Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request, 15664 [E7-6035]

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• DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 62 (Monday, April 2, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 15664]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-6035]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

AGENCY: Department of Education.

SUMMARY: The IC Clearance Official, Regulatory Information Management 
Services, Office of Management invites comments on the submission for 
OMB review as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before 
May 2, 2007.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should be addressed to the Office of 
Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attention: Education Desk Officer, 
Office of Management and Budget, 725 17th Street, NW., Room 10222, 
Washington, DC 20503. Commenters are encouraged to submit responses 
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    Dated: March 27, 2007.
Angela C. Arrington,
IC Clearance Official Regulatory Information Management Services Office 
of Management.

Institute of Education Sciences

    Type of Review: New.
    Title: The Effects of Odyssey Math Software on the Mathematics 
Achievement of Selected Fourth Grade Students.
    Frequency: Annually.
    Affected Public: State, Local, or Tribal Gov't, SEAs or LEAs; 
Individuals or household; Businesses or other for-profit.
    Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour Burden:
     Responses: 3,286.
     Burden Hours: 6,598.
    Abstract: Support for the idea of developing stronger mathematics 
curricula comes from all stakeholders in education today. Despite the 
importance of mathematics education there have been a limited number of 
interventions that meet the need. Odyssey(r) Math may be an exception 
and is designed to offer opportunities to engage in more challenging 
mathematics in (presumably) interesting contexts. Despite the promise 
the intervention holds, existing studies on Odyssey(r) Math have not 
adequately controlled for threats to the internal validity. The 
Regional Education Lab Mid-Atlantic plans to remedy that and has 
designed a multi-site CRT to evaluate the effectiveness of Odyssey(r) 
Math in improving math scores. This document presents the Supporting 
Statement for a multi-site cluster randomized control trial (or multi-
site CRT) designed to test the impacts of Odyssey Math Software in 4th 
grade classrooms in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States (PA, 
MD, NJ, DE, DC).
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