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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Privacy Act of 1974; System of
Records—Evaluation of the Impact of
Teacher Induction Programs
Institute of Education Sciences,
Department of Education.
ACTION: Notice of a new system of
records.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: In accordance with the
Privacy Act of 1974, as amended
(Privacy Act), the Department of
Education (Department) publishes this
notice of a new system of records
entitled Evaluation of the Impact of
Teacher Induction Programs (18–13–11).
Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., in
collaboration with the Center for
Educational Leadership, is conducting
the Evaluation of the Impact of Teacher
Induction Programs. The evaluation has
been commissioned by the National
Center for Education Evaluation and
Regional Assistance at the Department’s
Institute of Education Sciences (IES).
The study will address the following
questions:
(1) Do elementary school teachers
who participate in a high-intensity
program of induction have increased
retention rates as compared to teachers
who participate in the induction
program that the school district
normally offers?
(2) If the high-intensity program of
induction support is more effective in
retaining elementary school teachers, is
the increase in teacher retention large
enough to warrant the added cost of the
program?
(3) For teachers who participate in the
high-intensity program or the induction
program that the school district
normally offers, what are the
characteristics of those who are retained
versus those who leave the school,
district, or profession?
(4) Does participation in a highintensity induction program affect
teacher practices, as compared to the
practices of teachers who participate in
the induction program that the district
normally offers?
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(5) Does participation in a highintensity induction program result in
increased student achievement?
The system of records will contain
information about teachers participating
in the evaluation. It will include, but is
not limited to the following data:
Names; social security numbers; home
addresses; home phone numbers; cell
phone numbers; e-mail addresses; race/
ethnicity; age; income; marital status;
household composition; home
ownership; educational background and
credentials; and ACT or SAT college
examination scores.
The Department seeks comment
on the new system of records described
in this notice, in accordance with the
requirements of the Privacy Act. We
must receive your comments on the
proposed routine uses for the system of
records referenced in this notice on or
before July 18, 2005. The Department
filed a report describing the new system
of records covered by this notice with
the Chair of the Senate Committee on
Homeland Security and Governmental
Affairs, the Chair of the House
Committee on Government Reform, and
the Administrator of the Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) on June 14, 2005. This system of
records will become effective at the later
date of— (1) the expiration of the 40 day
period for OMB review on July 25, 2005
or (2) July 18, 2005, unless the system
of records needs to be changed as a
result of public comment or OMB
review.
DATES:
Address all comments about
the proposed routine uses to Dr. Ricky
Takai, Associate Commissioner,
Evaluation Division, National Center for
Education Evaluation and Regional
Assistance, Institute of Education
Sciences, U.S. Department of Education,
555 New Jersey Avenue, NW., Room
500, Washington, DC 20208–0001.
Telephone: (202) 208–7083. If you
prefer to send comments through the
Internet, use the following address:
comments@ed.gov.
You must include the term ‘‘Teacher
Induction’’ in the subject line of the
electronic message.
During and after the comment period,
you may inspect all comments about
this notice in room 500, 555 New Jersey
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC, between
the hours of 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.,
eastern time, Monday through Friday of
each week except Federal holidays.
ADDRESSES:
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CONTACT.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr.
Ricky Takai. Telephone: (202) 208–
7083. If you use a telecommunications
devise for the deaf (TDD), you may call
the Federal Relay Service (FRS) at 1–
800–877–8339.
Individuals with disabilities may
obtain this document in an alternative
format (e.g., Braille, large print,
audiotape, or computer diskette) on
request to the contact person listed
under this section.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Introduction
The Privacy Act (5 U.S.C. 552a)
requires the Department to publish in
the Federal Register this notice of a new
system of records maintained by the
Department. The Department’s
regulations implementing the Privacy
Act are contained in part 5b of title 34
of the Code of Federal Regulations
(CFR).
