[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 113 (Tuesday, June 11, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49163-49164]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-12765]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[Docket No.: ED-2024-SCC-0080]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; 
Evaluation of the REL Southeast Early Literacy Toolkit

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 new information collection request (ICR).

DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before 
August 12, 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-2024-SCC-0080. 
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 Janelle Sands, 202-245-6786.

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

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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: Evaluation of the REL Southeast Early Literacy 
Toolkit.
    OMB Control Number: 1850-NEW.
    Type of Review: A new ICR.
    Respondents/Affected Public: Individuals and Households.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 1,330.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 322.
    Abstract: The U.S. Department of Education is supporting the 
development and evaluation of a toolkit that will support the 
implementation of effectively differentiated reading instruction for 
students in grades K-3. This toolkit is based on evidence-based 
recommendation in the Assisting Students Struggling with Reading: 
Response to Intervention (RtI) and Multi-Tier Intervention in the 
Primary Grades practice guide. The evaluation will rigorously test the 
efficacy of the toolkit in improving explicit instruction, classroom 
management, and use of student data as well as student learning 
outcomes in grades K-3 English language arts. The evaluation will use a 
blocked randomized control trial design in which districts are blocks 
and schools are randomly assigned to receive the toolkit or not. The 
evaluation will be conducted in 20 Florida schools during the 2025/26 
school year.
    The evaluation will focus on measuring the toolkit's impact on 
three teacher-level outcomes: explicit instruction, classroom 
management, and data use to inform instruction during small group time. 
The evaluation also will examine the impact of the toolkit on students' 
foundational reading skills.
    In addition to collecting data to measure teacher and student 
outcomes, the evaluation team will collect data to document the 
implementation of the toolkit in treatment schools and the service 
contrast between treatment and control schools, and to describe the 
characteristics of participating schools, teachers, and students at 
baseline.
    The evaluation will produce a publicly available report that 
summarizes evaluation findings. The findings from the evaluation will 
inform further refinement of the toolkit, to be released to the public 
after the evaluation.

    Dated: June 6, 2024.
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. 2024-12765 Filed 6-10-24; 8:45 am]
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