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and while teaching, is minimal or
insufficient (Graham, 2019). To address
this problem, the REL PA toolkit
development team is developing a
Secondary Writing Toolkit to support
teachers in implementing Hawai‘i
evidence-based instructional strategies
to improve writing among students in
grades 6–8. The toolkit is based on the
Teaching Secondary Students to Write
Effectively WWC Practice Guide and is
being developed in collaboration with
district and school partners in Hawai‘i.
REL Pacific will design the Toolkit to
help teachers improve their writing
instruction so that students in Hawai‘i
become stronger, more effective writers.
The Toolkit uses Professional Learning
Communities (PLCs) facilitated by one
of the teachers in the school (peer
facilitator) to help teachers learn new
instructional skills. Teachers also have
access to instructional resources as part
of the Toolkit to support their use of
evidence-based strategies in their
classrooms.
This study is designed to measure the
efficacy and implementation of the REL
Pacific-developed toolkit designed to
improve writing among students in
grades 6–8. The toolkit evaluation team
plans to conduct an independent
evaluation using a school-level, cluster
randomized controlled trial design to
assess the efficacy of the school-based
professional learning resources included
in the toolkit. The evaluation will also
assess how teachers and facilitators
implement the toolkit to provide context
for the efficacy findings and guidance to
improve the toolkit and its future use.
The evaluation will take place in 40
schools in Hawai‘i and focus on all
students in grades 6–8. The toolkit
evaluation will produce a report for
district and school leaders who are
considering strategies to improve
writing among secondary students. The
report will provide guidance on using
the Toolkit professional development
and resources to help teachers
implement the Practice Guide (PG)
recommendations.
Dated: July 26, 2023.
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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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
[Docket No.: ED–2023–SCC–0077]
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget for Review
and Approval; Comment Request;
Program for International Student
Assessment 2025 (PISA 2025) Main
Study Recruitment and Field Test
National Center for Education
Statistics (NCES), Department of
Education (ED).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of
1995, the Department is proposing a
revision of a currently approved
information collection request (ICR).
DATES: Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before August
30, 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 Carrie Clarady,
202–245–6347.
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
that written comments received in
response to this notice will be
considered public records.
SUMMARY:
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Title of Collection: Program for
International Student Assessment 2025
(PISA 2025) Main Study Recruitment
and Field Test.
OMB Control Number: 1850–0755.
Type of Review: A revision of a
currently approved ICR.
Respondents/Affected Public:
Individuals and Households.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 58,672.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Burden Hours: 18,903.
Abstract: The Program for
International Student Assessments
(PISA) is an international assessment of
15-year-olds, which focuses on
assessing students’ reading,
mathematics, and science literacy. PISA
was first administered in 2000 and is
typically conducted every three years.
The United States has participated in all
of the previous cycles and planned to
participate in 2021 in order to track
trends and to compare the performance
of U.S. students with that of students in
other education systems. PISA is
sponsored by the Organization for
Economic Cooperation and
Development (OECD). In the United
States, PISA is conducted by the
National Center for Education Statistics
(NCES), within the U.S. Department of
Education.
In each administration of PISA, one of
the subject areas (reading, mathematics,
or science literacy) is the major domain
and has the broadest content coverage,
while the other two subjects are the
minor domains. PISA emphasizes
functional skills that students have
acquired as they near the end of
mandatory schooling (aged 15 years),
and students’ knowledge and skills
gained both in and out of school
environments. Other areas may also be
assessed, such as, in the case of PISA
2025, Learning in a Digital World
(LDW), which will be an innovative
domain in 2025. PISA assesses students’
knowledge and skills gained both in and
out of school environments. In addition
to the cognitive assessments described
above, PISA 2025 will include
questionnaires administered to school
principals and assessed students. To
prepare for the main study, PISA
countries will conduct a field test in the
spring of the year previous, primarily to
evaluate newly developed assessment
and questionnaire items but also to test
the assessment operations. This request
is to conduct PISA 2025 main study
recruitment and the PISA 2025 field
test. This submission requests all
burden for both the field test (scheduled
for early 2024) and the main study
(scheduled for late 2025), and presents
materials (including recruitment and
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communications materials) and the final
international drafts of the field test
instruments. As part of this submission,
NCES is publishing a notice in the
Federal Register allowing first a 60- and
then a 30-day public comment period.