The Privacy Act applies to
information about individuals that
contain individually identifiable
information that are retrieved by a
unique identifier associated with each
individual, such as a name or social
security number. The information about
each individual is called a ‘‘record,’’
and the system, whether manual or
computer-based, is called a ‘‘system of
records.’’ The Privacy Act requires each
agency to publish notices of systems of
records in the Federal Register and to
prepare reports to OMB whenever the
agency publishes a new system of
records. Each agency is also required to
send copies of the report to the Chair of
the Senate Committee on Homeland
Security and Governmental Affairs and
the Chair of the House Committee on
Government Reform. These reports are
intended to permit an evaluation of the
probable or potential effect of the
proposal on the privacy rights of
individuals.
Electronic Access to This Document
You may view this document, as well
as all other documents of this
Department published in the Federal
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Dated: June 14, 2005.
Grover Whitehurst,
Director, Institute of Education Sciences.
For the reasons discussed in the
preamble, the Director of the Institute of
Education Sciences, U.S. Department of
Education, publishes a notice of a new
system of records to read as follows:
18–13–11
SYSTEM NAME:
Evaluation of the Impact of Teacher
Induction Programs.
SECURITY CLASSIFICATION:
None.
SYSTEM LOCATION:
(1) Evaluation Division, National
Center for Education Evaluation and
Regional Assistance, Institute of
Education Sciences, U.S. Department of
Education, 555 New Jersey Avenue,
NW., Room 500, Washington, DC
20208–0001.
(2) Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.,
600 Alexander Park, Princeton, NJ
08540.
CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE
SYSTEM:
This system contains records on
teachers participating in the Evaluation
of the Impact of Teacher Induction
Programs. The goal of this evaluation is
to evaluate the impact of a high
intensity model of teacher induction on
novice elementary school teachers’
retention rates and classroom
performance. Twenty high-poverty
school districts will participate in the
evaluation. Selected districts will be
those that do not already offer a high
intensity induction program and that
agree to assign 20 elementary schools
within the district by lottery to either
the high intensity model of teacher
induction or the teacher induction
program that the district normally
provides. Teachers’ participation in the
evaluation will be voluntary.
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CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM:
This system consists of a baseline
teacher survey (which will cover the
teacher’s professional credentials, the
teacher’s perceptions of the teaching
profession, and the teacher’s personal
background characteristics, many of
which may affect retention), the
teacher’s college SAT or ACT
examination results, a classroom
observation protocol, a teacher
induction activities survey (which will
ask questions about the kinds of
induction activities in which the novice
teacher participated, as well as the
intensity and duration of those
activities), a teacher retention survey
(items will include the teacher’s place of
employment, pursuit of continuing
education, the timing of any change in
the teacher’s employment, the teacher’s
job satisfaction, and, if applicable, the
reasons that the teacher left an original
school or the teaching profession), and
aggregated student test score data which
will be linked to the teacher.
Information on study participants in
this system will include, but not be
limited to the following data: Names;
home addresses; home phone numbers;
cell phone numbers; e-mail addresses;
social security numbers; race/ethnicity;
age; income; marital status; household
composition; home ownership;
educational background and credentials;
and ACT or SAT college examination
results.
AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM:
The evaluation being conducted is
authorized under: (1) sections 171(b)
and 173 of the Education Sciences
Reform Act of 2002 (ESRA) (20 U.S.C.
9561(b) and 9563); and (2) section 9601
of the Elementary and Secondary
Education Act of 1965 (ESEA), as
amended by the No Child Left Behind
Act of 2001 (NCLB) (20 U.S.C. 7941).
The authority for the underlying teacher
induction programs, the impact of
which the Department of Education
(Department) is evaluating, is sections
2121 through 2123 of the ESEA, as
amended by NCLB (20 U.S.C. 6621–
6623).
PURPOSE(S):
The information in this system is used
for the following purposes: (1) To fulfill
the requirements of the ESEA, as
amended by the NCLB, for evaluation
and research of teacher quality; and (2)
to provide information on the
effectiveness of teacher induction
programs in increasing teacher retention
and improving teacher performance.
