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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
[Docket No.: ED–2021–SCC–0008]
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 Sampling and Recruitment
Institute of Education Sciences
(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 information collection.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before April 26,
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,
202–245–6347.
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
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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: Trends in
International Mathematics and Science
Study (TIMSS 2023) Field Test
Sampling and Recruitment.
OMB Control Number: 1850–0695.
Type of Review: A revision of a
currently approved information
collection.
Respondents/Affected Public:
Individuals and Households.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 3,199.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Burden Hours: 1,040.
Abstract: The Trends in International
Mathematics and Science Study
(TIMSS), conducted by the National
Center for Education Statistics (NCES),
within the U.S. Department of
Education (ED), is an international
assessment of fourth and eighth grade
students’ achievement in mathematics
and science. Since its inception in 1995,
TIMSS has continued to assess students
every 4 years (1995, 1999, 2003, 2007,
2011, 2015, and 2019), with the next
TIMSS assessment, TIMSS 2023, being
the eighth iteration of the study. In
TIMSS 2023, approximately 65
countries or education systems will
participate. The United States will
participate in TIMSS 2023 to continue
to monitor the progress of its students
compared to that of other nations and to
provide data on factors that may
influence student achievement.
TIMSS is led by the International
Association for the Evaluation of
Educational Achievement (IEA), an
international collective of research
organizations and government agencies
that create the frameworks used to
develop the assessment, the survey
instruments, and the study timeline.
IEA decides and agrees upon a common
set of standards, procedures, and
timelines for collecting and reporting
data, all of which must be followed by
all participating countries. As a result,
TIMSS is able to provide a reliable and
comparable measure of student skills in
participating countries. In the U.S.,
NCES conducts this study in
collaboration with the IEA and a
number of contractors to ensure proper
implementation of the study and
adoption of practices in adherence to
the IEA’s standards. Participation in
TIMSS is consistent with NCES’s
mandate of acquiring and disseminating
data on educational activities and
student achievement in the United
States compared with foreign nations
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[The Educational Sciences Reform Act
of 2002 (ESRA 2002, 20 U.S.C. 9543)].
TIMSS 2023 will be a computer-based
assessment (referred to as ‘‘eTIMSS’’),
administered using the eTIMSS player
via Chromebook tablets with attached
keyboards. TIMSS 2023 builds on the
work of TIMSS 2019, which primarily
used an electronic assessment format
but included a bridge study to examine
the effect of administering the
assessment on tablet versus paper and
establish the link to maintain trends.
TIMSS 2023 will be the second eTIMSS
assessment in the United States.
Because TIMSS is a collaborative
effort among many parties, the United
States must adhere to the international
schedule set forth by the IEA, including
the availability of final field test and
main study plans as well as draft and
final questionnaires. In order to meet
the international data collection
schedule, to align with recruitment for
other NCES studies (e.g., the National
Assessment of Education Progress,
NAEP), and for schools to put the
TIMSS 2023 field test assessment on
their Spring 2022 calendars, recruitment
activities for the field test will begin in
June of 2021. This package requests
approval to conduct sampling and
recruitment activities associated with
the TIMSS 2023 field test, which will be
conducted in March and April 2022. A
separate 60-day package will be
submitted in August 2021 to request
approval for the field test data collection
materials and the main study sampling
and recruiting plan.
Dated: March 23, 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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Agency Information Collection
Activities; Comment Request; Private
School Universe Survey (PSS) 2019–20
and 2021–22
Institute of Education Sciences
(IES), Department of Education (ED).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ED is
proposing an extension without change
of a currently approved collection.
SUMMARY:
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Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before May 25,
2021.
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–
2021–SCC–0048. 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.
If the regulations.gov site is not
available to the public for any reason,
ED will temporarily accept comments at
ICDocketMgr@ed.gov. Please include the
docket ID number and the title of the
information collection request when
requesting documents or submitting
comments. 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 PRA Coordinator of the
Strategic Collections and Clearance
Governance and Strategy Division, U.S.
Department of Education, 400 Maryland
Ave. SW, LBJ, Room 6W208C,
Washington, DC 20202–8240.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
specific questions related to collection
activities, please contact Carrie Clarady,
(202) 245–6347.
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
DATES:
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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: Private School
Universe Survey (PSS) 2019–20 and
2021–22.
OMB Control Number: 1850–0641.
Type of Review: Extension without
change of a currently approved
collection.
Respondents/Affected Public:
Individuals and Households.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 32,677.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Burden Hours: 6,577.
