Notice2024-19293
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Evaluation of the REL Southeast Early Literacy Toolkit
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Published
August 28, 2024
Issuing agencies
Education Department
Abstract
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, the Department is proposing a new information collection request (ICR).
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 167 (Wednesday, August 28, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 68882-68883]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-19293]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
[Docket No.: ED-2024-SCC-0080]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Evaluation of the REL Southeast Early Literacy Toolkit
AGENCY: Institute of Education Sciences (IES), 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 new information collection request (ICR).
DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before
September 27, 2024.
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 Janelle Sands, 202-245-6786.
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: Evaluation of the REL Southeast Early Literacy
Toolkit.
OMB Control Number: 1850-NEW.
Type of Review: A new ICR.
Respondents/Affected Public: Individuals and Households.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 1,330.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 322.
Abstract: The U.S. Department of Education is supporting the
development and evaluation of a toolkit that will support the
implementation of effectively differentiated reading instruction for
students in grades K-3. This toolkit is based on evidence-based
recommendation in the Assisting Students Struggling with Reading:
Response to Intervention (RtI) and Multi-Tier Intervention in the
Primary Grades practice guide. The evaluation will rigorously test the
efficacy of the toolkit in improving explicit instruction, classroom
management, and use of student data as well as student learning
outcomes in grades K-3 English language arts. The evaluation will use a
blocked randomized control trial design in which districts are blocks
and schools are randomly assigned to receive the toolkit or not. The
evaluation will be conducted in 20 Florida schools during the 2025/26
school year.
The evaluation will focus on measuring the toolkit's impact on
three teacher-level outcomes: explicit instruction, classroom
management, and data use to inform instruction during small group time.
The evaluation also will examine the impact of the toolkit on students'
foundational reading skills.
In addition to collecting data to measure teacher and student
outcomes, the evaluation team will collect data to document the
implementation of the toolkit in treatment schools and the service
contrast between treatment and control schools, and to describe the
characteristics of participating schools, teachers, and students at
baseline.
The evaluation will produce a publicly available report that
summarizes evaluation findings. The
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findings from the evaluation will inform further refinement of the
toolkit, to be released to the public after the evaluation.
Dated: August 22, 2024.
Juliana Pearson,
PRA Coordinator, Strategic Collections and Clearance, Governance and
Strategy Division, Office of Chief Data Officer, Office of Planning,
Evaluation and Policy Development.
[FR Doc. 2024-19293 Filed 8-27-24; 8:45 am]
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