[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 30 (Wednesday, February 17, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9914-9915]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-03162]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[Docket No.: ED-2021-SCC-0023]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; NAEP 
2021 School Survey

AGENCY: Institute for Education Sciences (IES), 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 
requesting the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to conduct an 
emergency review of an information collection.

DATES: The Department has requested emergency processing from OMB for 
this information collection request by February 12, 2021. Due to this 
emergency processing, the Department is also providing the public with 
the opportunity to comment for 30 days. Interested persons are invited 
to submit comments on or before March 19, 2021.

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-2021-SCC-0023. 
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. If the regulations.gov 
site is not available to the public for any reason, ED will temporarily 
accept comments at [email protected]. Please include the docket ID 
number and the title of the information collection request when 
requesting documents or submitting comments. 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 Strategic Collections and Clearance Governance and 
Strategy Division, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Ave. SW, 
LBJ, Room 6W208B, Washington, DC 20202-8240.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For specific questions related to 
collection activities, please contact Carrie Clarady, 202-245-6347.

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: XX School Survey.
    OMB Control Number: 1850-NEW.
    Type of Review: A new information collection.
    Respondents/Affected Public: Individuals or Households.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 36,030.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 18,016.

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    Abstract: The NAEP 2021 School Survey is collecting data necessary 
to fully understand the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on students and 
educators, including data on the status of in-person learning. These 
data shall be disaggregated by student demographics, including race, 
ethnicity, disability, English-language-learner status, and free or 
reduced lunch status or other appropriate indicators of family 
income.'' With the participation of educators and school leaders across 
the country, NCES will be able to report the percentages of students 
who received instruction remotely, in-person, or in a hybrid 
instructional mode for selected districts, states, and the nation. NCES 
will provide these data for various student groups, in addition to 
information about attendance rates, in an online dashboard. These 
metrics are intended to provide stakeholders with a clear portrait of 
equity in the type, frequency, and amount of instruction students 
receive monthly across the nation, and in states and participating 
districts. As monthly data are collected, stakeholders will be able to 
track progress. In addition, a summative report will be provided at the 
end of the collection, relating the results to those from the NAEP 2021 
School and Teacher Questionnaire.
    Additional Information: An emergency clearance approval for the use 
of the system is described due to the following conditions: NCES 
requests emergency clearance to comply with the January 21, 2021 
Executive Order on Supporting the Reopening and Continuing Operation of 
Schools and Early Childhood Education Providers which states that the 
Department of Education must ``coordinate with the Director of the 
Institute of Education Sciences to facilitate, consistent with 
applicable law, the collection of data necessary to fully understand 
the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on students and educators, 
including data on the status of in-person learning. These data shall be 
disaggregated by student demographics, including race, ethnicity, 
disability, English-language-learner status, and free or reduced lunch 
status or other appropriate indicators of family income.'' Normal 
clearance procedures would not allow IES to comply with the intent of 
this Executive Order.

    Dated: February 11, 2021.
Stephanie Valentine,
PRA Coordinator, Strategic Collections and Clearance Governance and 
Strategy Division, Office of Chief Data Officer.
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