Abstract: The Private School Universe
Survey (PSS) is conducted by the
National Center for Education Statistics
(NCES) to collect basic information from
the universe of private elementary and
secondary schools in the United States.
The PSS is designed to gather biennial
data on the total number of private
schools, teachers, and students, along
with a variety of related data, including:
Religious orientation; grade-levels
taught and size of school; length of
school year and of school day; total
student enrollment by gender (K–12);
number of high school graduates;
whether a school is single-sexed or
coeducational; number of teachers
employed; program emphasis; and
existence and type of its kindergarten
program. The PSS includes all schools
that are not supported primarily by
public funds, that provide classroom
instruction for one or more of grades K–
12 or comparable ungraded levels, and
that have one or more teachers. The PSS
is also used to create a universe list of
private schools for use as a sampling
frame for NCES surveys of private
schools. The request to conduct the
2019–20 and 2021–22 PSS data
collections, and the 2021–22 PSS list
frame building operations, was
approved in April 2019 (OMB #1850–
0641 v.9), and the last change was
approved in June 2020 (OMB #1850–
0641 v.12). This submission is
materially unchanged from previous
submissions and is submitted solely to
request an extension for data collection
activities. The current OMB clearance
expires in April 2022, but data
collection activities are currently
scheduled to extend into late May 2022.
There are no changes to burden or cost
to the Federal Government.
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
[Docket No.: ED-2021-SCC-0008]
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 Sampling and Recruitment
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 revision of a currently approved information collection.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before
April 26, 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
[email protected].
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For specific questions related to
collection activities, please contact Carrie Clarady, 202-245-6347.
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: Trends in International Mathematics and
Science Study (TIMSS 2023) Field Test Sampling and Recruitment.
OMB Control Number: 1850-0695.
Type of Review: A revision of a currently approved information
collection.
Respondents/Affected Public: Individuals and Households.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 3,199.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 1,040.
Abstract: The Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study
(TIMSS), conducted by the National Center for Education Statistics
(NCES), within the U.S. Department of Education (ED), is an
international assessment of fourth and eighth grade students'
achievement in mathematics and science. Since its inception in 1995,
TIMSS has continued to assess students every 4 years (1995, 1999, 2003,
2007, 2011, 2015, and 2019), with the next TIMSS assessment, TIMSS
2023, being the eighth iteration of the study. In TIMSS 2023,
approximately 65 countries or education systems will participate. The
United States will participate in TIMSS 2023 to continue to monitor the
progress of its students compared to that of other nations and to
provide data on factors that may influence student achievement.
TIMSS is led by the International Association for the Evaluation of
Educational Achievement (IEA), an international collective of research
organizations and government agencies that create the frameworks used
to develop the assessment, the survey instruments, and the study
timeline. IEA decides and agrees upon a common set of standards,
procedures, and timelines for collecting and reporting data, all of
which must be followed by all participating countries. As a result,
TIMSS is able to provide a reliable and comparable measure of student
skills in participating countries. In the U.S., NCES conducts this
study in collaboration with the IEA and a number of contractors to
ensure proper implementation of the study and adoption of practices in
adherence to the IEA's standards. Participation in TIMSS is consistent
with NCES's mandate of acquiring and disseminating data on educational
activities and student achievement in the United States compared with
foreign nations
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[The Educational Sciences Reform Act of 2002 (ESRA 2002, 20 U.S.C.
9543)].
TIMSS 2023 will be a computer-based assessment (referred to as
``eTIMSS''), administered using the eTIMSS player via Chromebook
tablets with attached keyboards. TIMSS 2023 builds on the work of TIMSS
2019, which primarily used an electronic assessment format but included
a bridge study to examine the effect of administering the assessment on
tablet versus paper and establish the link to maintain trends. TIMSS
2023 will be the second eTIMSS assessment in the United States.
Because TIMSS is a collaborative effort among many parties, the
United States must adhere to the international schedule set forth by
the IEA, including the availability of final field test and main study
plans as well as draft and final questionnaires. In order to meet the
international data collection schedule, to align with recruitment for
other NCES studies (e.g., the National Assessment of Education
Progress, NAEP), and for schools to put the TIMSS 2023 field test
assessment on their Spring 2022 calendars, recruitment activities for
the field test will begin in June of 2021. This package requests
approval to conduct sampling and recruitment activities associated with
the TIMSS 2023 field test, which will be conducted in March and April
2022. A separate 60-day package will be submitted in August 2021 to
request approval for the field test data collection materials and the
main study sampling and recruiting plan.
Dated: March 23, 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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