[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 167 (Wednesday, August 28, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 68882-68883]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-19293]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

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


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the 
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; 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 
September 27, 2024.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for proposed 
information collection requests should be submitted within 30 days of 
publication of this notice. Click on this link www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain to access the site. Find this information collection request 
(ICR) by selecting ``Department of Education'' under ``Currently Under 
Review,'' then check the ``Only Show ICR for Public Comment'' checkbox. 
Reginfo.gov provides two links to view documents related to this 
information collection request. Information collection forms and 
instructions may be found by clicking on the ``View Information 
Collection (IC) List'' link. Supporting statements and other supporting 
documentation may be found by clicking on the ``View Supporting 
Statement and Other Documents'' link.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For specific questions related to 
collection activities, please contact Janelle Sands, 202-245-6786.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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

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findings from the evaluation will inform further refinement of the 
toolkit, to be released to the public after the evaluation.

    Dated: August 22, 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. 2024-19293 Filed 8-27-24; 8:45 am]
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