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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
[Docket No.: ED–2022–SCC–0129]
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget for Review
and Approval; Comment Request;
Accrediting Agencies Reporting
Activities for Institutions and
Programs—Database of Accredited
Postsecondary Institution and
Programs (DAPIP)
Office of Postsecondary
Education (OPE), Department of
Education (ED).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of
1995, the Department is proposing an
extension without change of a currently
approved information collection request
(ICR).
DATES: Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before February
17, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and
recommendations for proposed
information collection requests should
be submitted within 30 days of
publication of this notice. Click on this
link www.reginfo.gov/public/do/
PRAMain to access the site. Find this
information collection request (ICR) by
selecting ‘‘Department of Education’’
under ‘‘Currently Under Review,’’ then
check the ‘‘Only Show ICR for Public
Comment’’ checkbox. Reginfo.gov
provides two links to view documents
related to this information collection
request. Information collection forms
and instructions may be found by
clicking on the ‘‘View Information
Collection (IC) List’’ link. Supporting
statements and other supporting
documentation may be found by
clicking on the ‘‘View Supporting
Statement and Other Documents’’ link.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
specific questions related to collection
activities, please contact Herman
Bounds, (202) 453–6128.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Department 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
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that written comments received in
response to this notice will be
considered public records.
Title of Collection: Accrediting
Agencies Reporting Activities for
Institutions and Programs—Database of
Accredited Postsecondary Institution
and Programs (DAPIP).
OMB Control Number: 1840–0838.
Type of Review: Extension without
change of a currently approved ICR.
Respondents/Affected Public: Private
sector.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 9,014.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Burden Hours: 751.
Abstract: Sections 496(a)(7), (a)(8),
(c)(7), and (c)(8) of the Higher Education
Act (HEA), and Federal regulations at 34
CFR 34 CFR 602.26 and 602.27 contain
certain requirements for reporting by
recognized accrediting agencies to the
Department on the institutions and
programs the agencies accredit. This
collection specifies the required and
requested reporting. It also discusses the
channel for reporting this information,
and reporting information the
accrediting agency may wish to submit
voluntarily to ensure that the
Department’s Database of Accredited
Postsecondary Institutions and
Programs is accurate and
comprehensive.
Dated: January 11, 2023.
Kun Mullan,
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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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
[Docket ID ED–2021–IES–0046]
Privacy Act of 1974; System of
Records—National Center for
Education Statistics (NCES)
Longitudinal, Cross-Sectional, and
International Studies
National Center for Education
Statistics, Institute of Education
Sciences, Department of Education.
ACTION: Notice of a modified system of
records.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
Privacy Act of 1974, as amended
(Privacy Act), the U.S. Department of
Education (Department) publishes this
notice of a modified system of records
entitled ‘‘National Center for Education
Statistics (NCES) Longitudinal, Crosssectional, and International Studies,’’
SUMMARY:
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formerly known as ‘‘National Center for
Education Statistics (NCES)
Longitudinal and Cross-sectional
Studies,’’ (18–13–01). This system is
used to fulfill NCES’s legislative
mandate to collect, report, analyze, and
disseminate statistical data on the
condition and progress of education in
the United States and other nations at
the early childhood, preschool,
elementary, secondary, postsecondary,
and adult levels, including data on the
critical influences, contexts, and
transitions of: students in elementary,
secondary, postsecondary, and graduate
education, and into employment and
adult experiences; children at early
childhood stage; homeschooled
students; the general adult population;
and participants in career training.
DATES: The Department seeks comment
on the modified system of records
described in this notice in accordance
with the requirements of the Privacy
Act. We must receive your comments on
or before February 17, 2023.
This modified system of records will
become applicable upon publication in
the Federal Register on January 18,
2023, with the exception of the
modified routine uses outlined in the
section entitled ‘‘ROUTINE USES OF
RECORDS MAINTAINED IN THE
SYSTEM, INCLUDING CATEGORIES
OF USERS AND PURPOSES OF SUCH
USES,’’ unless the modified system of
records notice needs to be changed as a
result of public comment. Modified
routine uses (1) and (2) in the section
entitled ‘‘ROUTINE USES OF RECORDS
MAINTAINED IN THE SYSTEM,
INCLUDING CATEGORIES OF USERS
AND PURPOSES OF SUCH USES’’ will
become applicable upon the expiration
of the 30-day period of public comment
on February 17, 2023, unless any of the
modified routine uses in the system of
records notice need to be changed as a
result of public comment. The
Department will publish any significant
changes to the modified system of
records notice resulting from public
comment.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments
through the Federal eRulemaking Portal
or via postal mail, commercial delivery,
or hand delivery. We will not accept
comments submitted by fax or by email
or those submitted after the comment
period. To ensure that we do not receive
duplicate copies, please submit your
comments only once. In addition, please
include the Docket ID at the top of your
comments.
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to
www.regulations.gov to submit your
comments electronically. Information
on using Regulations.gov, including
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instructions for accessing agency
documents, submitting comments, and
viewing the docket, is available on the
site under the ‘‘Help’’ tab.
• Postal Mail, Commercial Delivery,
or Hand Delivery: If you mail or deliver
your comments about this modified
system of records, address them to:
Commissioner, National Center for
Education Statistics, Institute of
Education Sciences, U.S. Department of
Education, Potomac Center Plaza (PCP),
550 12th Street SW, 4th floor,
Washington, DC 20202–4160.
Privacy Note: The Department’s
policy is to make all comments received
from members of the public available for
public viewing in their entirety on the
Federal eRulemaking Portal at
www.regulations.gov. Therefore,
commenters should be careful to
include in their comments only
information that they wish to make
publicly available.
Assistance to Individuals with
Disabilities in Reviewing the
Rulemaking Record: On request, we will
supply an appropriate accommodation
or auxiliary aid 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
accommodation or auxiliary aid, please
contact the person listed under FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Carrie Clarady, National Center for
Education Statistics, Institute of
Education Sciences, U.S. Department of
Education, PCP, 550 12th Street SW, 4th
floor, Washington, DC 20202–4160.
Telephone: (202) 245–6347. Email:
NCES.Information.Collections@ed.gov.
