[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 223 (Tuesday, November 21, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 81067]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-25678]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[Docket No.: ED-2023-SCC-0195]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; 
Connecting Adults to Success: Career Navigator Training Study (CATS 
Study)

AGENCY: Institute of Education Sciences (IES), Department of Education 
(ED).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, 
the Department is proposing a revision of a currently approved 
information collection request (ICR).

DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before 
January 22, 2024.

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-2023-SCC-0195. 
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, the Department 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 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 Manager of the Strategic 
Collections and Clearance Governance and Strategy Division, U.S. 
Department of Education, 400 Maryland Ave. SW, LBJ, Room 6W203, 
Washington, DC 20202-8240.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For specific questions related to 
collection activities, please contact Melanie Ali, (202) 245-8345.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department, 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. The Department is soliciting comments on the 
proposed information collection request (ICR) that is described below. 
The Department 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: Connecting Adults to Success: Career Navigator 
Training Study (CATS Study).
    OMB Control Number: 1850-0973.
    Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved ICR.
    Respondents/Affected Public: Individuals or households.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 30,823.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 2,340.
    Abstract: The Institute of Education Sciences within the U.S. 
Department of Education requests clearance for a revision to the 
Connecting Adults to Success: Evaluation of Career Navigator Training 
(1850-0973, approved on July 18, 2022). This demonstration study 
examines the impact of training for career navigators--local adult 
education provider staff who provide services to address the challenges 
that learners face navigating the transition to the workforce and to 
further education and training. The study compares the education and 
employment outcomes of learners enrolled in adult education sites whose 
career navigators are assigned by lottery to receive the study's 
training (the treatment group) with the outcomes of learners enrolled 
in the business-as-usual sites who are assigned by lottery to receive 
the study's training after the study period (the comparison group). 
Approximately 64 adult education sites nationally are participating in 
the study. Impacts on learners' education and employment outcomes will 
be examined after 18 and 30 months. The revision is for the purpose of 
shifting one component of the approved data collection plan--frequent 
adult education career navigator-completed logs--to add a single 
follow-up survey to ensure the study can still examine whether the 
training leads to changes in these practices. The survey is now needed 
because of concerns about low response rates and data quality from 
early rounds of those logs.

    Dated: November 15, 2023.
Juliana Pearson,
PRA Coordinator, Strategic Collections and Clearance, Governance and 
Strategy Division, Office of Chief Data Officer, Office of Planning, 
Evaluation and Policy Development.
[FR Doc. 2023-25678 Filed 11-20-23; 8:45 am]
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