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Records Management Services, Office of
Management.
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
[Docket No. ED–2013–ICCD–0142]
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget for Review
and Approval; Comment Request;
Implementation Study of the Ramp Up
to Readiness Program
Institute of Education Sciences/
National Center for Education Statistics
(IES), Department of Education (ED).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. chapter 3501 et seq.), ED is
proposing a new information collection.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before March 6,
2014.
ADDRESSES: Comments submitted in
response to this notice should be
submitted electronically through the
Federal eRulemaking Portal at https://
www.regulations.gov by selecting
Docket ID number ED–2013–ICCD–0142
or via postal mail, commercial delivery,
or hand delivery. Please note that
comments submitted by fax or email
and those 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 Director of
the Information Collection Clearance
Division, U.S. Department of Education,
400 Maryland Avenue SW., LBJ,
Mailstop L–OM–2–2E319, Room
2E105,Washington, DC 20202.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
questions related to collection activities
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or burden, please call Katrina Ingalls,
703–620–3655 or electronically mail
ICDocketMgr@ed.gov. Please do not
send comments here. We will ONLY
accept comments in this mailbox when
the regulations.gov site is not available
to the public for any reason.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Department of Education (ED), 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
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
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: Implementation
Study of the Ramp Up to Readiness
Program.
OMB Control Number: 1850–NEW.
Type of Review: A new information
collection.
Respondents/Affected Public:
Individuals or households.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 6,086.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Burden Hours: 1,212.
Abstract: This study will examine the
implementation of Ramp-Up to
Readiness, a schoolwide guidance
intervention aimed at increasing the
college readiness of students. The
intervention is at present being
implemented in 34 high schools in
Minnesota, and the developers intend to
make the intervention available to a
much larger set of Minnesota schools.
No independently gathered high-quality
evidence exists, however, on whether
schools are able to implement this
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comprehensive intervention as intended
or how its core components compare to
the college-readiness supports in other
high schools. The project for which
OMB clearance is requested will attempt
to gather such evidence from 22 public
Minnesota high schools through the
least burdensome means. The schoollevel implementation study will focus
on assessing whether Ramp-Up school
staff implement the program as
intended, on identifying the extent to
which the Ramp-Up program differs
from the college-readiness supports
offered in schools without Ramp-Up,
and on the validity of a measure of
personal college readiness, which the
developers hypothesize is a key
mechanism through which the program
impacts later outcomes. The study will
collect data from school staff in the
following activities: Administrative data
collection, focus groups in January and
June, extant document collection,
instructional logs, student and staff
surveys, and student personal readiness
assessment. The findings produced
through analysis of these data will help
(1) state education agencies seeking
strategies and programs to endorse as a
potential means of improving students
college readiness and college
enrollment, (2) local education agencies
that are considering the challenges of
implementing Ramp-Up, (3) the
developer of this intervention (the
College Readiness Consortium at the
University of Minnesota) and
developers of other college readiness
interventions who continually seek to
improve their programs by using
information from studies like this, and
(4) a group of education stakeholders in
the Midwest interested in considering
whether to conduct a study of the
impacts of the Ramp-Up intervention on
student outcomes.
Dated: January 29, 2014.
Stephanie Valentine,
Acting Director, Information Collection
Clearance Division, Privacy, Information and
Records Management Services, Office of
Management.
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
[Docket No. ED-2013-ICCD-0142]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Implementation Study of the Ramp Up to Readiness Program
AGENCY: Institute of Education Sciences/National Center for Education
Statistics (IES), Department of Education (ED).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. chapter 3501 et seq.), ED is proposing a new information
collection.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before
March 6, 2014.
ADDRESSES: Comments submitted in response to this notice should be
submitted electronically through the Federal eRulemaking Portal at
https://www.regulations.gov by selecting Docket ID number ED-2013-ICCD-
0142 or via postal mail, commercial delivery, or hand delivery. Please
note that comments submitted by fax or email and those 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 Director of the Information Collection Clearance
Division, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW., LBJ,
Mailstop L-OM-2-2E319, Room 2E105,Washington, DC 20202.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For questions related to collection
activities or burden, please call Katrina Ingalls, 703-620-3655 or
electronically mail ICDocketMgr@ed.gov. Please do not send comments
here. We will ONLY accept comments in this mailbox when the
regulations.gov site is not available to the public for any reason.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department of Education (ED), 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 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 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: Implementation Study of the Ramp Up to
Readiness Program.
OMB Control Number: 1850-NEW.
Type of Review: A new information collection.
Respondents/Affected Public: Individuals or households.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 6,086.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 1,212.
Abstract: This study will examine the implementation of Ramp-Up to
Readiness, a schoolwide guidance intervention aimed at increasing the
college readiness of students. The intervention is at present being
implemented in 34 high schools in Minnesota, and the developers intend
to make the intervention available to a much larger set of Minnesota
schools. No independently gathered high-quality evidence exists,
however, on whether schools are able to implement this comprehensive
intervention as intended or how its core components compare to the
college-readiness supports in other high schools. The project for which
OMB clearance is requested will attempt to gather such evidence from 22
public Minnesota high schools through the least burdensome means. The
school-level implementation study will focus on assessing whether Ramp-
Up school staff implement the program as intended, on identifying the
extent to which the Ramp-Up program differs from the college-readiness
supports offered in schools without Ramp-Up, and on the validity of a
measure of personal college readiness, which the developers hypothesize
is a key mechanism through which the program impacts later outcomes.
The study will collect data from school staff in the following
activities: Administrative data collection, focus groups in January and
June, extant document collection, instructional logs, student and staff
surveys, and student personal readiness assessment. The findings
produced through analysis of these data will help (1) state education
agencies seeking strategies and programs to endorse as a potential
means of improving students college readiness and college enrollment,
(2) local education agencies that are considering the challenges of
implementing Ramp-Up, (3) the developer of this intervention (the
College Readiness Consortium at the University of Minnesota) and
developers of other college readiness interventions who continually
seek to improve their programs by using information from studies like
this, and (4) a group of education stakeholders in the Midwest
interested in considering whether to conduct a study of the impacts of
the Ramp-Up intervention on student outcomes.
Dated: January 29, 2014.
Stephanie Valentine,
Acting Director, Information Collection Clearance Division, Privacy,
Information and Records Management Services, Office of Management.
[FR Doc. 2014-02254 Filed 2-3-14; 8:45 am]
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