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ROUTINE USES OF RECORDS MAINTAINED IN THE
SYSTEM, INCLUDING CATEGORIES OF USERS AND
THE PURPOSE OF SUCH USES:
The Department may disclose
information contained in a record in
this system of records under the routine
uses listed in this system of records
without the consent of the individual if
the disclosure is compatible with the
purposes for which the record was
collected. These disclosures may be
made on a case-by-case basis or, if the
Department has complied with the
computer matching requirements of the
Act, under a computer matching
agreement. Any disclosure of
individually identifiable information
from a record in this system must also
comply with the requirements of section
183 of the ESRA (20 U.S.C. 9573)
providing for confidentiality standards
that apply to all collections, reporting
and publication of data by IES.
(1) Contract Disclosure. If the
Department contracts with an entity for
the purposes of performing any function
that requires disclosure of records in
this system to employees of the
contractor, the Department may disclose
the records to those employees. Before
entering into such a contract, the
Department shall require the contractor
to maintain Privacy Act safeguards as
required under 5 U.S.C. 552a(m) with
respect to the records in the system.
(2) Research Disclosure. The
Department may disclose records to a
researcher if an appropriate official of
the Department determines that the
individual or organization to which the
disclosure would be made is qualified to
carry out specific research related to
functions or purposes of this system of
records. The official may disclose
records from this system of records to
that researcher solely for the purpose of
carrying out that research related to the
functions or purposes of this system of
records. The researcher shall be
required to maintain Privacy Act
safeguards with respect to the disclosed
records.
(3) Freedom of Information Act
(FOIA) Advice Disclosure. The
Department may disclose records to the
U.S. Department of Justice and the
Office of Management and Budget if the
Department concludes that disclosure is
desirable or necessary in determining
whether particular records are required
to be disclosed under the FOIA.
DISCLOSURE TO CONSUMER REPORTING
AGENCIES:
Not applicable to this system notice.
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POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR STORING,
RETRIEVING, ACCESSING, RETAINING, AND
DISPOSING OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM:
STORAGE:
The Department maintains records on
CD–ROM and the contractor maintains
data for this system on computers and
in hard copy.
RETRIEVABILITY:
Records in this system are indexed by
a number assigned to each individual
that is cross referenced by the
individual’s name on a separate list.
SAFEGUARDS:
All physical access to the
Department’s site and to the site of the
Department’s contractor, where this
system of records is maintained, is
controlled and monitored by security
personnel. The computer system
employed by the Department offers a
high degree of resistance to tampering
and circumvention. This security
system limits data access to Department
and contract staff on a ‘‘need to know’’
basis, and controls individual users’
ability to access and alter records within
the system.
The contractor, Mathematica Policy
Research, Inc. (MPR), has established a
set of procedures to ensure
confidentiality of data. The system
ensures that information identifying
individuals is in files physically
separated from other research data. MPR
will maintain security of the complete
set of all master data files and
documentation. Access to individually
identifiable data will be strictly
controlled. All data will be kept in
locked file cabinets during nonworking
hours, and work on hardcopy data will
take place in a single room, except for
data entry. Physical security of
electronic data will also be maintained.
Security features that protect project
data include password-protected
accounts that authorize users to use the
MPR system but to access only specific
network directories and network
software; user rights and directory and
file attributes that limit those who can
use particular directories and files and
determine how they can use them; email passwords that authorize the user
to access mail services; and additional
security features that the network
administrator establishes for projects as
needed. MPR shall comply with the
requirements of the confidentiality
standards in section 183 of the ESRA
(20 U.S.C. 9573).
Records are maintained and disposed
of in accordance with the Department’s
Records Disposition Schedules (ED/
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RDS). In particular, the Department will
follow the schedules outlined in Part 3
(Research Projects and Management
Study Records) and Part 14 (Electronic
Records) of ED/RDS.
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
SYSTEM MANAGER AND ADDRESS:
ANR Pipeline Company; Notice of
Application
Associate Commissioner, Evaluation
Division, National Center for Education
Evaluation and Regional Assistance,
Institute of Education Sciences, U.S.
