High School Longitudinal Study of 2009 (HSLS:09) High School Transcript Collection and College Update Field Test and Second Follow-up Panel Maintenance
ICR 201112-1850-001
OMB: 1850-0852
Federal Form Document
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High School Longitudinal
Study of 2009 (HSLS:09) High School Transcript Collection and
College Update Field Test and Second Follow-up Panel
Maintenance
The High School Longitudinal Study of
2009 (HSLS:09) is a nationally representative, longitudinal study
of more than 20,000 ninth graders in 944 schools who will be
followed through their secondary and postsecondary years. The main
study students will be re-surveyed in 2012 when most are high
school 11th graders. The study focuses on understanding students'
trajectories from the beginning of high school into university or
the workforce and beyond. What students decide to pursue when, why,
and how are crucial questions for HSLS:09, especially, but not
solely, in regards to science, technology, engineering, and math
(STEM) courses, majors, and careers. This study includes a new
student assessment in algebraic skills, reasoning, and problem
solving and, like past studies, will survey students, their
parents, school administrators, and school counselors. Students
will be administered a questionnaire and an assessment instrument.
This submission will ask for the clearance for a field test of the
high school transcript collection and college update of HSLS:2009
high school students who were in 9th grade in the base year; second
follow-up panel maintenance; and a 60-day waiver for the full scale
submission for these activities.
The primary change associated
with this submission is the shift from school-based student data
collection to the College Update collection to occur after students
had graduated high school. The high school transcript collection is
also a new component of data collection. Both have been discussed,
but not fully described, in prior submissions. Because the
previously cleared First Follow-up Full Scale Collection (OMB#
1850-0852 v.9) will not have finished by the time the field test
data collections will begin, there is an apparent increase to
currently approved respondent burden.
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.