This collection
is approved for the field test only. NCES will report back to OMB
with the results from the field test and describe any changes in
methods and instruments based on the field test. NCES will submit
this information with a notice in the Federal Register allowing 30
days for public comment (OMB waives the 60 day notice). The student
incentives are approved for the field test only. In the
resubmission, NCES will provide an updated summary of incentives
used across NCES collections to inform its justification for
incentives in the full scale study and will not consider the field
test student incentives as a precedent for the full scale
study.
Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
01/31/2009
01/31/2009
1,600
0
0
552
0
0
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 spring of their first
grade year and in their grade and fith grade years. This clearance
is to conduct a field test and a full test and a full scale data
collection for the eighth grade assessment and background
questionnaires.
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.