The Education Longitudinal Study of
2002 (ELS:2002) is a nationally representative longitudinal study
of two high school grade cohorts (spring 2002 tenth-graders and
spring 2004 twelfth-graders) comprising over 16,000 sample members.
The study focuses on achievement growth, and its correlates, in the
high school years; the family and school social context of
secondary education; and transitions from high school to
postsecondary education and/or the labor market. Major issues for
the postsecondary years include postsecondary educational access
and choice, and persistence and baccalaureate and sub-baccalaureate
attainment, as well as the work experiences of the
non-college-bound, and other markers of adult status, such as
family formation and civic participation. Data collections took
place in 2002, 2004, 2006 (two years out of high school), and now a
final data collection will take place in 2012, when most sample
members are around 26 years of age. This submission requests OMB's
approval for batch tracing for the third follow-up 2011 field test
and 2012 full scale respondents.
Statute at
Large: 107
Stat. 279 Name of Statute: Education Sciencec Reform Act of
2002
This is a reinstatement with
change of a previous package. The sample maintenance activities are
requested to be cleared here in preparation for the upcoming field
test and full-scale samples of the third follow-up of ELS.
Subsequent package(s) will be submitted for clearance for the field
test questionnaires and other instruments currently being
developed.
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.