[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 219 (Wednesday, November 15, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52895-52896]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-24733]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[Docket No. ED-2017-ICCD-0138]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; Fast 
Response Survey System (FRSS) 109: Teachers' Use of Technology for 
School and Homework Assignments--Preliminary Activities

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, ED is 
proposing a reinstatement of a previously approved information 
collection.

DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before 
January 16, 2018.

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-2017-ICCD-
0138. 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 216-32, 
Washington, DC 20202-4537.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For specific questions related to 
collection activities, please contact NCES Information Collections at 
[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: Fast Response Survey System (FRSS) 109: 
Teachers' Use of Technology for School and Homework Assignments--
Preliminary Activities.
    OMB Control Number: 1850-0857.
    Type of Review: A reinstatement of a previously approved 
information collection.
    Respondents/Affected Public: Individuals or Households.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 3,100.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 2,161.
    Abstract: The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) 
requests OMB approval to conduct teacher list collection and district 
recruitment for the Fast Response Survey System (FRSS) 109 survey on 
teachers' use of technology for school and homework assignments in 
public schools. NCES is conducting this FRSS survey as part of the IES 
response to the request in the Every Student Succeeds Act of 2015 
(ESSA, 20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.) to provide information about the 
educational impact of access to digital learning resources (DLRs) 
outside of the classroom. The expanding use of technology affects the 
lives of students both inside and outside the classroom. For this 
reason, the role of technology in education is an increasingly

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important area of research. While access to technology can provide 
valuable learning opportunities to students, technology by itself does 
not guarantee successful outcomes. Schools and teachers play an 
important role in successfully integrating technology into teaching and 
learning. Findings from the FRSS 109 study will provide insight on the 
types and availability of DLRs outside of the classroom, and will 
contribute to IES legislatively mandated report on the educational 
impact of access to DLRs outside the classroom. To provide the needed 
data, FRSS 109 will collect nationally representative data from public 
school teachers about their use of DLRs for teaching, and how their 
knowledge and beliefs about their students' access to DLRs outside the 
classroom affect the assignments they give. The survey will focus on 
information that can best be provided by teachers from their 
perspective and direct interaction with students. FRSS 109 will provide 
national statistics on: (1) Teachers' knowledge and beliefs about 
students' access to technology for doing school assignments outside of 
school; (2) Barriers and challenges teachers believe their students 
face in using technology for class assignments outside of school; and 
(3) Computers that the district or school may make available to 
students for use outside of class time. This request is for FRSS 109 
preliminary activities, including securing research approval from 
special contact school districts beginning in April 2018 and obtaining 
teacher lists from sampled schools beginning in August 2018.

    Dated: November 9, 2017.
Stephanie Valentine,
Acting Director, Information Collection Clearance Division, Office of 
the Chief Privacy Officer, Office of Management.
[FR Doc. 2017-24733 Filed 11-14-17; 8:45 am]
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