Notice2022-26562
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment Request; 2023-24 National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS:24) Field Test-Student Data Collection and Student Records
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Published
December 7, 2022
Issuing agencies
Education Department
Abstract
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, the Department is proposing a revision of a currently approved information collection request (ICR).
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 234 (Wednesday, December 7, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 75044-75045]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-26562]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
[Docket No.: ED-2022-SCC-0119]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; 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), National Center for
Education Statistics (NCES), Department of Education (ED).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995,
the Department is proposing a revision of a currently approved
information collection request (ICR).
DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before
January 6, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for proposed
information collection requests should be submitted within 30 days of
publication of this notice. Click on this link <a href="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a> to access the site. Find this information collection request
(ICR) by selecting ``Department of Education'' under ``Currently Under
Review,'' then check the ``Only Show ICR for Public Comment'' checkbox.
<a href="http://Reginfo.gov">Reginfo.gov</a> provides two links to view documents related to this
information collection request. Information collection forms and
instructions may be found by clicking on the ``View Information
Collection (IC) List'' link. Supporting statements and other supporting
documentation may be found by clicking on the ``View Supporting
Statement and Other Documents'' link.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For specific questions related to
collection activities, please contact Carrie Clarady, (202) 245-6347.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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 ICR.
Respondents/Affected Public: Individuals or Households.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 7,237.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 8,663.
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
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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: December 2, 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. 2022-26562 Filed 12-6-22; 8:45 am]
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