Name of Information Collection: Generic Clearance for the NASA Office of STEM Engagement Performance Measurement and Evaluation (Testing), 68211 [2024-18979]

Agencies

• National Aeronautics and Space Administration

[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 164 (Friday, August 23, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 68211]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-18979]


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NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

[NASA Document Number: 24-053]


Name of Information Collection: Generic Clearance for the NASA 
Office of STEM Engagement Performance Measurement and Evaluation 
(Testing)

AGENCY: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).

ACTION: Notice of information collection.

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SUMMARY: NASA, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and 
respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal 
agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or 
continuing information collections, as required by the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA).

DATES: Comments are due by September 23, 2024.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for this information 
collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice 
at www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular information 
collection request by selecting ``Office of Personnel Management'' 
under ``Currently Under Review,'' then check ``Only Show ICR for Public 
Comment'' checkbox.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or 
copies of the information collection instrument(s) and instructions 
should be directed to NASA PRA Clearance Officer, Stayce Hoult, NASA 
Headquarters, 300 E Street SW, JC0000, Washington, DC 20546, phone 256-
714-8575, or email [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Abstract

    NASA is committed to effectively performing the Agency's 
communication function in accordance with the Space Act Section 203 
(a)(3) to ``provide for the widest practicable and appropriate 
dissemination of information concerning its activities and the results 
thereof,'' and to enhance public understanding of, and participation 
in, the nation's aeronautical and space program in accordance with the 
NASA Strategic Plan. The NASA Office of STEM Engagement (OSTEM) 
administers the agency's national stem engagement and education 
activities in support of the Space Act, including the performance 
assessment and evaluation of OSTEM projects, programs and NASA STEM 
engagement investments. This generic clearance will allow the NASA 
OSTEM to continue to test and pilot with subject matter experts, 
secondary students, higher education students, educators, and 
interested parties new and existing information collection forms and 
assessment instruments for the purposes of improvement and establishing 
validity and reliability characteristics of the forms and instruments. 
Existing information collections include the NASA Student STEM 
Inventory (Grades 4-12), NASA OSTEM Educator Professional Development 
(EPD) Pre- and Post-Workshop Learning Assessment (Surveys), NASA 
Internship Program Evaluation (Internship Retrospective Survey, 
Internship Experience Survey, and Semi-Structured Focus Group 
Protocol), NASA CONNECTS Evaluation Survey and Focus Group Protocol, 
MUREP Outcome Student Participant and Principal Investigator Focus 
Group Protocols. Forms and instruments to be tested include program 
application forms, customer satisfaction questionnaires, focus group 
protocols, and project activity survey instruments. Methodological 
testing will include focus group discussions, pilot surveys to test new 
individual question items as well as the complete form and instrument. 
In addition, test-retest and similar protocols will be used to 
determine reliability characteristics of the forms and instruments. 
Methodological testing will assure that forms and instruments 
accurately and consistently collect and measure what they are intended 
to measure and that data collection items are interpreted precisely and 
consistently, all towards the goal of accurate Agency reporting while 
improving the execution of NASA STEM Engagement activities.

II. Methods of Collection

    Electronic, paper, and focus group interviews.

III. Data

    Title: Generic Clearance for the NASA Office of Education 
Performance Measurement and Evaluation (Testing).
    OMB Number: 2700-0159.
    Type of review: Renewal of an existing collection.
    Affected Public: Individuals and Households.
    Estimated Annual Number of Activities: 10.
    Estimated Number of Respondents per Activity: 2,800.
    Annual Responses: 1.
    Estimated Time per Response: 15 minutes.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 7,000.

IV. Request for Comments

    Comments are invited on: (1) Whether the proposed collection of 
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of 
NASA, including whether the information collected has practical 
utility; (2) the accuracy of NASA's estimate of the burden (including 
hours and cost) of the proposed collection of information; (3) ways to 
enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be 
collected; and (4) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of 
information on respondents, including automated collection techniques 
or the use of other forms of information technology.
    Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized 
and included in the request for OMB approval of this information 
collection. They will also become a matter of public record.

Stayce Hoult,
PRA Clearance Officer, National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
[FR Doc. 2024-18979 Filed 8-22-24; 8:45 am]
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