Department of Education, 555 New
Jersey Avenue, NW., Room 500,
Washington, DC 20208–0001.
NOTIFICATION PROCEDURE:
If you wish to determine whether a
record exists regarding you in the
system of records, contact the systems
manager. Your request must meet the
requirements of regulations in 34 CFR
5b.5, including proof of identity.
RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURE:
If you wish to gain access to your
record in the system of records, contact
the system manager. Your request must
meet the requirements of regulations in
34 CFR 5b.5, including proof of identity.
CONTESTING RECORD PROCEDURE:
If you wish to contest the content of
a record regarding you in the system of
records, contact the system manager.
Your request must meet the
requirements of regulations in 34 CFR
5b.7, including proof of identity.
RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES:
Information is obtained from surveys
of teachers from schools participating in
the Evaluation of the Impact of Teacher
Induction Programs study. Information
is also obtained from the teacher’s
college entrance exams, pursuant to the
teacher’s written consent, the workshop
observation protocol, and the classroom
observation protocol. Additionally, the
study involves the collection of data
from student records aggregated by
classrooms and the collection of
program documents, such as training
agenda and materials, curriculum
guides, and assessment tools, that will
be supplied by two high-intensity
induction program providers.
EXEMPTIONS CLAIMED FOR THE SYSTEM:
None.
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Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. CP05–364–000]
June 10, 2005.
Take notice that on May 31, 2005,
ANR Pipeline Company (ANR), 1001
Louisiana Street, Houston, Texas, 77002
filed an application in Docket No.
CP05–364–000 pursuant to section 7(c)
of the Natural Gas Act (NGA) and part
157 of the Commission’s regulations, for
authorization to construct the
Wisconsin 2006 Expansion Project. ANR
requests authorization to construct,
install, and operate the proposed
facilities which include a 3.78-mile
extension of the Madison Lateral Loop
in Rock County; 3.08 miles new
pipeline looping on the Little Chute
Lateral in Outagamie County; a new
20,620 horsepower compressor station
in Marinette County; a new 2,370 HP
compressor unit at the Janesville
Compressor Station in Rock County; and
upgrades to five existing meter stations
in various counties in Wisconsin.
Construction of the project is intended
to provide 168,241 Dth/d of new
incremental capacity to meet increased
demand for firm transportation services
from local distribution companies and
other customers in the state of
Wisconsin, all as more fully set forth in
the application which is on file with the
Commission and open to public
inspection. The filing may also be
viewed on the Web at https://
www.ferc.gov using the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link.
Enter the docket number excluding the
last three digits in the docket number
field to access the document. For
assistance, call (202) 502–8659 or TTY,
(202) 208–3676.
Any questions concerning this
application should be directed to Senior
Counsel, Jay Allen, ANR Pipeline
Company, 1001 Louisiana Street,
Houston, Texas, at (713) 420–5589 or
fax (713) 420–1601 or
j.allan@elpaso.com.
There are two ways to become
involved in the Commission’s review of
this project. First, any person wishing to
obtain legal status by becoming a party
to the proceedings for this project
should file with the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission, 888 First
Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426, a
motion to intervene in accordance with
the requirements of the Commission’s
Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR
385.214 or 385.211) and the Regulations
under the NGA (18 CFR 157.10). ANR
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records--Evaluation of the Impact
of Teacher Induction Programs
AGENCY: Institute of Education Sciences, Department of Education.
ACTION: Notice of a new system of records.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended
(Privacy Act), the Department of Education (Department) publishes this
notice of a new system of records entitled Evaluation of the Impact of
Teacher Induction Programs (18-13-11). Mathematica Policy Research,
Inc., in collaboration with the Center for Educational Leadership, is
conducting the Evaluation of the Impact of Teacher Induction Programs.
The evaluation has been commissioned by the National Center for
Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance at the Department's
Institute of Education Sciences (IES).