If you use a telecommunications
device for the deaf (TDD) or text
telephone (TTY), you may call the
Federal Relay Service (FRS) toll free at
1–800–877–8339.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
system of records is used to fulfill
NCES’s legislative mandate set forth at
20 U.S.C. 9543(a) to collect, report,
analyze, and disseminate statistical data
on the condition and progress of
education in the United States and other
nations at the early childhood,
preschool, elementary, secondary,
postsecondary, and adult levels. NCES
must collect, analyze, and report on
such data in a manner that is objective,
secular, neutral, and non-ideological;
free of political influence and bias; and
relevant and useful to practitioners,
researchers, policymakers, and the
public. 20 U.S.C. 9541(b).
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The Department published the
‘‘National Center for Education
Statistics (NCES) Longitudinal and
Cross-sectional Studies’’ (18–13–01)
system of records notice in the Federal
Register on November 14, 2018 (83 FR
56831). The Department is modifying
this system of records notice as follows:
(a) The Department is modifying the
section entitled ‘‘SYSTEM NAME AND
NUMBER’’ to ‘‘National Center for
Education Statistics (NCES)
Longitudinal, Cross-sectional, and
International Studies (18–13–01)’’ in
order to include reference to the
international studies covered by the
system and thereby provide greater
clarity to the public that this system of
records notice covers these studies;
(b) The Department is modifying the
section entitled ‘‘SYSTEM LOCATION’’
to update additional system locations,
as set forth in the Appendix;
(c) The Department is modifying the
section entitled ‘‘CATEGORIES OF
INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE
SYSTEM’’ to include a new example
study reference in the national quick
response studies paragraph;
(d) The Department is modifying the
section entitled ‘‘RECORD SOURCE
CATEGORIES’’ to indicate that
information in this system of records
may be obtained from other persons or
entities from which information is
obtained under a routine use;
(e) The Department is modifying the
section entitled ‘‘ROUTINE USES OF
RECORDS MAINTAINED IN THE
SYSTEM, INCLUDING CATEGORIES
OF USERS AND PURPOSES OF SUCH
USES’’ to modify routine use (1),
currently entitled ‘‘Contract
Disclosure,’’ both to permit the
disclosure of records from the system to
another government agency or its
contractor, or both, pursuant to
interagency agreements for the
collection of statistics, consistent with
20 U.S.C. 9544(b)(3)(A), and to change
the name of the routine use to ‘‘Contract
or Interagency Agreement Disclosure;’’
routine use (2), entitled ‘‘Research
Disclosure,’’ both to, in certain
circumstances, permit the disclosure of
directly personally identifiable
respondent information from the system
to researchers and to add that
researchers who obtain data under this
routine use will be required as part of
a restricted-use data licensing agreement
to agree, among other items listed in this
routine use, to the submission of their
work products to NCES for disclosure
review prior to sharing the work
products with anyone not named in the
restricted-use data licensing agreement;
and, both routine uses (1) and (2) to
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replace references to the Commissioner
of Education Statistics with NCES;
(f) The Department is modifying the
section entitled ‘‘POLICIES AND
PRACTICES FOR STORAGE OF
RECORDS’’ to explain that researchers
who access records from the system are
required to execute Institute of
Education Sciences Restricted-Use Data
Security Plans and follow the data
access, storage, and security protocols
set forth therein; and
(g) The Department is modifying the
section entitled ‘‘ADMINISTRATIVE,
TECHNICAL, AND PHYSICAL
SAFEGUARDS’’ both to clarify that each
contractor and subcontractor who
accesses records from the system must
have received Department approval to
hold Public Trust positions and to
explain how researchers with access to
records from the system are required to
secure the records.
Accessible Format: On request to the
program contact person listed under FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT,
individuals with disabilities can obtain
this document in an accessible format.
The Department will provide the
requestor with an accessible format that
may include Rich Text Format (RTF) or
text format (txt), a thumb drive, an MP3
file, braille, large print, audiotape, or
compact disc, or other accessible format.
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Mark Schneider,
Director, Institute of Education Sciences.
For the reasons discussed in the
preamble, the National Center for
Education Statistics, Institute of
Education Sciences, U.S. Department of
Education, publishes a notice of a
modified system of records to read as
follows:
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SYSTEM NAME AND NUMBER:
National Center for Education
Statistics (NCES) Longitudinal, Crosssectional, and International Studies (18–
13–01).
SECURITY CLASSIFICATION:
Unclassified.
SYSTEM LOCATION:
National Center for Education
Statistics (NCES), Institute of Education
Sciences (IES), U.S. Department of
Education (Department or ED), Potomac
Center Plaza (PCP), 550 12th Street SW,
4th floor, Washington, DC 20202–4160.
See the Appendix at the end of this
system notice for additional system
locations.
SYSTEM MANAGER(S):
Commissioner, National Center for
Education Statistics, Institute of
Education Sciences, U.S. Department of
Education, PCP, 550 12th Street SW, 4th
floor, Washington, DC 20202.
AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM:
The data collections being
administered and their maintenance are
authorized under the Education
Sciences Reform Act of 2002 (ESRA) (20
U.S.C. 9541–9547 and 9571–9576).
PURPOSE(S) OF THE SYSTEM:
This system is used to fulfill NCES’s
legislative mandate to collect, report,
analyze, and disseminate statistical data
on the condition and progress of
education in the United States and other
nations at the early childhood,
preschool, elementary, secondary,
postsecondary, and adult levels. NCES
must collect, analyze, and report on
such data in a manner that is objective,
secular, neutral, and non-ideological;
free of political influence and bias; and
relevant and useful to practitioners,
researchers, policymakers, and the
public.
CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE
SYSTEM:
This system maintains records about
individuals randomly selected from
their respective populations of
particular subgroups of children and
adults (pre-Kindergarten children,
Kindergarten through graduate school
students, parents or legal guardians,
teachers, administrators, service
providers, and general population
adults) who voluntarily agree to
participate (with implicit or explicit
parental or legal guardian consent to
participate for minors, depending on
school or school district requirements
and on the Department’s Protection of
Human Subjects regulations (34 CFR
part 97)) in one of the NCES studies
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categorized below (with example
studies provided for each category):
1. National household studies [e.g.,
National Household Education Survey
(NHES) including the current Early
Childhood Education/Program
Participation (ECPP) and Parent and
Family Involvement in Education (PFI),
and with past PFI-Enrolled and PFIHomeschooled modules, the Adult
Training and Education Survey (ATES)
studies, and the past Adult Education
(AE), Adult Education for Work-Related
Reasons (AEWR), Adult Education and
Lifelong Learning (AELL), Before- and
After-School Programs and Activities
(ASPA), School Readiness (SR), Civic
Engagement (CE), School Safety and
Discipline (SS&D), and Household and
Library Use (HHL)];
2. National and international K–12
school and staff studies [e.g., Schools
and Staffing Survey (SASS) and its
follow-ups Teacher Follow-Up Survey
(TFS), Principal Follow-Up Survey
(PFS), and Beginning Teacher
Longitudinal Study (BTLS); redesigned
SASS—National Teacher and Principal
Surveys (NTPS); and studies not related
to SASS, such as Teacher Compensation
Survey (TCS), Teacher Pilot Study
(TPS), School Survey of Crime and
Safety (SSOCS), Teaching and Learning
International Survey (TALIS) and its
associated Video Studies, and ED
School Climate Surveys (EDSCLS)];
3. National early childhood
longitudinal studies [e.g., Early
Childhood Longitudinal Study, Birth
Cohort (ECLS–B); and Early Childhood
Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class
studies (ECLS–K)];
4. International K–12 assessments
studies [e.g., International Early
Learning Study (IELS); Progress in
International Reading Literacy Study
(PIRLS); Civic Education Study (CivEd);
Program for International Student
Assessment (PISA); Program for
International Student Assessment
(PISA) Young Adult Follow-up (YAF)
Study; Trends in International
Mathematics and Science Study
(TIMSS) and its associated Video
Studies; and International Computer
and Information Literacy Study (ICILS)];
5. National middle grades
longitudinal studies [e.g., Middle
Grades Longitudinal Study (MGLS)];
6. National high school longitudinal
studies [e.g., National Longitudinal
Study of the High School Class of 1972
(NLS); National Education Longitudinal
Study of 1988 (NELS); Education
Longitudinal Study of 2002 (ELS); High
School Longitudinal Study of 2009
(HSLS); and High School and Beyond
Longitudinal studies (HS&B)];
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7. National postsecondary studies
[e.g., Recent College Graduates (RCG);
National Postsecondary Student Aid
Study (NPSAS) and its follow-ups
Beginning Postsecondary Students
Longitudinal Study (BPS) and
Baccalaureate and Beyond Longitudinal
Study (B&B); National Postsecondary
Student Aid Study, Administrative
Collection (NPSAS–AC); National
Postsecondary Education Cooperative—
Sample Surveys (NPEC–S); National
Study of Postsecondary Faculty
(NSOPF); and National Center for
Education Research NCER–NPSAS
Grant Studies];
8. National and international adult
assessment studies [e.g., International
Adult Literacy Survey (IALS); Adult
Literacy and Lifeskills Survey (ALL);
National Assessment of Adult Literacy
(NAAL); and Program for the
International Assessment of Adult
Competencies (PIAAC)];
9. National quick response studies
[e.g., the School Pulse Panel study and
the Quick Response Information System
(QRIS) made up of pre-postsecondary
Fast Response Survey System (FRSS)
and Postsecondary Education Quick
Information System (PEQIS)]; and
10. NCES national and international
developmental studies [e.g., cognitive
interviews, focus groups, feasibility
studies, usability tests, pilot tests, web
tests, etc., utilized to develop new or to
improve current data collection
methodologies and instruments for
particular existing or multiple current
and future data collection programs].
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CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM:
This system consists of responses
from students, their parents or legal
guardians, teachers, administrators,
service providers, and other adults to
data collection instruments including
information such as background and
demographic data, functional measures
(reports of children’s functioning in
cognitive, social, emotional, and
physical domains), family
characteristics, education and/or
employment experiences, finances,
aspirations, plans, and attitudes.
Cognitive assessment scores,
administrative and financial aid records,
and high school and college transcripts
are also appended to the records. The
appended administrative records
contain data such as attendance,
program participation, and other
information.
The records for service providers,
schools/institutions, and local
educational agencies contain
information on numbers and
characteristics of students, teaching
staff, and administrators; data on
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facilities, programs, services, and
finances; and information related to
student enrollment, persistence,
completion, and performance. The
records related to teachers and
administrators contain, in addition to
the above, data on certifications,
training, experience, staff evaluations,
salary, benefits, and attitudes and
opinions related to various aspects of
education and operations.
RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES:
Information in the records comes from
responses to survey and assessment
instruments and from administrative
records maintained by K–12 schools and
school districts, postsecondary
institutions, the Department, and thirdparties, including State and Federal
agencies, as well as vendors, such as the
National Student Clearinghouse.
Information in this system also may be
obtained from other persons or entities
from which data is obtained under
routine uses set forth below.
ROUTINE USES OF RECORDS MAINTAINED IN THE
SYSTEM, INCLUDING CATEGORIES OF USERS AND
PURPOSES 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
purpose for which the record was
collected. 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) and its confidentiality standards
that apply to all collection, reporting,
and publication of data by NCES. Any
disclosure of personally identifiable
information (PII) from students’
education records that was obtained
from schools, school districts,
postsecondary institutions, and other
covered sources must also comply with
the requirements of the Individuals with
Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) (20
U.S.C. 1417(c); 34 CFR 300.610–
300.611, 300.613–300.623, and 300.625–
300.627) and the Family Educational
Rights and Privacy Act (20 U.S.C. 1232g;
34 CFR part 99), which protect the
privacy of student education records
and the PII contained therein.
(1) Contract or Interagency Agreement
Disclosure. When NCES contracts with
a private firm, or enters into an
agreement with another government
agency or its contractor or both, for the
purpose of collecting, collating,
analyzing, aggregating, maintaining,
appending, or otherwise refining
records in this system, NCES may
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release relevant records to the NCES
contractor or to the other government
agency or its contractor, consistent with
NCES’s authority for the for the
collection of statistics at 20 U.S.C.
9544(b)(3)(A). The NCES contractor or
other government agency or its
contractor must agree to safeguards to
protect the security and confidentiality
of the records disclosed from this
system, consistent with Section 183 of
the ESRA (20 U.S.C. 9573).
