This information
collection request is approved conditional upon the following terms
agreed to in ED's 2/6/2001 e-mail. (1)ED will not use this
individual component of the NAVE to draw conclusions regarding the
effect of any piece of legislation on the quality of vocational
education, but will use it to help determine the prevalence of
practices encouraged/mandated by the legislation. (2)ED will limit
the use of question 21 to a determination of teachers' beliefs
about the prevalence of special populations in their classrooms in
order to determine if this affects their teaching practices. (3)ED
will not base conclusions on the quality of vocational instruction
on the part-time or full-time status of instructors, but will use
this information in concert with other data such as work
experience. (4)ED will provide OMB with copies of reports generated
by each phase of the NAVE. (5) ED will provide OMB with a copy of
the change page showing the addition of an operational definition
for "economically disadvantaged" ASAP. (6) ED will use the results
of the case studies to provide qualitative explanatory information
to complement quantitative results obtained through statistically
valid, generalizable components of the NAVE.
Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
02/29/2004
02/29/2004
3,000
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0
1,500
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0
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As part of the National Assessment of
vocational Education, the study to assess the quality of vocational
education purposes to conduct a natinally representative survey of
high school teachers. The 30-minutes survey will examine the
prevalence of promising instructional practices recommended in the
1998 Perkins Act. It will assess differences in practice between
academic and vocational teachers and comprehensive and vocational
high schools. Findings from the survey will be incorporated into a
report on secondary school vocational education.
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.