The Consolidated State Performance
Report (CSPR) is the required annual reporting tool for each State,
Bureau of Indian Education, District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico
as authorized under Section 9303 of the Elementary and Secondary
Education Act (ESEA), as amended by the No Child Left behind Act of
2001 (NCLB). The Department uses the information derived from the
CSPR to : (1) monitor and report its progress in meeting Strategic
Plan goals; (2) assess and report individual program performance,
including GPRA performance measures; (3) monitor States'
implementation of NCLB and the extent to which States are meeting
programs and accountability goals;(4)to identify areas for
technical assistance to States and overall program improvement; and
(5) to inform other reporting and program evaluation requirements
specific to individual programs and including the Secretary's
Annual State Report to Congress on No Child Left Behind. Specific
to this submission, which requests the addition of new items to
meet statutory and regulatory reporting requirement, Title I
monitoring teams and other ED officials will use these data to
ensure that SEAs. LEAs, and schools implement science assessment
requirements and school improvement activities in accordance with
ESEA statute and regulations.
US Code:
20
USC 6301 Name of Law: Elementary and Secondary Education Act
(ESEA), as amended by the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001
US Code: 20 USC 6303 Name of Law: ESEA as
amended by 2001 NCLB
PL: Pub.L. 107 - 110 1003 Name of Law: School Improvement
The increase in burden results
from the addition of 15 new questions to meet new NCLB data
collection requirements for School Improvement Grants (Section
1003(a)and 1003(b))and science assessments(1111(b)(3))implemented
in SY 07-08; and (2)substantial revisions to 6 questions required
by section 1111(h)(4)(D) and section 3121(b)(1) to more accurately
reflect the data requirements in 1111(h)(4)(D) and section
3121(b)(1) for evaluation, and (3) align student performance
measures with existing collections. ED estimates that the new and
revised questions will add 20 burden hours to per SEA respondent.
While ED does plan to combine or fully eliminate 12 questions, the
reduced burden from the reduction in the number of questions will
not be fully offset by burden associated with the new or
substantially revised questions. The increase in burden hours also
reflects the addition of BIE as an agency participating in the CSPR
collection, and increases the number of agencies responding from 52
to 53.
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.