(2) Research Disclosure. Where NCES
determines that an individual or
organization is qualified to carry out
specific research, NCES may disclose
information from the system of records
to that researcher solely for the purpose
of carrying out that research. NCES will
only disclose directly personally
identifiable respondent information to a
researcher, upon the researcher’s direct
request, when such disclosure is
relevant to the research, as determined
by NCES. The researcher must agree to
safeguards to protect the security and
confidentiality of the records disclosed
from this system, consistent with
Section 183 of the ESRA (20 U.S.C.
9573). Furthermore, the researcher must
agree to a restricted-use data licensing
agreement that (among other things)
requires: that the disclosed information
be used only for statistical purposes;
that the disclosed data cannot be
redisclosed in identifiable form; that all
work products that use the disclosed
data must be submitted to NCES for
disclosure review prior to sharing the
work products with anyone not named
in the data licensing agreement; and that
NCES may periodically inspect the
workspace approved in the restricteduse data licensing agreement.
POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR STORAGE OF
RECORDS:
Records are maintained in a database
on NCES’s or its contractors’ or
subcontractors’ secure servers and in
other secure electronic storage media.
Directly personally identifiable
respondent information, such as name
and contact information, is stored
separately from the rest of the data
collected in this system. Principal
Project Officers, Senior Officials from
the Principal Researchers’ institution or
organization, and System Security
Officers must execute IES RestrictedUse Data Security Plans (Security Plans)
and follow the data access, storage, and
security protocols set forth therein.
POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR RETRIEVAL OF
RECORDS:
Records in the location file are
indexed by a unique number assigned to
each individual, which can be cross-
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referenced when needed with the
separately stored direct personal
identifiers. Records are retrieved by title
of survey and the unique number.
POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR RETENTION AND
DISPOSAL OF RECORDS:
The Department shall submit a
retention and disposition schedule that
covers the records contained in this
system to the National Archives and
Records Administration (NARA) for
review. The records will not be
destroyed until such time as NARA
approves said schedule.
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ADMINISTRATIVE, TECHNICAL, AND PHYSICAL
SAFEGUARDS:
Contractors and subcontractors:
Access to the records is limited to
authorized personnel who are briefed
regarding confidentiality of the data, are
required to sign a written statement
attesting to their understanding of the
significance of the confidentiality
requirement and penalties for noncompliance, and have received
Department approval to hold a Public
Trust position.
All physical access to the NCES,
contractor, and subcontractor sites
where this system of records is
maintained, is controlled and monitored
by security personnel who check each
individual entering the buildings for his
or her employee or visitor badge.
The computer systems employed offer
a high degree of resistance to tampering
and circumvention. Security systems
limit data access to contract staff on a
‘‘need to know’’ basis, and control each
individual user’s ability to access and
alter records within the system.
The NCES, contractor, and
subcontractor employees who
‘‘maintain’’ (including collect, maintain,
use, or disseminate) data in this system
of records must comply with the
requirements of the confidentiality
standards under Section 183 of the
ESRA (20 U.S.C. 9573).
Researchers: The Principal Project
Officer(s) on a NCES-restricted-use data
license and a Senior Official from the
Principal Project Officer(s)’ institution
or organization must sign a legally
binding agreement that transfers the
responsibilities and penalties under
Section 183 of the ESRA (20 U.S.C.
9573) to the researcher(s) and their
institution or organization for a fixed
period of time. The Principal Project
Officer(s), Senior Official from the
Principal Project Officer(s)’ institution
or organization, and a System Security
Officer all must sign a Security Plan that
identifies the location where the data
will be stored and processed, security
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(if any) beyond the Principal Project
Officer(s). Researchers, including all
authorized data users besides the
Principal Project Officer(s) on each
license, must complete training on the
confidential nature of the data, and are
each required to sign a notarized written
statement attesting to their
understanding of the significance of the
confidentiality requirement and
penalties for non-compliance. At the
end of the license period, the Principal
Project Officer(s) must either return the
data to NCES or destroy the data and
complete and submit a witnessed
certificate of destruction.
RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURES:
If you wish to gain access to a record
that exists regarding you in this system
of records, contact the system manager
at the address listed above. You must
provide necessary particulars such as
the study in question, your name,
current address, the date and place of
your birth, and any other identifying
information requested by the
Department, while processing the
request, to distinguish between
individuals with the same name. Your
request must meet the requirements in
34 CFR 5b.5, including proof of identity.
CONTESTING RECORD PROCEDURES:
If you wish to contest content of a
record regarding you in this system of
records, contact the system manager.
Your request must meet the
requirements in 34 CFR 5b.7.
NOTIFICATION PROCEDURES:
If you wish to determine whether a
record exists regarding you in this
system of records, contact the system
manager at the address listed above.
You must provide necessary particulars
such as the study in question, your
name, current address, the date and
place of your birth, and any other
identifying information requested by the
Department, while processing the
request, to distinguish between
individuals with the same name. Your
request must meet the requirements in
34 CFR 5b.5, including proof of identity.
EXEMPTIONS PROMULGATED FOR THE SYSTEM:
None.
HISTORY:
The system of records previously
entitled ‘‘National Center for Education
Statistics (NCES) Longitudinal and
Cross-sectional Studies’’ (18–13–01) was
last published in full in the Federal
Register at 83 FR 56831 (November 14,
2018).
Appendix to 18–13–01
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Additional System Locations:
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• ABT Associates, 4550 Montgomery
Ave., Suite 800, North, Bethesda, MD
20815–3343.
• Activate Research, 1001
Connecticut Ave. NW, #515,
Washington, DC 20036.
• American Institutes for Research
(AIR), 1000 and 1025 Thomas Jefferson
St. NW, Washington, DC 20007.
• Branch Associates, 1628 John F.
Kennedy Blvd., #800, Philadelphia, PA
19103.
• Child Trends, 7315 Wisconsin Ave.,
#1200w, Bethesda, MD 20814.
• Coleridge Initiative, 4445 Willard
Ave., Suite 600, Chevy Chase, MD
20815.
• Educational Testing Service (ETS),
660 Rosedale Rd., Princeton, NJ 08541.
• EurekaFacts, 51 Monroe St., Plaza
East 10, Rockville, MD 20850.
• Fors Marsh Group, 1010 N Glebe
Rd., #510, Arlington, VA 22201.
• Hager Sharp, 1030 15th St. NW,
Suite 600E, Washington, DC 20005.
• Mathematica Policy Research, 1100
First St., #1200, NE, Washington, DC
20002.
