Early Childhood Longitudinal Study Kindergarten Class of 2010-11 (ECLS-K:2011) Spring Second-Grade Full Scale Collection and Third- and Fourth-Grade Tracking and Third-Grade Recruitment
ICR 201208-1850-005 · OMB 1850-0750 · Historical Active
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Early Childhood Longitudinal Study Kindergarten Class of 2010-11 (ECLS-K:2011) Spring Second-Grade Full Scale Collection and Third- and Fourth-Grade Tracking and Third-Grade Recruitment
The Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 2010-11 (ECLS-K:2011), sponsored by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) within the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) of the U.S. Department of Education (ED), is a survey that focuses on children's early school experiences beginning with kindergarten and continuing through the fifth grade. It includes the collection of data from parents, teachers, school administrators, and non-parental care providers, as well as direct child assessments. Like its sister study, the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 1998-99 (ECLS-K), the ECLS-K:2011 is exceptionally broad in its scope and coverage of child development, early learning, and school progress, drawing together information from multiple sources to provide rich data about the population of children who were kindergartners in the 2010-11 school year. This submission requests OMB's clearance for (1) a spring 2012 first-grade national data collection; (2) a fall 2012 second-grade data collection with the same 30 percent subsample for which data will be collected in the fall 2011 first-grade collection; and (3) a 60-day federal register notice waiver for the next OMB clearance package to be submitted in June of 2012 for the spring 2013 second-grade data collection, recruitment for the spring 2014 third-grade data collection, and tracking students for the spring 2014 third-grade and spring 2015 fourth-grade data collection.
The decrease in the burden requested for this collection is due to the fact that the last OMB approval was for the spring first-grade data collection (with the full sample), the fall second-grade data collection (with the subsample), and carry over of burden for the fall first-grade data collection (with a subsample) plus spring first-grade through spring second-grade recruitment and tracking, while this request is for fewer data collection activities. Specifically, this OMB package is requesting approval for the burden and cost associated with the spring second-grade data collection, tracking for the spring third- and spring fourth-grade data collections, recruitment for the spring third-grade data collection, and carry over of burden for the fall second-grade data collection and the spring second-grade recruitment and tracking. The total burden for the spring second-grade parent interview has decreased by 15 minutes per interview compared to the previously submitted estimate; the study purposely decreased the estimated length of the interview to encourage higher parent response.
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:
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(ii) Use of information;
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Appendix G ECLS-K2011 Spr1st and Fal2nd Gr - Links without Copyrighted items(1).xlsx
Parts B and C ECLS-K2011 Spring 2nd Grade Data Collections_For Kashka.doc
Parent Interview; Teacher and Special Ed Teacher Questionnaires; School Administrator and Coordinator Questionnaires, Tracking, and Recruitment; and Child Hearing Screening