[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 224 (Tuesday, November 20, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58555-58556]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-25264]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
[Docket No.: ED-2018-ICCD-0096]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment
Request; High School and Beyond 2020 (HS&B:20) Base-Year Field Test
Sampling and Recruitment
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 new information collection.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before
December 20, 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-2018-ICCD-
0096. Comments submitted in response to this notice should be submitted
electronically through the Federal eRulemaking Portal at http://
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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, 550 12th Street SW, PCP, Room 9089,
Washington, DC 20202-0023.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For specific questions related to
collection activities, please contact Kashka Kubzdela, 202-245-7377 or
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: High School and Beyond 2020 (HS&B:20) Base-
Year Field Test Sampling and Recruitment.
OMB Control Number: 1850-NEW.
Type of Review: A new information collection.
Respondents/Affected Public: Individuals or Households.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 4,836.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 2,721.
Abstract: The High School and Beyond 2020 study (HS&B:20) will be
the sixth in a series of longitudinal studies at the high school level
conducted by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES),
within the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) of the U.S. Department
of Education. HS&B:20 will follow a nationally-representative sample of
ninth grade students from the start of high school in the fall of 2020
to the spring of 2024 when most will be in twelfth grade. The study
sample will be freshened in 2024 to create a nationally representative
sample of twelfth-graders. A high school transcript collection and
additional follow-up data collections beyond high school are also
planned. The NCES secondary longitudinal studies examine issues such as
students' readiness for high school; the risk factors associated with
dropping out of high school; high school completion; the transition
into postsecondary education and access/choice of institution; the
shift from school to work; and the pipeline into science, technology,
engineering, and mathematics (STEM). They inform education policy by
tracking long-term trends and elucidating relationships among student,
family, and school characteristics and experiences. HS&B:20 will follow
the Middle Grades Longitudinal Study of 2017/18 (MGLS:2017) which
followed the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Cohort of
2011 (ECLS-K:2011), thereby allowing for the study of all transitions
from elementary school through high school and into higher education
and/or the workforce. HS&B:20 will include surveys of students,
parents, students' math teachers, counselors, and administrators.
Students will also receive assessments in mathematics and reading, and
be given a 2-minute vision test and a 10-minute hearing test. This
request is to conduct, beginning in January 2019, state, school
district, school, and parent recruitment activities, including
collection of student rosters and selection of the base-year field test
sample in preparation for the HS&B:20 base-year field test, scheduled
to take place in the fall of 2019. Approval for the base-year field
test data collection and base-year full-scale sampling and recruitment
activities will be requested in a separate submission in early 2019.
Dated: November 15, 2018.
Stephanie Valentine,
Acting Director, Information Collection Clearance Division, Office of
the Chief Privacy Officer, Office of Management.
[FR Doc. 2018-25264 Filed 11-19-18; 8:45 am]
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