We anticipate that some materials will
be revised after the 60-day public
comment period and encourage
stakeholders to see individual
documents for details. The materials
that will be used in the 2025 main study
will be based upon the field test
materials included in this submission.
Additionally, this submission is
designed to adequately justify the need
for and overall practical utility of the
full study and to present the
overarching plan for all of the phases of
the data collection, providing as much
detail about the measures to be used as
is available at the time of this
submission.
We plan to submit a revision (along
with a 30-day public comment period)
in October 2023 in order to clear the
final US version of the field test
instrument, as well as finalize any
updated materials for use in the 2024
field test. In order to begin recruiting
schools for the main study by October
2024, we will submit a change-request
to OMB in May 2024 with the final main
study recruitment materials and
parental consent letters, details about
any changes to the design and
procedures for the main study, and
updates to the respondent burden
estimates for the main study data
collection. Subsequently in spring 2025
we will submit a clearance request, with
a 30-day public comment period notice
published in the Federal Register, with
the final main study procedures and
instruments for data collection in the
fall of 2025.
Dated: July 26, 2023.
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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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Western Area Power Administration
Agency Information Collection
Extension
Western Area Power
Administration, Department of Energy.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
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The Western Area Power
Administration (WAPA), pursuant to
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
intends to extend an information
collection request with the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for 3
years with ministerial changes. The
current OMB control number 1910–5136
for WAPA’s Applicant Profile Data
(APD) form expires March 31, 2024.
WAPA intends to extend the APD form
under the OMB control number to
March 31, 2027. WAPA is seeking
comments on this proposed information
collection extension.
DATES: Comments regarding this
proposed information collection must
be received on or before the end of the
comment period that closes on
September 29, 2023. If you anticipate
any difficulty in submitting comments
within that period, contact the person
listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT section as soon as possible.
ADDRESSES: Written comments may be
sent to Mr. Christopher Magee, Records
and Information Management Program
Manager, Western Area Power
Administration, P.O. Box 281213,
Lakewood, CO 80228, or by email to
records@wapa.gov. Please refer to
‘‘Paperwork Reduction Act Information
Collection’’ as the subject of your
comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Please contact Mr. Christopher Magee,
Records and Information Management
Program Manager, Western Area Power
Administration, PO Box 281213,
Lakewood, CO 80228, telephone 720–
962–7139, or email cmagee@wapa.gov.
The proposed APD form is available on
WAPA’s website at www.wapa.gov/
PowerMarketing/Pages/applicantprofile-data.aspx.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Comments
are invited on: (a) Whether the extended
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the
functions of the agency, including
whether the information shall have
practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used; (c)
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and (d) ways to minimize the
burden of the collection of information
on respondents, including through the
use of automated collection techniques
or other forms of information
technology.
This information collection request
relates to: (1) OMB No.: 1910–5136; (2)
Information Collection Request Title:
Western Area Power Administration
SUMMARY:
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Applicant Profile Data; (3) Type of
Review: Renewal; (4) Purpose: The
proposed collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of
WAPA’s power marketing functions.
WAPA markets a limited amount of
Federal hydropower and has discretion
to determine who will receive an
allocation of Federal hydropower. Due
to the limited quantity and high demand
for WAPA’s hydropower available
under established marketing plans,
WAPA may need to collect information
using the APD to evaluate the entities
applying to receive allocations of
Federal hydropower; (5) Annual
Estimated Number of Respondents: 33;
(6) Annual Estimated Number of Total
Responses: 33; (7) Annual Estimated
Number of Burden Hours: 250; and (8)
Annual Estimated Reporting and
Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $37,221.50.
I. Statutory Authority
The Reclamation Act of 1902
established the Federal reclamation
program.1 The basic principle of the
Reclamation Act of 1902 was that the
United States, through the Secretary of
the Interior, would build and operate
irrigation works from the proceeds of
public land sales in sixteen arid
Western states (a seventeenth, Texas,
was added in 1906). The Reclamation
Project Act of 1939 expanded the
purposes of the reclamation program
and specified certain terms for contracts
that the Secretary of the Interior enters
into to furnish water and power.2
Congress enacted the Reclamation Laws
for purposes that include enhancing
navigation, protection from floods,
reclaiming the arid lands in the Western
United States, and for fish and wildlife.3
Congress intended that the production
of power would be a supplemental
feature of the multi-purpose water
projects authorized under the
Reclamation Laws.4 Section 9 of the
Reclamation Project Act of 1939
provides that no contract entered into
by the United States for power may, in
the judgment of the Secretary, ‘‘impair
the efficiency of the project for irrigation
purposes.’’ 5 Section 5 of the Flood
Control Act of 1944, as amended,6 is
read in pari materia with the
Reclamation Laws with respect to
1 See Act of June 17, 1902, ch. 1093, 32 Stat. 388
(1902), as amended and supplemented.