• Medicare and Medicaid Resource
Information Center (MedRIC), 500
Airport Blvd., Suite 365, Burlingame,
CA 94010.
• National Opinion Research Center
(NORC), 1155 E 60th St., Chicago, IL
60637; 55 E Monroe, Suite 3000,
Chicago, IL 60603; 4350 East-West
Hwy., 8th Fl., Bethesda, MD 20814.
• Pearson Inc., 2510 N Dodge St.,
Iowa City, IA 52245.
• Research Support Services, 906
Ridge Ave., Evanston, IL 60202.
• RTI International, 3040 E
Cornwallis Rd., Research Triangle Park,
NC 27709–2194.
• Sanametrix, 1120 20th St., South
Tower, Suite 200 NW, Washington, DC
20036; 506 Wonderwood Dr., Charlotte,
NC 28211; 24574 Spriggs Ct.,
Hollywood, MD 20636.
• Shugoll Research, 7475 Wisconsin
Ave., #200, Bethesda, MD 20814; 1800
Diagonal Rd., #300, Alexandria, VA
22314.
• SRI International, 1100 Wilson
Blvd., #2800, Arlington, VA 22209.
• Strategic Analytics Inc., 6503
Shipyard Pl., Falls Church, VA 22043.
• Synergy Enterprises, 8757 Georgia
Ave., Silver Spring, MD 20910.
• U.S. Census Bureau, 4600 Silver
Hill Rd., Suitland, MD 20746; 1201 E
10th St., Jeffersonville, IN 47190.
• WESTAT, 1600 Research Blvd.,
Rockville, MD 20850.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 11 (Wednesday, January 18, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2896-2900]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-00768]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
[Docket ID ED-2021-IES-0046]
Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records--National Center for
Education Statistics (NCES) Longitudinal, Cross-Sectional, and
International Studies
AGENCY: National Center for Education Statistics, Institute of
Education Sciences, Department of Education.
ACTION: Notice of a modified system of records.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended
(Privacy Act), the U.S. Department of Education (Department) publishes
this notice of a modified system of records entitled ``National Center
for Education Statistics (NCES) Longitudinal, Cross-sectional, and
International Studies,''
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formerly known as ``National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
Longitudinal and Cross-sectional Studies,'' (18-13-01). This system is
used to fulfill NCES's legislative mandate to collect, report, analyze,
and disseminate statistical data on the condition and progress of
education in the United States and other nations at the early
childhood, preschool, elementary, secondary, postsecondary, and adult
levels, including data on the critical influences, contexts, and
transitions of: students in elementary, secondary, postsecondary, and
graduate education, and into employment and adult experiences; children
at early childhood stage; homeschooled students; the general adult
population; and participants in career training.
DATES: The Department seeks comment on the modified system of records
described in this notice in accordance with the requirements of the
Privacy Act. We must receive your comments on or before February 17,
2023.
This modified system of records will become applicable upon
publication in the Federal Register on January 18, 2023, with the
exception of the modified routine uses outlined in the section entitled
``ROUTINE USES OF RECORDS MAINTAINED IN THE SYSTEM, INCLUDING
CATEGORIES OF USERS AND PURPOSES OF SUCH USES,'' unless the modified
system of records notice needs to be changed as a result of public
comment. Modified routine uses (1) and (2) in the section entitled
``ROUTINE USES OF RECORDS MAINTAINED IN THE SYSTEM, INCLUDING
CATEGORIES OF USERS AND PURPOSES OF SUCH USES'' will become applicable
upon the expiration of the 30-day period of public comment on February
17, 2023, unless any of the modified routine uses in the system of
records notice need to be changed as a result of public comment. The
Department will publish any significant changes to the modified system
of records notice resulting from public comment.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments through the Federal eRulemaking Portal
or via postal mail, commercial delivery, or hand delivery. We will not
accept comments submitted by fax or by email or those submitted after
the comment period. To ensure that we do not receive duplicate copies,
please submit your comments only once. In addition, please include the
Docket ID at the top of your comments.
Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to www.regulations.gov to
submit your comments electronically. Information on using
Regulations.gov, including instructions for accessing agency documents,
submitting comments, and viewing the docket, is available on the site
under the ``Help'' tab.
Postal Mail, Commercial Delivery, or Hand Delivery: If you
mail or deliver your comments about this modified system of records,
address them to: Commissioner, National Center for Education
Statistics, Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of
Education, Potomac Center Plaza (PCP), 550 12th Street SW, 4th floor,
Washington, DC 20202-4160.
Privacy Note: The Department's policy is to make all comments
received from members of the public available for public viewing in
their entirety on the Federal eRulemaking Portal at
www.regulations.gov. Therefore, commenters should be careful to include
in their comments only information that they wish to make publicly
available.
Assistance to Individuals with Disabilities in Reviewing the
Rulemaking Record: On request, we will supply an appropriate
accommodation or auxiliary aid 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 accommodation or auxiliary aid, please
contact the person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Carrie Clarady, National Center for
Education Statistics, Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department
of Education, PCP, 550 12th Street SW, 4th floor, Washington, DC 20202-
4160. Telephone: (202) 245-6347. Email:
[email protected].
If you use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) or text
telephone (TTY), you may call the Federal Relay Service (FRS) toll free
at 1-800-877-8339.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This system of records is used to fulfill
NCES's legislative mandate set forth at 20 U.S.C. 9543(a) to collect,
report, analyze, and disseminate statistical data on the condition and
progress of education in the United States and other nations at the
early childhood, preschool, elementary, secondary, postsecondary, and
adult levels. NCES must collect, analyze, and report on such data in a
manner that is objective, secular, neutral, and non-ideological; free
of political influence and bias; and relevant and useful to
practitioners, researchers, policymakers, and the public. 20 U.S.C.
9541(b).