The study will address the following questions:
(1) Do elementary school teachers who participate in a high-
intensity program of induction have increased retention rates as
compared to teachers who participate in the induction program that the
school district normally offers?
(2) If the high-intensity program of induction support is more
effective in retaining elementary school teachers, is the increase in
teacher retention large enough to warrant the added cost of the
program?
(3) For teachers who participate in the high-intensity program or
the induction program that the school district normally offers, what
are the characteristics of those who are retained versus those who
leave the school, district, or profession?
(4) Does participation in a high-intensity induction program affect
teacher practices, as compared to the practices of teachers who
participate in the induction program that the district normally offers?
(5) Does participation in a high-intensity induction program result
in increased student achievement?
The system of records will contain information about teachers
participating in the evaluation. It will include, but is not limited to
the following data: Names; social security numbers; home addresses;
home phone numbers; cell phone numbers; e-mail addresses; race/
ethnicity; age; income; marital status; household composition; home
ownership; educational background and credentials; and ACT or SAT
college examination scores.
DATES: The Department seeks comment on the new system of records
described in this notice, in accordance with the requirements of the
Privacy Act. We must receive your comments on the proposed routine uses
for the system of records referenced in this notice on or before July
18, 2005. The Department filed a report describing the new system of
records covered by this notice with the Chair of the Senate Committee
on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, the Chair of the House
Committee on Government Reform, and the Administrator of the Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) on June 14, 2005. This system of records will become effective at
the later date of-- (1) the expiration of the 40 day period for OMB
review on July 25, 2005 or (2) July 18, 2005, unless the system of
records needs to be changed as a result of public comment or OMB
review.
ADDRESSES: Address all comments about the proposed routine uses to Dr.
Ricky Takai, Associate Commissioner, Evaluation Division, National
Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, Institute of
Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education, 555 New Jersey
Avenue, NW., Room 500, Washington, DC 20208-0001. Telephone: (202) 208-
7083. If you prefer to send comments through the Internet, use the
following address: comments@ed.gov.
You must include the term ``Teacher Induction'' in the subject line
of the electronic message.
During and after the comment period, you may inspect all comments
about this notice in room 500, 555 New Jersey Avenue, NW., Washington,
DC, between the hours of 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., eastern time, Monday
through Friday of each week except Federal holidays.
Assistance to Individuals With Disabilities in Reviewing the Rulemaking
Record
On request, we will supply an appropriate aid, such as a reader or
print magnifier, to an individual with a disability who needs
assistance to review the comments or other documents in the public
rulemaking record for this notice. If you want to schedule an
appointment for this type of aid, please contact the person listed
under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Ricky Takai. Telephone: (202) 208-
7083. If you use a telecommunications devise for the deaf (TDD), you
may call the Federal Relay Service (FRS) at 1-800-877-8339.
Individuals with disabilities may obtain this document in an
alternative format (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, or computer
diskette) on request to the contact person listed under this section.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Introduction
The Privacy Act (5 U.S.C. 552a) requires the Department to publish
in the Federal Register this notice of a new system of records
maintained by the Department. The Department's regulations implementing
the Privacy Act are contained in part 5b of title 34 of the Code of
Federal Regulations (CFR).
The Privacy Act applies to information about individuals that
contain individually identifiable information that are retrieved by a
unique identifier associated with each individual, such as a name or
social security number. The information about each individual is called
a ``record,'' and the system, whether manual or computer-based, is
called a ``system of records.'' The Privacy Act requires each agency to
publish notices of systems of records in the Federal Register and to
prepare reports to OMB whenever the agency publishes a new system of
records. Each agency is also required to send copies of the report to
the Chair of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental
Affairs and the Chair of the House Committee on Government Reform.
These reports are intended to permit an evaluation of the probable or
potential effect of the proposal on the privacy rights of individuals.
Electronic Access to This Document
You may view this document, as well as all other documents of this
Department published in the Federal
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Internet at the following site: https://www.ed.gov/news/fedregister.
To use PDF you must have Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is available
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Note: The official version of this document is the document
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GPO Access at: https://www.gpoaccess.gov/nara/.
