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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 171 / Wednesday, September 8, 2021 / Notices 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: Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 202324 ECLSK:2024 Kindergarten and First-Grade Field Test Data Collection, National Sampling, and National Recruitment.
OMB Control Number: 18500750.
Type of Review: A revision of a currently approved collection.
Respondents/Affected Public:
Individuals and households.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 20,895.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 15,599.
Abstract: The Early Childhood Longitudinal Study ECLS program, conducted by the National Center for Education Statistics NCES within the Institute of Education Sciences IES of the U.S. Department of Education ED, draws together information from multiple sources to provide rich, descriptive data on child development, early learning, and school progress. The ECLS program studies deliver national data on childrens status at birth and at various points thereafter; childrens transitions to non-parental care, early care and education programs, and school; and childrens experiences and growth through the elementary grades.
The Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 202324
ECLSK:2024 is the fourth cohort in the series of early childhood longitudinal studies that began with the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 199899 ECLS
K and continued with the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Birth Cohort ECLSB, and the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 201011 ECLS
K:2011.
In preparation for the ECLSK:2024
data collections, several OMB packages have been cleared or have been planned for submission. Prior to the field test collection of data from parents of preschool-aged children, in-person focus groups with parents of preschoolers and usability testing of the preschool parent survey instruments were conducted in 2019 OMB 1850
0803 v.246 and OMB 18500803 v.253, respectively. The field test with
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preschool parents was conducted in the spring of 2020 OMB 18500750 v.19.
In order to test recruitment messages and materials for the field test and national data collections, online focus groups with school administrators, teachers, and parents were conducted in fall 2019 and spring 2020 OMB 1850
0803 v.255 & v.264. Additionally, usability testing of the kindergarten and first-grade field test instruments was conducted in early 2021 OMB 1850
0803 v.280.
This current request is to conduct a field test of the ECLSK:2024
kindergarten and first-grade data collection activities to evaluate the design of the national studys kindergarten and first-grade surveys and child assessments, as well as the operational procedures that is, sampling and recruitment for the national kindergarten and first-grade data collections in the fall 2023, spring 2024, and spring 2025. This data collection to evaluate the kindergarten and first-grade instruments and procedures is referred to throughout the remainder of this package as the K1
field test. District and school sampling and recruitment activities for the K1
field test will occur in spring 2022, while student sampling will occur in August and September 2022. From September through November 2022, trained study field staff will visit the participating schools to conduct inperson, one-on-one child assessments.
Parents, teachers, and school administrators will also be asked to complete web surveys. As testing and development continues, it is anticipated that changes to the surveys, website language, and respondent materials will be necessary; a change request describing these changes will be submitted in spring 2022 prior to the K
1 field test data collection. Furthermore, this package also includes a request to conduct national district and school sampling and recruitment from fall 2022
to spring 2023. These recruitment activities will closely mimic what will be done in the K1 field test, but will occur over a much longer period of time.
Dated: September 2, 2021.
Stephanie Valentine, PRA Coordinator, Strategic Collections and Clearance Governance and Strategy Division, Office of Chief Data Officer, Office of Planning, Evaluation and Policy Development.
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Docket No.: ED2021SCC0095

Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment Request;
Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study TIMSS 2023 Field Test Data Collection and Main Study Sampling, Recruitment, and Data Collection Institute of Educational Science IES, Department of Education ED.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ED is proposing a revision of a currently approved collection.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before October 8, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for proposed information collection requests should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/
do/PRAMain. Find this information collection request by selecting Department of Education under Currently Under Review, then check Only Show ICR for Public Comment checkbox. Comments may also be sent to ICDocketmgr@ed.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For specific questions related to collection activities, please contact Carrie Clarady, 2022456347.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department of Education ED, in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 PRA 44 U.S.C.
3506c2A, 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 publics reporting burden. It also helps the public understand the Departments 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 SUMMARY:

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