This collection
is approved as amended by ED's resubmission of a revised draft
dated 1/3/96 and by its revisions of 3/21/96 and 4/5/96. OMB
approves this request in its present form, for the purpose of
describing the progress of School to Work implementation in 8
States and collecting baseline information on students; in its
present form, this study does not constitute a national evaluation.
This request is the first component of a multi-pronged evaluation
strategy that, in sum, will produce the national evaluation
required by the School-to-Work legislation. To achieve the
objective of the statute, ED, DOL, and the School- To-Work Office
shall develop and implement net impact evaluation designs to assess
the effects of key components of the School-To- Work system such as
worked-based learning, integration of academic and vocational
curricula, connecting activity components, etc. ED, DOL, and the
School-To-Work Office will submit a plan with a schedule to conduct
these activities as soon as possible, but no later than the
submission of the local partnerships survey. Last, we recommend
that ED, DOL and the School-To-Work Office compare data from this
survey with similar data from the NLSY to provide a national
comparative baseline.
Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
04/30/1999
04/30/1999
2,770
0
0
2,770
0
0
0
0
0
The STW Opportunities (STW) Act of
1994 directs the Secretaries of Education and Labor to evaluate
progress made by States and local communities in establishing
systems to promote effective school-to-work transitions.
Information will be collected through surveys of local STW
partnerships, case studies, and surveys of high school seniors.
Data collected will be used in reports to Congress and to others
interested in school-to-work programs.
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.