Notice2022-20839
Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; 2023-24 National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS:24) Field Test-Student Data Collection and Student Records
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Published
September 27, 2022
Issuing agencies
Education Department
Abstract
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ED is proposing a revision of a currently approved information collection.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 186 (Tuesday, September 27, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58492-58493]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-20839]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
[Docket No.: ED-2022-SCC-0119]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; 2023-
24 National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS:24) Field Test--
Student Data Collection and Student Records
AGENCY: Institute of Education Sciences (IES), Department of Education
(ED).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ED is
proposing a revision of a currently approved information collection.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before
November 28, 2022.
ADDRESSES: To access and review all the documents related to the
information collection listed in this notice, please use <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">http://www.regulations.gov</a> by searching the Docket ID number ED-2022-SCC-0119.
Comments submitted in response to this notice should be submitted
electronically through the Federal eRulemaking Portal at <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">http://www.regulations.gov</a> by selecting the Docket ID number or via postal
mail, commercial delivery, or hand delivery. If the <a href="http://regulations.gov">regulations.gov</a>
site is not available to the public for any reason, ED will temporarily
accept comments at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#4f060c0b202c242a3b02283d0f2a2b61282039"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="a7eee4e3c8c4ccc2d3eac0d5e7c2c389c0c8d1">[email protected]</span></a>. Please include the docket ID
number and the title of the information collection request when
requesting documents or submitting comments. Please note that comments
submitted by fax or email and those submitted after the comment period
will not be accepted. Written requests for information or comments
submitted by postal mail or delivery should be addressed to the
Director of Strategic Collections and Clearance Governance and Strategy
Division, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Ave. SW, LBJ, Room
6W203, Washington, DC 20202-8240.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For specific questions related to
collection
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activities, please contact Carrie Clarady, (202) 245-6347.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department, in accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)),
provides the general public and Federal agencies with an opportunity to
comment on proposed, revised, and continuing collections of
information. This helps the Department assess the impact of its
information collection requirements and minimize the public's reporting
burden. It also helps the public understand the Department's
information collection requirements and provide the requested data in
the desired format. ED is soliciting comments on the proposed
information collection request (ICR) that is described below. 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: 2023-24 National Postsecondary Student Aid
Study (NPSAS:24) Field Test--Student Data Collection and Student
Records.
OMB Control Number: 1850-0666.
Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved information
collection.
Respondents/Affected Public: Individuals or Households.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 6,240.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 8,550.
Abstract: This request is to conduct the 2023-24 National
Postsecondary Student Aid Study Field Test (NPSAS:24 FT) student data
collection, consisting of a student record data abstraction and a
student survey, carrying over the approved NPSAS:24 FT Institution
Collection (OMB #1859-0666 v. 33). This study is being conducted by the
National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), within the Institute
of Education Sciences (IES), part of the U.S. Department of Education.
This submission covers materials and procedures related to the
NPSAS:24 student data collection, which includes abstraction of student
data from institutions and a student survey, administered primarily as
a web survey, and carries over respondent burden, procedures, and
materials related to the NPSAS:24 FT institution sampling, enrollment
list collection, and matching to administrative data files as approved
by OMB in September 2022 (OMB #1859-0666 v. 33). The materials and
procedures are based on those developed for previous institution-based
data collections, including the 2019-20 National Postsecondary Student
Aid Study (NPSAS:20) [OMB #1850-0666 v. 25].
The first NPSAS was implemented by NCES during the 1986-87 academic
year to meet the need for national data about significant financial aid
issues. Since 1987, NPSAS has been fielded every 2 to 4 years, most
recently during the 2019-20 academic year (NPSAS:20). NPSAS:24 will be
nationally- representative. The NPSAS:24 field test sample size will be
6,000 students, and the full-scale sample will include 137,000
nationally representative undergraduate and 25,000 nationally
representative graduate students who will be asked to complete a survey
and for whom we will collect student records and administrative data.
If the full-scale budget allows, we will include state-representative
sampling for the full-scale collection and provide the budget for a
state-representative sampling plan in the 30-day full-scale package,
planned for 2023. Also, if exercised, NPSAS:24 will serve as the base
year for the 2024 cohort of the Baccalaureate and Beyond (B&B)
Longitudinal Study and will include a nationally representative sample
of students who will complete requirements for the bachelor's degree
during the NPSAS year (i.e., completed at some point between July 1,
2022, and June 30, 2023 for the field test and July 1, 2023 to June 30,
2024 for the full-scale). Subsets of questions in the student survey
will focus on describing aspects of the experience of students in their
last year of postsecondary education, including student debt and
education experiences. This submission is designed to adequately
justify the need for and overall practical utility of the full study,
presenting the overarching plan for all phases of the student data
collection and providing as much detail about the measures to be used
as is available at the time of this submission.
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. Field test materials, procedures, and results will inform the
full-scale study. After completion of this field test, NCES will
publish a notice in the Federal Register allowing additional 30-day
public comment period on the final details of the NPSAS:24 full-scale
student records and student survey data collections.
Dated: September 21, 2022.
Stephanie Valentine,
PRA Coordinator, Strategic Collections and Clearance, Governance and
Strategy Division, Office of Chief Data Officer, Office of Planning,
Evaluation and Policy Development.
[FR Doc. 2022-20839 Filed 9-26-22; 8:45 am]
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