Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 2023-24 (ECLS-K:2024) Kindergarten and First-Grade National Data Collection and Transfer School Recruitment
ICR 202311-1850-003 · OMB 1850-0750 · Received in OIRA
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Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 2023-24 (ECLS-K:2024) Kindergarten and First-Grade National Data Collection and Transfer School Recruitment
Revision of a currently approved collection
No
Regular
11/22/2023
Requested
Previously Approved
36 Months From Approved
07/31/2026
157,586
159,964
83,612
87,154
0
0
The Early Childhood Longitudinal Study (ECLS) program, conducted by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) within the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) of the U.S. Department of Education (ED), draws together information from multiple sources to provide rich, descriptive data on child development, early learning, and school progress. The ECLS program studies deliver national data on childrens status at birth and at various points thereafter; childrens transitions to nonparental care, early care and education programs, and school; and childrens experiences and growth through the elementary grades. The Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 2023-24 (ECLS-K:2024) is the fourth cohort in the series of early childhood longitudinal studies. The study will advance research in child development and early learning by providing a detailed and comprehensive source of current information on childrens early learning and development, transitions into kindergarten and beyond, and progress through school. The ECLS-K:2024 will provide data about the population of children who will be kindergartners in the 2023-24 school year. The ECLS-K:2024 will focus on childrens early school experiences continuing through the fifth grade, and will include collection of data from children, parents, teachers, and school administrators.
The request to conduct the first three national data collection rounds for the ECLS-K:2024 was approved on April 7, 2023 (OMB# 1850-0750 v.26). The ECLS-K:2024 fall kindergarten data collection will be conducted from August until December 2023, followed by the spring (March-July 2024) kindergarten round, and the spring (March-July 2025) first-grade round. Each of these rounds of data collection will involve advance school contacts, for example to conduct student sampling activities, collect teacher and school information, and locate families whose children may have moved schools. Future OMB packages will be submitted for the third-and fifth-grade field test (to be conducted in March-July 2026), as well as for the national spring (March-July 2027) third-grade round and the spring (March-July 2029) fifth-grade round.
This current revision request (accompanied by 30 days of public comment) is to update study respondent materials, web and paper surveys, and website designs that will be used in the kindergarten and first-grade data collection activities. Many of the revisions in this package were made based on analyses of the fall 2022 field test data (OMB# 1850-0750 v.25), which informed changes to the design of the surveys and child assessment. Other changes occurred after further discussion on operational procedures. Revisions to the study instruments (and to some extent, the respondent materials and websites) are largely limited to changes to the spring kindergarten materials; an additional revision request will be submitted to OMB for revisions to the spring first-grade materials as additional discussions on design and operational procedures continue. National data collection work completed to date will also inform these future revisions.
The requested changes do not affect the approved total cost to the federal government for conducting this study, but they do result in a small reduction to respondent burden.
US Code:
20 USC 9573
Name of Law: Education Sciences Reform Act
This request is a revision under the ECLS kindergarten cohorts data collection program and as such all requested estimated burden shows as an decrease in burden. This results in a program change decrease in burden and responses of -3,542 hours and -2,378 responses. The total burden hours and responses are 157,586 hours and 83,612 responses.
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ECLS Att H Item Changes Matrix v29.xlsx
ECLS Att A-7 Quarterly Newsletters v28.pdf
ECLS November 2023 30D Revision Memo v29.docx
ECLS A4-b Presentation for Parents.pptx
Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 2023-24 (ECLS-K:2024) Kindergarten and First-Grade National Data Collection and Transfer School Recruitment