[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 48 (Friday, March 11, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13993-13994]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-05219]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[Docket No.: ED-2022-SCC-0036]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; 2024 
Teaching and Learning International Survey (TALIS 2024) Main Study 
Recruitment and Field Test

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 
May 10, 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-0036. 
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.

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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: 2024 Teaching and Learning International 
Survey (TALIS 2024) Main Study Recruitment and Field Test.
    OMB Control Number: 1850-0888.
    Type of Review: A reinstatement with change of a currently approved 
information collection.
    Respondents/Affected Public: Individuals and Households.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 2,683.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 3,133.
    Abstract: The Teaching and Learning International Survey (TALIS) is 
an international survey of teachers and principals focusing on the 
working conditions of teachers and the teaching and learning practices 
in schools. The United States will administer TALIS for the third time 
in 2024, having participated in 2013 and 2018. TALIS 2024 is sponsored 
by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). 
TALIS is steered by the TALIS Governing Board (TGB), comprising 
representatives from the OECD member countries, and implemented 
internationally by organizations contracted by the OECD (referred to as 
the ``international consortium'' or ``IC''). In the U.S., TALIS 2024 is 
conducted by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) of the 
Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education.
    TALIS 2024 is focused on teachers' professional environment, 
teaching conditions, and their impact on school and teacher 
effectiveness. TALIS 2024 will address teacher training and 
professional development, teacher appraisal, school climate, school 
leadership, instructional approaches, pedagogical practices, and 
teaching experience with and support for teaching diverse populations.
    OECD has scheduled the main study to occur in the Northern 
hemisphere from February through March 2024 and in the Southern 
hemisphere from June through August 2024. To prepare for the main 
study, several TALIS countries will conduct pilot studies in February 
2022; the U.S. will not participate. Countries will also conduct a 
field test in the first quarter of 2023, primarily to evaluate newly 
developed questionnaire items and school recruitment materials; the 
U.S. will participate in the field test. To meet the international data 
collection schedule for the field test, U.S. recruitment activities 
need to begin by August 2022 and U.S. questionnaires must be finalized 
by December 2022.
    TALIS 2024 includes the core TALIS teacher and principal surveys 
that are required for each participating country, as well as an 
optional Teacher Knowledge Survey (TKS). The TKS is intended to better 
understand the teacher pedagogical knowledge base at the national 
level. The US is including the TKS in the upcoming TALIS 2024 field 
test and will evaluate these results to determine the feasibility of 
including TKS as part of the US Main Study.
    This submission requests approval for: Recruitment and pre-survey 
activities for the 2023 field test sample; administration of the field 
test; and school recruitment and pre-survey activities for the 2024 
main study sample. The materials that will be used in the 2024 main 
study will be based upon the field test materials included in this 
submission. Additionally, this submission is designed to adequately 
justify the need for and overall practical utility of the full study 
and to present the overarching plan for all phases of the data 
collection, providing as much detail about the measures to be used as 
is available at the time of this submission. As part of this 
submission, NCES is publishing a notice in the Federal Register 
allowing first a 60- and then a 30-day public comment period. For the 
final proposal for the full study, after the field test NCES will 
publish a notice in the Federal Register allowing an additional 30-day 
public comment period on the final details of the 2024 main study.

    Dated: March 8, 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. 2022-05219 Filed 3-10-22; 8:45 am]
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