The Department published the ``National Center for Education
Statistics (NCES) Longitudinal and Cross-sectional Studies'' (18-13-01)
system of records notice in the Federal Register on November 14, 2018
(83 FR 56831). The Department is modifying this system of records
notice as follows:
(a) The Department is modifying the section entitled ``SYSTEM NAME
AND NUMBER'' to ``National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
Longitudinal, Cross-sectional, and International Studies (18-13-01)''
in order to include reference to the international studies covered by
the system and thereby provide greater clarity to the public that this
system of records notice covers these studies;
(b) The Department is modifying the section entitled ``SYSTEM
LOCATION'' to update additional system locations, as set forth in the
Appendix;
(c) The Department is modifying the section entitled ``CATEGORIES
OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE SYSTEM'' to include a new example study
reference in the national quick response studies paragraph;
(d) The Department is modifying the section entitled ``RECORD
SOURCE CATEGORIES'' to indicate that information in this system of
records may be obtained from other persons or entities from which
information is obtained under a routine use;
(e) The Department is modifying the section entitled ``ROUTINE USES
OF RECORDS MAINTAINED IN THE SYSTEM, INCLUDING CATEGORIES OF USERS AND
PURPOSES OF SUCH USES'' to modify routine use (1), currently entitled
``Contract Disclosure,'' both to permit the disclosure of records from
the system to another government agency or its contractor, or both,
pursuant to interagency agreements for the collection of statistics,
consistent with 20 U.S.C. 9544(b)(3)(A), and to change the name of the
routine use to ``Contract or Interagency Agreement Disclosure;''
routine use (2), entitled ``Research Disclosure,'' both to, in certain
circumstances, permit the disclosure of directly personally
identifiable respondent information from the system to researchers and
to add that researchers who obtain data under this routine use will be
required as part of a restricted-use data licensing agreement to agree,
among other items listed in this routine use, to the submission of
their work products to NCES for disclosure review prior to sharing the
work products with anyone not named in the restricted-use data
licensing agreement; and, both routine uses (1) and (2) to
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replace references to the Commissioner of Education Statistics with
NCES;
(f) The Department is modifying the section entitled ``POLICIES AND
PRACTICES FOR STORAGE OF RECORDS'' to explain that researchers who
access records from the system are required to execute Institute of
Education Sciences Restricted-Use Data Security Plans and follow the
data access, storage, and security protocols set forth therein; and
(g) The Department is modifying the section entitled
``ADMINISTRATIVE, TECHNICAL, AND PHYSICAL SAFEGUARDS'' both to clarify
that each contractor and subcontractor who accesses records from the
system must have received Department approval to hold Public Trust
positions and to explain how researchers with access to records from
the system are required to secure the records.
Accessible Format: On request to the program contact person listed
under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT, individuals with disabilities
can obtain this document in an accessible format. The Department will
provide the requestor with an accessible format that may include Rich
Text Format (RTF) or text format (txt), a thumb drive, an MP3 file,
braille, large print, audiotape, or compact disc, or other accessible
format.
Electronic Access to This Document: The official version of this
document is the document published in the Federal Register. You may
access the official edition of the Federal Register and the Code of
Federal Regulations at www.govinfo.gov. At this site you can view this
document, as well as all other documents of this Department published
in the Federal Register, in text or Portable Document Format (PDF). To
use PDF, you must have Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is available free at
the site.
You may also access documents of the Department published in the
Federal Register by using the article search feature at
www.federalregister.gov. Specifically, through the advanced search
feature at this site, you can limit your search to documents published
by the Department.
Mark Schneider,
Director, Institute of Education Sciences.
For the reasons discussed in the preamble, the National Center for
Education Statistics, Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department
of Education, publishes a notice of a modified system of records to
read as follows:
SYSTEM NAME AND NUMBER:
National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Longitudinal,
Cross-sectional, and International Studies (18-13-01).
SECURITY CLASSIFICATION:
Unclassified.
SYSTEM LOCATION:
National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), Institute of
Education Sciences (IES), U.S. Department of Education (Department or
ED), Potomac Center Plaza (PCP), 550 12th Street SW, 4th floor,
Washington, DC 20202-4160. See the Appendix at the end of this system
notice for additional system locations.
SYSTEM MANAGER(S):
Commissioner, National Center for Education Statistics, Institute
of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education, PCP, 550 12th
Street SW, 4th floor, Washington, DC 20202.
AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM:
The data collections being administered and their maintenance are
authorized under the Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002 (ESRA) (20
U.S.C. 9541-9547 and 9571-9576).
PURPOSE(S) OF THE SYSTEM:
This system is used to fulfill NCES's legislative mandate to
collect, report, analyze, and disseminate statistical data on the
condition and progress of education in the United States and other
nations at the early childhood, preschool, elementary, secondary,
postsecondary, and adult levels. NCES must collect, analyze, and report
on such data in a manner that is objective, secular, neutral, and non-
ideological; free of political influence and bias; and relevant and
useful to practitioners, researchers, policymakers, and the public.
CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE SYSTEM:
This system maintains records about individuals randomly selected
from their respective populations of particular subgroups of children
and adults (pre-Kindergarten children, Kindergarten through graduate
school students, parents or legal guardians, teachers, administrators,
service providers, and general population adults) who voluntarily agree
to participate (with implicit or explicit parental or legal guardian
consent to participate for minors, depending on school or school
district requirements and on the Department's Protection of Human
Subjects regulations (34 CFR part 97)) in one of the NCES studies
categorized below (with example studies provided for each category):
1. National household studies [e.g., National Household Education
Survey (NHES) including the current Early Childhood Education/Program
Participation (ECPP) and Parent and Family Involvement in Education
(PFI), and with past PFI-Enrolled and PFI-Homeschooled modules, the
Adult Training and Education Survey (ATES) studies, and the past Adult
Education (AE), Adult Education for Work-Related Reasons (AEWR), Adult
Education and Lifelong Learning (AELL), Before- and After-School
Programs and Activities (ASPA), School Readiness (SR), Civic Engagement
(CE), School Safety and Discipline (SS&D), and Household and Library
Use (HHL)];
2. National and international K-12 school and staff studies [e.g.,
Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS) and its follow-ups Teacher Follow-Up
Survey (TFS), Principal Follow-Up Survey (PFS), and Beginning Teacher
Longitudinal Study (BTLS); redesigned SASS--National Teacher and
Principal Surveys (NTPS); and studies not related to SASS, such as
Teacher Compensation Survey (TCS), Teacher Pilot Study (TPS), School
Survey of Crime and Safety (SSOCS), Teaching and Learning International
Survey (TALIS) and its associated Video Studies, and ED School Climate
Surveys (EDSCLS)];
3. National early childhood longitudinal studies [e.g., Early
Childhood Longitudinal Study, Birth Cohort (ECLS-B); and Early
Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class studies (ECLS-K)];
4. International K-12 assessments studies [e.g., International
Early Learning Study (IELS); Progress in International Reading Literacy
Study (PIRLS); Civic Education Study (CivEd); Program for International
Student Assessment (PISA); Program for International Student Assessment
(PISA) Young Adult Follow-up (YAF) Study; Trends in International
Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) and its associated Video Studies;
and International Computer and Information Literacy Study (ICILS)];
5. National middle grades longitudinal studies [e.g., Middle Grades
Longitudinal Study (MGLS)];
6. National high school longitudinal studies [e.g., National
Longitudinal Study of the High School Class of 1972 (NLS); National
Education Longitudinal Study of 1988 (NELS); Education Longitudinal
Study of 2002 (ELS); High School Longitudinal Study of 2009 (HSLS); and
High School and Beyond Longitudinal studies (HS&B)];
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7. National postsecondary studies [e.g., Recent College Graduates
(RCG); National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS) and its follow-
ups Beginning Postsecondary Students Longitudinal Study (BPS) and
Baccalaureate and Beyond Longitudinal Study (B&B); National
Postsecondary Student Aid Study, Administrative Collection (NPSAS-AC);
National Postsecondary Education Cooperative--Sample Surveys (NPEC-S);
National Study of Postsecondary Faculty (NSOPF); and National Center
for Education Research NCER-NPSAS Grant Studies];
8. National and international adult assessment studies [e.g.,
International Adult Literacy Survey (IALS); Adult Literacy and
Lifeskills Survey (ALL); National Assessment of Adult Literacy (NAAL);
and Program for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies
(PIAAC)];
9. National quick response studies [e.g., the School Pulse Panel
study and the Quick Response Information System (QRIS) made up of pre-
postsecondary Fast Response Survey System (FRSS) and Postsecondary
Education Quick Information System (PEQIS)]; and
10. NCES national and international developmental studies [e.g.,
cognitive interviews, focus groups, feasibility studies, usability
tests, pilot tests, web tests, etc., utilized to develop new or to
improve current data collection methodologies and instruments for
particular existing or multiple current and future data collection
programs].
CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM:
This system consists of responses from students, their parents or
legal guardians, teachers, administrators, service providers, and other
adults to data collection instruments including information such as
background and demographic data, functional measures (reports of
children's functioning in cognitive, social, emotional, and physical
domains), family characteristics, education and/or employment
experiences, finances, aspirations, plans, and attitudes. Cognitive
assessment scores, administrative and financial aid records, and high
school and college transcripts are also appended to the records. The
appended administrative records contain data such as attendance,
program participation, and other information.
The records for service providers, schools/institutions, and local
educational agencies contain information on numbers and characteristics
of students, teaching staff, and administrators; data on facilities,
programs, services, and finances; and information related to student
enrollment, persistence, completion, and performance. The records
related to teachers and administrators contain, in addition to the
above, data on certifications, training, experience, staff evaluations,
salary, benefits, and attitudes and opinions related to various aspects
of education and operations.
RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES:
Information in the records comes from responses to survey and
assessment instruments and from administrative records maintained by K-
12 schools and school districts, postsecondary institutions, the
Department, and third-parties, including State and Federal agencies, as
well as vendors, such as the National Student Clearinghouse.
Information in this system also may be obtained from other persons or
entities from which data is obtained under routine uses set forth
below.
ROUTINE USES OF RECORDS MAINTAINED IN THE SYSTEM, INCLUDING CATEGORIES
OF USERS AND PURPOSES 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 purpose for which the record was collected. 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) and its confidentiality standards that apply
to all collection, reporting, and publication of data by NCES. Any
disclosure of personally identifiable information (PII) from students'
education records that was obtained from schools, school districts,
postsecondary institutions, and other covered sources must also comply
with the requirements of the Individuals with Disabilities Education
Act (IDEA) (20 U.S.C. 1417(c); 34 CFR 300.610-300.611, 300.613-300.623,
and 300.625-300.627) and the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act
(20 U.S.C. 1232g; 34 CFR part 99), which protect the privacy of student
education records and the PII contained therein.
(1) Contract or Interagency Agreement Disclosure. When NCES
contracts with a private firm, or enters into an agreement with another
government agency or its contractor or both, for the purpose of
collecting, collating, analyzing, aggregating, maintaining, appending,
or otherwise refining records in this system, NCES may release relevant
records to the NCES contractor or to the other government agency or its
contractor, consistent with NCES's authority for the for the collection
of statistics at 20 U.S.C. 9544(b)(3)(A). The NCES contractor or other
government agency or its contractor must agree to safeguards to protect
the security and confidentiality of the records disclosed from this
system, consistent with Section 183 of the ESRA (20 U.S.C. 9573).
(2) Research Disclosure. Where NCES determines that an individual
or organization is qualified to carry out specific research, NCES may
disclose information from the system of records to that researcher
solely for the purpose of carrying out that research. NCES will only
disclose directly personally identifiable respondent information to a
researcher, upon the researcher's direct request, when such disclosure
is relevant to the research, as determined by NCES. The researcher must
agree to safeguards to protect the security and confidentiality of the
records disclosed from this system, consistent with Section 183 of the
ESRA (20 U.S.C. 9573). Furthermore, the researcher must agree to a
restricted-use data licensing agreement that (among other things)
requires: that the disclosed information be used only for statistical
purposes; that the disclosed data cannot be redisclosed in identifiable
form; that all work products that use the disclosed data must be
submitted to NCES for disclosure review prior to sharing the work
products with anyone not named in the data licensing agreement; and
that NCES may periodically inspect the workspace approved in the
restricted-use data licensing agreement.
POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR STORAGE OF RECORDS:
Records are maintained in a database on NCES's or its contractors'
or subcontractors' secure servers and in other secure electronic
storage media. Directly personally identifiable respondent information,
such as name and contact information, is stored separately from the
rest of the data collected in this system. Principal Project Officers,
Senior Officials from the Principal Researchers' institution or
organization, and System Security Officers must execute IES Restricted-
Use Data Security Plans (Security Plans) and follow the data access,
storage, and security protocols set forth therein.
POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR RETRIEVAL OF RECORDS:
Records in the location file are indexed by a unique number
assigned to each individual, which can be cross-
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referenced when needed with the separately stored direct personal
identifiers. Records are retrieved by title of survey and the unique
number.
POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR RETENTION AND DISPOSAL OF RECORDS:
The Department shall submit a retention and disposition schedule
that covers the records contained in this system to the National
Archives and Records Administration (NARA) for review. The records will
not be destroyed until such time as NARA approves said schedule.
ADMINISTRATIVE, TECHNICAL, AND PHYSICAL SAFEGUARDS:
Contractors and subcontractors: Access to the records is limited to
authorized personnel who are briefed regarding confidentiality of the
data, are required to sign a written statement attesting to their
understanding of the significance of the confidentiality requirement
and penalties for non-compliance, and have received Department approval
to hold a Public Trust position.
All physical access to the NCES, contractor, and subcontractor
sites where this system of records is maintained, is controlled and
monitored by security personnel who check each individual entering the
buildings for his or her employee or visitor badge.
The computer systems employed offer a high degree of resistance to
tampering and circumvention. Security systems limit data access to
contract staff on a ``need to know'' basis, and control each individual
user's ability to access and alter records within the system.
The NCES, contractor, and subcontractor employees who ``maintain''
(including collect, maintain, use, or disseminate) data in this system
of records must comply with the requirements of the confidentiality
standards under Section 183 of the ESRA (20 U.S.C. 9573).
Researchers: The Principal Project Officer(s) on a NCES-restricted-
use data license and a Senior Official from the Principal Project
Officer(s)' institution or organization must sign a legally binding
agreement that transfers the responsibilities and penalties under
Section 183 of the ESRA (20 U.S.C. 9573) to the researcher(s) and their
institution or organization for a fixed period of time. The Principal
Project Officer(s), Senior Official from the Principal Project
Officer(s)' institution or organization, and a System Security Officer
all must sign a Security Plan that identifies the location where the
data will be stored and processed, security arrangements, and
authorized data users (if any) beyond the Principal Project Officer(s).
Researchers, including all authorized data users besides the Principal
Project Officer(s) on each license, must complete training on the
confidential nature of the data, and are each required to sign a
notarized written statement attesting to their understanding of the
significance of the confidentiality requirement and penalties for non-
compliance. At the end of the license period, the Principal Project
Officer(s) must either return the data to NCES or destroy the data and
complete and submit a witnessed certificate of destruction.
RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURES:
If you wish to gain access to a record that exists regarding you in
this system of records, contact the system manager at the address
listed above. You must provide necessary particulars such as the study
in question, your name, current address, the date and place of your
birth, and any other identifying information requested by the
Department, while processing the request, to distinguish between
individuals with the same name. Your request must meet the requirements
in 34 CFR 5b.5, including proof of identity.
CONTESTING RECORD PROCEDURES:
If you wish to contest content of a record regarding you in this
system of records, contact the system manager. Your request must meet
the requirements in 34 CFR 5b.7.
NOTIFICATION PROCEDURES:
If you wish to determine whether a record exists regarding you in
this system of records, contact the system manager at the address
listed above. You must provide necessary particulars such as the study
in question, your name, current address, the date and place of your
birth, and any other identifying information requested by the
Department, while processing the request, to distinguish between
individuals with the same name. Your request must meet the requirements
in 34 CFR 5b.5, including proof of identity.
EXEMPTIONS PROMULGATED FOR THE SYSTEM:
None.
HISTORY:
The system of records previously entitled ``National Center for
Education Statistics (NCES) Longitudinal and Cross-sectional Studies''
(18-13-01) was last published in full in the Federal Register at 83 FR
56831 (November 14, 2018).
Appendix to 18-13-01
Additional System Locations:
ABT Associates, 4550 Montgomery Ave., Suite 800, North,
Bethesda, MD 20815-3343.
Activate Research, 1001 Connecticut Ave. NW, #515,
Washington, DC 20036.
American Institutes for Research (AIR), 1000 and 1025
Thomas Jefferson St. NW, Washington, DC 20007.
Branch Associates, 1628 John F. Kennedy Blvd., #800,
Philadelphia, PA 19103.
Child Trends, 7315 Wisconsin Ave., #1200w, Bethesda, MD
20814.
Coleridge Initiative, 4445 Willard Ave., Suite 600, Chevy
Chase, MD 20815.
Educational Testing Service (ETS), 660 Rosedale Rd.,
Princeton, NJ 08541.
EurekaFacts, 51 Monroe St., Plaza East 10, Rockville, MD
20850.
Fors Marsh Group, 1010 N Glebe Rd., #510, Arlington, VA
22201.
Hager Sharp, 1030 15th St. NW, Suite 600E, Washington, DC
20005.
Mathematica Policy Research, 1100 First St., #1200, NE,
Washington, DC 20002.
Medicare and Medicaid Resource Information Center
(MedRIC), 500 Airport Blvd., Suite 365, Burlingame, CA 94010.
National Opinion Research Center (NORC), 1155 E 60th St.,
Chicago, IL 60637; 55 E Monroe, Suite 3000, Chicago, IL 60603; 4350
East-West Hwy., 8th Fl., Bethesda, MD 20814.
Pearson Inc., 2510 N Dodge St., Iowa City, IA 52245.
Research Support Services, 906 Ridge Ave., Evanston, IL
60202.
RTI International, 3040 E Cornwallis Rd., Research
Triangle Park, NC 27709-2194.
Sanametrix, 1120 20th St., South Tower, Suite 200 NW,
Washington, DC 20036; 506 Wonderwood Dr., Charlotte, NC 28211; 24574
Spriggs Ct., Hollywood, MD 20636.
Shugoll Research, 7475 Wisconsin Ave., #200, Bethesda, MD
20814; 1800 Diagonal Rd., #300, Alexandria, VA 22314.
SRI International, 1100 Wilson Blvd., #2800, Arlington, VA
22209.
Strategic Analytics Inc., 6503 Shipyard Pl., Falls Church,
VA 22043.
Synergy Enterprises, 8757 Georgia Ave., Silver Spring, MD
20910.
U.S. Census Bureau, 4600 Silver Hill Rd., Suitland, MD
20746; 1201 E 10th St., Jeffersonville, IN 47190.
WESTAT, 1600 Research Blvd., Rockville, MD 20850.
[FR Doc. 2023-00768 Filed 1-17-23; 8:45 am]
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