This clearance
is for the third grade pilot study only. The third grade pilot
study will include a school honorarium of $200 per school and a $30
payment to parents to compensate for transporting their child to
and from the school and the cost of care for other children while
parents accompany their third graders to the pilot site. ED will
meet with OMB within the next two months to discuss the
Department's policies and standards for incentive payments to
districts, schools, teachers, parents, and/or students in ED
research.
Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
04/30/2002
04/30/2002
01/31/2002
22,253
0
600
14,990
0
313
0
0
0
Starting in the Fall and Spring of the
1998-99 school year with a cohort of kindergartners, this cohort
was contacted again in the fall and in the psring of their first
grade year. This clearance is to collect data from the full sample,
including a pilot test of the third grade direct assessment,
conduct interviews with their parents, their teachers and school
administrators during hte spring of their third grade school year.
This package also requests clearance for field test activities to
prepare for the Spring 2004 assessment when the majority of these
students will be in fifth grade.
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.