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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
[Docket No.: ED–2018–ICCD–0001]
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Comment Request; Impact
Evaluation of Departmentalized
Instruction in Elementary Schools
Institute of Education Sciences
(IES), Department of Education (ED).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
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In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ED is
proposing a new information collection.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before March 9,
2018.
ADDRESSES: To access and review all the
documents related to the information
collection listed in this notice, please
use https://www.regulations.gov by
searching the Docket ID number ED–
2018–ICCD–0001. Comments submitted
in response to this notice should be
submitted electronically through the
Federal eRulemaking Portal at https://
www.regulations.gov by selecting the
Docket ID number 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, Room
216–32, Washington, DC 20202–4537.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
specific questions related to collection
activities, please contact Thomas Wei,
202–341–0626.
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
SUMMARY:
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response to this notice will be
considered public records.
Title of Collection: Impact Evaluation
of Departmentalized Instruction in
Elementary Schools.
OMB Control Number: 1850–NEW.
Type of Review: A new information
collection.
Respondents/Affected Public:
Individuals or Households.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 2,844.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Burden Hours: 1,091.
Abstract: This package requests
clearance for data collection activities to
support an evaluation of
departmentalized instruction in
elementary schools. This evaluation is
authorized by Title VII Section 8601 of
the Elementary and Secondary
Education Act, as amended most
recently in 2015 by the Every Student
Succeeds Act (ESSA). ESSA gives states
considerable flexibility in designing
systems to hold their schools
accountable for improving student
achievement. This flexibility extends to
the types of strategies that states
encourage or require their lowperforming schools to adopt. However,
many strategies in use have little to no
evidence of effectiveness. More research
is needed to help states identify
strategies that are likely to help their
low-performing schools improve.
One potential strategy that has
recently become more popular in upper
elementary school grades is to
departmentalize instruction, where each
teacher specializes in teaching one
subject to multiple classes of students
instead of teaching all subjects to a
single class of students (self-contained
instruction). However, virtually no
evidence exists on its effectiveness
relative to the more traditional selfcontained approach. This evaluation
will help to fill the gap by examining
whether departmentalizing fourth and
fifth grade teachers improves teacher
and student outcomes. The evaluation
will focus on math and reading, with an
emphasis on low-performing schools
that serve a high percentage of
disadvantaged students.
The evaluation will include
implementation and impact analyses.
The implementation analysis will
describe schools’ approaches to
departmentalization and benefits and
challenges encountered. The analysis
will be based on information from
schools’ study agreement form; meetings
to design each school’s approach to
departmentalization; monitoring and
support calls with schools; a principal
interview; and a teacher survey. The
impact analysis will draw on data from
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a teacher survey, videos of classroom
instruction, a principal interview, and
district administrative records to
estimate the impact of departmentalized
instruction on various outcomes. The
outcomes include the quality of
instruction and student-teacher
relationships, teacher satisfaction and
retention, and student achievement and
behavior. These various data collection
activities will be carried out between
spring 2018 and fall 2020, although
most of the activities with the exception
of the administrative data will take
place only once during the first year
treatment schools implement
departmentalized instruction (2018–
2019 school year).
Dated: January 3, 2018.
Stephanie Valentine,
Acting Director, Information Collection
Clearance Division, Office of the Chief Privacy
Officer, Office of Management.
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[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 5 (Monday, January 8, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 795-796]
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[FR Doc No: 2018-00108]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
[Docket No.: ED-2018-ICCD-0001]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; Impact
Evaluation of Departmentalized Instruction in Elementary Schools
AGENCY: Institute of Education Sciences (IES), Department of Education
(ED).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ED is
proposing a new information collection.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before
March 9, 2018.
ADDRESSES: To access and review all the documents related to the
information collection listed in this notice, please use https://www.regulations.gov by searching the Docket ID number ED-2018-ICCD-
0001. Comments submitted in response to this notice should be submitted
electronically through the Federal eRulemaking Portal at https://www.regulations.gov by selecting the Docket ID number 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, Room 216-32,
Washington, DC 20202-4537.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For specific questions related to
collection activities, please contact Thomas Wei, 202-341-0626.
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
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response to this notice will be considered public records.
Title of Collection: Impact Evaluation of Departmentalized
Instruction in Elementary Schools.
OMB Control Number: 1850-NEW.
Type of Review: A new information collection.
Respondents/Affected Public: Individuals or Households.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 2,844.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 1,091.
Abstract: This package requests clearance for data collection
activities to support an evaluation of departmentalized instruction in
elementary schools. This evaluation is authorized by Title VII Section
8601 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, as amended most
recently in 2015 by the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA). ESSA gives
states considerable flexibility in designing systems to hold their
schools accountable for improving student achievement. This flexibility
extends to the types of strategies that states encourage or require
their low-performing schools to adopt. However, many strategies in use
have little to no evidence of effectiveness. More research is needed to
help states identify strategies that are likely to help their low-
performing schools improve.
One potential strategy that has recently become more popular in
upper elementary school grades is to departmentalize instruction, where
each teacher specializes in teaching one subject to multiple classes of
students instead of teaching all subjects to a single class of students
(self-contained instruction). However, virtually no evidence exists on
its effectiveness relative to the more traditional self-contained
approach. This evaluation will help to fill the gap by examining
whether departmentalizing fourth and fifth grade teachers improves
teacher and student outcomes. The evaluation will focus on math and
reading, with an emphasis on low-performing schools that serve a high
percentage of disadvantaged students.
The evaluation will include implementation and impact analyses. The
implementation analysis will describe schools' approaches to
departmentalization and benefits and challenges encountered. The
analysis will be based on information from schools' study agreement
form; meetings to design each school's approach to departmentalization;
monitoring and support calls with schools; a principal interview; and a
teacher survey. The impact analysis will draw on data from a teacher
survey, videos of classroom instruction, a principal interview, and
district administrative records to estimate the impact of
departmentalized instruction on various outcomes. The outcomes include
the quality of instruction and student-teacher relationships, teacher
satisfaction and retention, and student achievement and behavior. These
various data collection activities will be carried out between spring
2018 and fall 2020, although most of the activities with the exception
of the administrative data will take place only once during the first
year treatment schools implement departmentalized instruction (2018-
2019 school year).
Dated: January 3, 2018.
Stephanie Valentine,
Acting Director, Information Collection Clearance Division, Office of
the Chief Privacy Officer, Office of Management.
[FR Doc. 2018-00108 Filed 1-5-18; 8:45 am]
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