstract: The Progress in International Reading Literacy Study 
(PIRLS) 2016 is coordinated by the International Association for the 
Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA) and in the U.S. 
administered by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES). 
Since its inception in 2001, PIRLS has continued to assess students 
every five years (2001, 2006, 2011, 2016). It is typically administered 
in more than 40 countries and provides data for internationally 
benchmarking U.S. performance in fourth-grade reading. PIRLS also 
collects background information on students, parents, teachers, 
schools, curricula, and official education policies. Each successive 
round of participation in PIRLS provides trend information about U.S. 
4th-grade students' knowledge and abilities in reading relative to 
other countries, and about the cultural environments, teaching 
practices, curriculum goals, and institutional arrangements that are 
associated with student achievement, and how these change over time in 
different countries. PIRLS 2016 includes an innovative new assessment 
of online reading, ePIRLS, which is designed to help countries 
understand how successful they are in preparing fourth-grade students 
to read, comprehend, and interpret online information. This submission 
requests approval for the PIRLS 2016 main study data collection 
scheduled to take place between March and May 2016.

    Dated: September 28, 2015.
Kate Mullan,
Acting Director, Information Collection Clearance Division, Office of 
the Chief Privacy Officer, Office of Management.
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