Approved as amended by DOL's memoranda to OMB of 5/10/95, 5/24/95, and 5/30/95. In addition, DOL has agreed to meet the following conditions: -- DOL will assess the utility of aggregating outcomes data (including test scores) from 1994 and 1995, based on consistency of data sets and external conditions affecting those data. DOL will report on this assessment and recommend the most useful means of analyzing the information as an addendum to this clearance package. OMB and DOL will mutually agree on a methodology that maximizes utility. -- DOL will include estimates of the summer program's impact on youth employment and earnings. -- DOL will continue to assess the feasibility of estimating the summer program's impact on crime. If the program continues, a component of the next evaluation or study shall examine such impacts, or DOL shall provide sufficient justification as to why such impacts cannot be estimated reliably and with validity. -- DOL will collect information on SDA-level participant characteristic data, to determine appropriate information for future national studies. -- DOL will add questions to the interview protocols that collect information on methods of contracting by SDAs, and will seek to develop a methodology the relates contract type to program outcomes. DOL shall provide these questions and methodological recommendations as an addendum to this clearance package, to be mutually agreed on by DOL and OMB based on mximimum utility.
Inventory as of this Action
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Previously Approved
06/30/1998
06/30/1998
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Examines the range of practices currently being used in SYETP to deliver educational services, explains variation in service design, assesses the quality of training, and evaluates contributions to the educational deficiencies of participants.
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that the collection of information encompassed by this request complies with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding the proposed collection of information, that the certification covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.
Evaluation of the Summer Youth Employment and Training Program