[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 30 (Monday, February 14, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8240-8241]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-03099]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[Docket No.: ED-2022-SCC-0015]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; 
National Household Education Survey 2023 (NHES:2023) Full-Scale Data 
Collection

AGENCY: Institute of Educational Science (IES), 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 with change of a previously approved 
information collection.

DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before 
April 15, 2022.

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-2022-SCC-0015. 
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 PRA 
Coordinator 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: National Household Education Survey 2023 
(NHES:2023) Full-scale Data Collection.
    OMB Control Number: 1850-0768.
    Type of Review: A reinstatement with change of a previously 
approved information collection.
    Respondents/Affected Public: Individuals and Households.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 137,150.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 18,295.
    Abstract: The National Household Education Surveys Program (NHES) 
collects data directly from households on early childhood care and 
education, children's readiness for school, parents' perceptions of 
school safety and discipline, before- and after-school activities of 
school-age children, participation in adult and career education, 
parents' involvement in their children's education, school choice, 
homeschooling, and civic involvement. NHES surveys were conducted 
approximately every other year from 1991 through 2007 using random 
digit dial (RDD) sampling and telephone data collection from landline 
telephones only. Due to declining response rates in all RDD surveys, 
NCES redesigned NHES to collect data through self-administered mailed 
questionnaires for the 2012 administration, which

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included the Early Childhood Program Participation (ECPP), the Parent 
and Family Involvement in Education-Enrolled (PFI-E), and the Parent 
and Family Involvement in Education-Homeschooled (PFI-H) topical 
surveys. NHES:2016 continued the mail-based collection methodology, 
while also experimenting with the use of web survey collection. 
NHES:2019 continued the mail-based collection methodology and used the 
same methodology developed in the NHES:2016 web experiment for the 
majority of the sampled addresses. In 2019, 57 percent of cases 
responded by web, 36 by paper, and 7 percent by inbound phone. Also in 
2019, PFI surveys for parents of enrolled and homeschooled students 
were merged into one survey instrument. NHES:2023 will again field the 
ECPP and the combined PFI survey used in the NHES:2019. NHES:2023 will 
use the same methodology developed in the NHES:2019 for the majority of 
sampled addresses, but will incorporate lessons learned from 
NHES:2019's methodological experiments. Furthermore, given the 
potential change in the education landscape since COVID-19, 
particularly for online coursework, NCES plans to conduct a debriefing 
project with respondents during the NHES:2023 administration. The goal 
of the study is to gain greater insight about respondents who indicate 
that their child was enrolled in online courses. The debriefing 
interviews are designed to understand the true schooling experiences of 
these children and how well the survey functioned in capturing the 
context of these children's virtual education experiences. The 
debriefing interviews will provide information that will assist NCES in 
understanding the NHES:2023 data on virtual education and in crafting 
items for future NHES administrations that will more accurately capture 
the details of virtual education.

    Dated: February 9, 2022.
Stephanie Valentine,
PRA Coordinator, Strategic Collections and Clearance, Governance and 
Strategy Division, Office of Chief Data Officer, Office of Planning, 
Evaluation and Policy Development.
[FR Doc. 2022-03099 Filed 2-11-22; 8:45 am]
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