NIDA for Teens Web Site on Usefulness and Knowledge to be Learned

Instructions for Teachers for the NIDA for Teens Website

Dear Teacher:

Your school is participating in an important study being conducted by the National Institute on Drug Abuse to obtain feedback about the NIDA for Teens website. Your principal recently gave us permission to contact you.

The NIDA for Teens website is a government resource for students on drug abuse and addiction. We would like your input, and your students’ input, about the site itself---for instance, its format and language.

We have developed two studies to elicit this information and are asking for your help with both. The first is a survey of teachers, and the second is a survey of your students.

With regard to the survey of your students, we are asking that you either (a) allow the students to answer the survey during class time, or (b) assign the survey as homework. The survey takes about 20-30 minutes.

FOR YOU

1. Sign the enclosed Teacher Consent Form.

2. Go to the NIDA for Teens Website at http://teens.drugabuse.gov.

3. Spend some time surfing this site. It is designed to be a resource for you.

4. Then please answer the survey at www.teachersevaluate.com.

5. Use this password: ________________

FOR YOUR STUDENTS

1. Distribute the enclosed consent forms to your students and ask that they be returned to you as soon as possible.

2. When a student returns the signed consent form, please give him or her the Student Instruction Sheet. As mentioned, please decide whether you plan for the students to answer the survey during class or to assign it as homework.

3. Please mail the signed consent forms (including yours) in the enclosed envelope to the government’s contractor, Silber & Associates.

If you have questions about the study, please contact the government’s contractor at 1-888-745-2371. We sincerely thank you for your participation.

Signature ___________________________________

OMB Control Number: 0925-0655

Expiration Date: 03/31/2015

Public reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 10 minutes per response, including the time for reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the collection of information. An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number. Send comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information, including suggestions for reducing this burden, to: NIH, Project Clearance Branch, 6705 Rockledge Drive, MSC 7974, Bethesda, MD 20892-7974, ATTN: PRA (0925-0655). Do not return

the completed form to this address.