Dated: June 14, 2005.
Grover Whitehurst,
Director, Institute of Education Sciences.
For the reasons discussed in the preamble, the Director of the
Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education,
publishes a notice of a new system of records to read as follows:
18-13-11
System Name:
Evaluation of the Impact of Teacher Induction Programs.
Security Classification:
None.
System Location:
(1) Evaluation Division, National Center for Education Evaluation
and Regional Assistance, Institute of Education Sciences, U.S.
Department of Education, 555 New Jersey Avenue, NW., Room 500,
Washington, DC 20208-0001.
(2) Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., 600 Alexander Park,
Princeton, NJ 08540.
Categories of Individuals Covered by the System:
This system contains records on teachers participating in the
Evaluation of the Impact of Teacher Induction Programs. The goal of
this evaluation is to evaluate the impact of a high intensity model of
teacher induction on novice elementary school teachers' retention rates
and classroom performance. Twenty high-poverty school districts will
participate in the evaluation. Selected districts will be those that do
not already offer a high intensity induction program and that agree to
assign 20 elementary schools within the district by lottery to either
the high intensity model of teacher induction or the teacher induction
program that the district normally provides. Teachers' participation in
the evaluation will be voluntary.
Categories of Records in the System:
This system consists of a baseline teacher survey (which will cover
the teacher's professional credentials, the teacher's perceptions of
the teaching profession, and the teacher's personal background
characteristics, many of which may affect retention), the teacher's
college SAT or ACT examination results, a classroom observation
protocol, a teacher induction activities survey (which will ask
questions about the kinds of induction activities in which the novice
teacher participated, as well as the intensity and duration of those
activities), a teacher retention survey (items will include the
teacher's place of employment, pursuit of continuing education, the
timing of any change in the teacher's employment, the teacher's job
satisfaction, and, if applicable, the reasons that the teacher left an
original school or the teaching profession), and aggregated student
test score data which will be linked to the teacher.
Information on study participants in this system will include, but
not be limited to the following data: Names; home addresses; home phone
numbers; cell phone numbers; e-mail addresses; social security numbers;
race/ethnicity; age; income; marital status; household composition;
home ownership; educational background and credentials; and ACT or SAT
college examination results.
Authority for Maintenance of the System:
The evaluation being conducted is authorized under: (1) sections
171(b) and 173 of the Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002 (ESRA) (20
U.S.C. 9561(b) and 9563); and (2) section 9601 of the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA), as amended by the No Child Left
Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB) (20 U.S.C. 7941). The authority for the
underlying teacher induction programs, the impact of which the
Department of Education (Department) is evaluating, is sections 2121
through 2123 of the ESEA, as amended by NCLB (20 U.S.C. 6621-6623).
Purpose(s):
The information in this system is used for the following purposes:
(1) To fulfill the requirements of the ESEA, as amended by the NCLB,
for evaluation and research of teacher quality; and (2) to provide
information on the effectiveness of teacher induction programs in
increasing teacher retention and improving teacher performance.
Routine Uses of Records Maintained in the System, Including Categories
of Users and the Purpose of Such Uses:
The Department may disclose information contained in a record in
this system of records under the routine uses listed in this system of
records without the consent of the individual if the disclosure is
compatible with the purposes for which the record was collected. These
disclosures may be made on a case-by-case basis or, if the Department
has complied with the computer matching requirements of the Act, under
a computer matching agreement. Any disclosure of individually
identifiable information from a record in this system must also comply
with the requirements of section 183 of the ESRA (20 U.S.C. 9573)
providing for confidentiality standards that apply to all collections,
reporting and publication of data by IES.
(1) Contract Disclosure. If the Department contracts with an entity
for the purposes of performing any function that requires disclosure of
records in this system to employees of the contractor, the Department
may disclose the records to those employees. Before entering into such
a contract, the Department shall require the contractor to maintain
Privacy Act safeguards as required under 5 U.S.C. 552a(m) with respect
to the records in the system.
