Approved as
amended by ED's 3/16/93 memorandum to OMB, which indicates changes
made during the 3/15/93 meeting between ED and OMB. Approval this
package, and of the Target School/Grantee surveys approved under
1875-0089, is conditional on the receipt of revised instruments
that incorporate these changes. ED has agreed that information
collected during the case studies will not be used to draw general
conclusions about Upward Bound, but rather to illustrate findings
of the generalizable studies and develop hypotheses for future
studies, since the case study sites do not constuitute a sample
with a reasonable degree of precision. -- In addition, the current
conditions of clearance for the longitudin studies, also cleared
under 1875-0081, continue to apply. These regar not adding students
selected for services from the waiting list to students originally
selected in determining propgram impact from the baseline year
(subsamples may be drawn from future years); a distincti in all
published reports between the students entering Upward Bound during
1992-93 and fall 1993; and reweighting estimates to ensure national
representativeness at the student level, if needed.
Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
03/31/1996
03/31/1996
09/30/1995
5,140
0
4,000
3,598
0
2,333
0
0
0
EDUCATION PROGRAM, PROGRAM EVALUATION,
HIGHER EDUCATION, UPWARD BOUND THE EVALUATION OF UPWARD BOUND WILL
INCLUDE CASE STUDIES OF 20 UPWARD BOUND GRANTEES.
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:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a
benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control
number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of
these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked
and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.