2 See Act of Aug. 4, 1939, ch. 418, 53 Stat. 1187
(1939), as amended and supplemented.
3 See, e.g., Act of Oct. 26, 1937, ch. 832, 50 Stat.
844, 850 (1937), as amended and supplemented.
4 See id.
5 43 U.S.C. 485h(c)(1).
6 16 U.S.C. 825s.
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
[Docket No.: ED-2023-SCC-0077]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Program for International Student Assessment 2025 (PISA 2025)
Main Study Recruitment and Field Test
AGENCY: National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), Department of
Education (ED).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995,
the Department is proposing a revision of a currently approved
information collection request (ICR).
DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before
August 30, 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 Carrie Clarady, 202-245-6347.
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 that written comments received in response to this notice
will be considered public records.
Title of Collection: Program for International Student Assessment
2025 (PISA 2025) Main Study Recruitment and Field Test.
OMB Control Number: 1850-0755.
Type of Review: A revision of a currently approved ICR.
Respondents/Affected Public: Individuals and Households.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 58,672.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 18,903.
Abstract: The Program for International Student Assessments (PISA)
is an international assessment of 15-year-olds, which focuses on
assessing students' reading, mathematics, and science literacy. PISA
was first administered in 2000 and is typically conducted every three
years. The United States has participated in all of the previous cycles
and planned to participate in 2021 in order to track trends and to
compare the performance of U.S. students with that of students in other
education systems. PISA is sponsored by the Organization for Economic
Cooperation and Development (OECD). In the United States, PISA is
conducted by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES),
within the U.S. Department of Education.
In each administration of PISA, one of the subject areas (reading,
mathematics, or science literacy) is the major domain and has the
broadest content coverage, while the other two subjects are the minor
domains. PISA emphasizes functional skills that students have acquired
as they near the end of mandatory schooling (aged 15 years), and
students' knowledge and skills gained both in and out of school
environments. Other areas may also be assessed, such as, in the case of
PISA 2025, Learning in a Digital World (LDW), which will be an
innovative domain in 2025. PISA assesses students' knowledge and skills
gained both in and out of school environments. In addition to the
cognitive assessments described above, PISA 2025 will include
questionnaires administered to school principals and assessed students.
To prepare for the main study, PISA countries will conduct a field test
in the spring of the year previous, primarily to evaluate newly
developed assessment and questionnaire items but also to test the
assessment operations. This request is to conduct PISA 2025 main study
recruitment and the PISA 2025 field test. This submission requests all
burden for both the field test (scheduled for early 2024) and the main
study (scheduled for late 2025), and presents materials (including
recruitment and
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communications materials) and the final international drafts of the
field test instruments. As part of this submission, NCES is publishing
a notice in the Federal Register allowing first a 60- and then a 30-day
public comment period. We anticipate that some materials will be
revised after the 60-day public comment period and encourage
stakeholders to see individual documents for details. The materials
that will be used in the 2025 main study will be based upon the field
test materials included in this submission. Additionally, this
submission is designed to adequately justify the need for and overall
practical utility of the full study and to present the overarching plan
for all of the phases of the data collection, providing as much detail
about the measures to be used as is available at the time of this
submission.
We plan to submit a revision (along with a 30-day public comment
period) in October 2023 in order to clear the final US version of the
field test instrument, as well as finalize any updated materials for
use in the 2024 field test. In order to begin recruiting schools for
the main study by October 2024, we will submit a change-request to OMB
in May 2024 with the final main study recruitment materials and
parental consent letters, details about any changes to the design and
procedures for the main study, and updates to the respondent burden
estimates for the main study data collection. Subsequently in spring
2025 we will submit a clearance request, with a 30-day public comment
period notice published in the Federal Register, with the final main
study procedures and instruments for data collection in the fall of
2025.
Dated: July 26, 2023.
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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