(2) Research Disclosure. The Department may disclose records to a
researcher if an appropriate official of the Department determines that
the individual or organization to which the disclosure would be made is
qualified to carry out specific research related to functions or
purposes of this system of records. The official may disclose records
from this system of records to that researcher solely for the purpose
of carrying out that research related to the functions or purposes of
this system of records. The researcher shall be required to maintain
Privacy Act safeguards with respect to the disclosed records.
(3) Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Advice Disclosure. The
Department may disclose records to the U.S. Department of Justice and
the Office of Management and Budget if the Department concludes that
disclosure is desirable or necessary in determining whether particular
records are required to be disclosed under the FOIA.
Disclosure to Consumer Reporting Agencies:
Not applicable to this system notice.
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Policies and Practices for Storing, Retrieving, Accessing, Retaining,
and Disposing of Records in the System:
Storage:
The Department maintains records on CD-ROM and the contractor
maintains data for this system on computers and in hard copy.
Retrievability:
Records in this system are indexed by a number assigned to each
individual that is cross referenced by the individual's name on a
separate list.
Safeguards:
All physical access to the Department's site and to the site of the
Department's contractor, where this system of records is maintained, is
controlled and monitored by security personnel. The computer system
employed by the Department offers a high degree of resistance to
tampering and circumvention. This security system limits data access to
Department and contract staff on a ``need to know'' basis, and controls
individual users' ability to access and alter records within the
system.
The contractor, Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. (MPR), has
established a set of procedures to ensure confidentiality of data. The
system ensures that information identifying individuals is in files
physically separated from other research data. MPR will maintain
security of the complete set of all master data files and
documentation. Access to individually identifiable data will be
strictly controlled. All data will be kept in locked file cabinets
during nonworking hours, and work on hardcopy data will take place in a
single room, except for data entry. Physical security of electronic
data will also be maintained. Security features that protect project
data include password-protected accounts that authorize users to use
the MPR system but to access only specific network directories and
network software; user rights and directory and file attributes that
limit those who can use particular directories and files and determine
how they can use them; e-mail passwords that authorize the user to
access mail services; and additional security features that the network
administrator establishes for projects as needed. MPR shall comply with
the requirements of the confidentiality standards in section 183 of the
ESRA (20 U.S.C. 9573).
Retention and Disposal:
Records are maintained and disposed of in accordance with the
Department's Records Disposition Schedules (ED/RDS). In particular, the
Department will follow the schedules outlined in Part 3 (Research
Projects and Management Study Records) and Part 14 (Electronic Records)
of ED/RDS.
System Manager and Address:
Associate Commissioner, Evaluation Division, National Center for
Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, Institute of Education
Sciences, U.S. Department of Education, 555 New Jersey Avenue, NW.,
Room 500, Washington, DC 20208-0001.
Notification Procedure:
If you wish to determine whether a record exists regarding you in
the system of records, contact the systems manager. Your request must
meet the requirements of regulations in 34 CFR 5b.5, including proof of
identity.
Record Access Procedure:
If you wish to gain access to your record in the system of records,
contact the system manager. Your request must meet the requirements of
regulations in 34 CFR 5b.5, including proof of identity.
Contesting Record Procedure:
If you wish to contest the content of a record regarding you in the
system of records, contact the system manager. Your request must meet
the requirements of regulations in 34 CFR 5b.7, including proof of
identity.
Record Source Categories:
Information is obtained from surveys of teachers from schools
participating in the Evaluation of the Impact of Teacher Induction
Programs study. Information is also obtained from the teacher's college
entrance exams, pursuant to the teacher's written consent, the workshop
observation protocol, and the classroom observation protocol.
Additionally, the study involves the collection of data from student
records aggregated by classrooms and the collection of program
documents, such as training agenda and materials, curriculum guides,
and assessment tools, that will be supplied by two high-intensity
induction program providers.
Exemptions Claimed for the System:
None.
[FR Doc. 05-12019 Filed 6-16-05; 8:45 am]
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