Evaluation of NHTSA'S Child Pedestrian Safety Curriculum

Forms and Documents

Document Name	Status
Form NHTSA Form 1217 Evaluation of New Child Pedestrian Curriculum Form	New
Johnson - Appendix E Parent Notification Sheet.docx Supplementary Document	2014-01-30
Johnson - Appendix D-3 Justification for Instructional Staff Survey Questions.docx Supplementary Document	2014-01-30
Johnson - Appendix D-2 Justification for Caregiver Survey Questions.docx Supplementary Document	2014-01-30
Johnson - Appendix D-1 Justification for Student Survey Questions.docx Supplementary Document	2014-01-30
Johnson - Appendix B-2 30 Day FR Notice.pdf Supplementary Document	2014-01-30
Johnson - Appendix B-1 60 Day FR Notice.pdf Supplementary Document	2014-01-30
Johnson - Appendix A Authority.docx Supplementary Document	2014-01-30
Johnson - OMB Section B.docx Supporting Statement B	2014-01-30
Johnson - OMB Section A.docx Supporting Statement A	2014-01-30

IC Document Collections

IC ID	Document Title	Status
210212	Evaluation of New Child Pedestrian Curriculum Form	New

ICR Details

OMB Control No: 2127-0700	ICR Reference No: 201401-2127-002
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No:
Agency/Subagency: DOT/NHTSA	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Evaluation of NHTSA'S Child Pedestrian Safety Curriculum
Type of Information Collection: New collection (Request for a new OMB Control Number)	Common Form ICR:  No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved with change	Conclusion Date: 07/16/2014
	Date Received in OIRA: 02/28/2014
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	07/31/2017	36 Months From Approved
Responses	6,200	0	0
Time Burden (Hours)	517	0	0
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

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Abstract: NHTSA developed a new Child Pedestrian Safety Curriculum to teach and encourage safe pedestrian behaviors for students at the elementary school level (grades K-5). NHTSA proposes to conduct information collections to evaluate the implementation and impact of its newly developed Child Pedestrian Safety Curriculum which has been integrated into North Carolina's Let's Go NC pedestrian and bicycle curriculum. The pedestrian portion of Let's Go NC is closely modeled after the NHTSA curriculum and was intended by its developers to be a localization of the NHTSA version as suggested by the NHTSA curriculum developers. Thus, evaluating the North Carolina version of the pedestrian curriculum provides the desired assessment of the NHTSA curriculum as actually implemented by a State. NHTSA desires to document how the pedestrian curriculum is implemented by a typical school district and whether the implementation is effective in changing knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors. An essential part of this evaluation effort will be surveying knowledge, attitudes, and self-reported behaviors of various groups of people integral to the curriculum implementation. These groups include children in grades K-5, their parents/caregivers, and instructional staff at the test schools. The study design includes surveying equivalent groups of participants at comparison schools where the curriculum was not implemented. NHTSA is requesting approval to conduct in-class structured oral surveys of elementary school students in all experimental and comparison schools pre- and post-curriculum implementation to assess knowledge, opinions, and self-reported experiences. Experience from previous studies of the K-5 age group showed that a one-on-one oral survey works best with this population because of their limited reading ability. The oral survey also permits the child respondent to demonstrate key search behaviors if he/she cannot verbalize them. NHTSA is also requesting approval of paper-and-pencil surveys of student caregivers and an Internet-based survey of all school instructional staff in the two experimental and two comparison schools to determine their attitudes, experiences, and self-reported behaviors related to pedestrian safety and the implementation of the curriculum. These surveys would only take place after curriculum implementation.

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Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 23 USC Title 23, Ch.4, Sec. 403 Name of Law: Highway Safety Research and Development
  

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

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Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
	Not associated with rulemaking

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Federal Register Notices & Comments
60-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	78 FR 172	09/05/2013
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	78 FR 248	12/26/2013
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

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Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR: 1

IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
Evaluation of New Child Pedestrian Curriculum	NHTSA Form 1216, NHTSA Form 1215, NHTSA Form 1216A, NHTSA Form 1217	Student Survey ,   Caregiver Survey - English ,   Instructional Staff Survey ,   Caregiver Survey - Spanish

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ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to New Statute	Change Due to Agency Discretion	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate	Change Due to Potential Violation of the PRA
Annual Number of Responses	6,200	0	0	6,200	0	0
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	517	0	0	517	0	0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0	0	0	0

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: Yes

Burden Increase Due to: Miscellaneous Actions

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: The reason for the program change is this is a new survey which will increae NHTSA's overall burden hour total by 517 hours over the course of one year. It is a one-time survey.

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Annual Cost to Federal Government: $158,874

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? Yes Part B of Supporting Statement

Is the Supporting Statement intended to be a Privacy Impact Assessment required by the E-Government Act of 2002? No

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? No

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? No

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? No

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? Uncollected

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Common Form ICR:  No

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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:

(a) It is necessary for the proper performance of agency functions;

(b) It avoids unnecessary duplication;

(c) It reduces burden on small entities;

(d) It uses plain, coherent, and unambiguous language that is understandable to respondents;

(e) Its implementation will be consistent and compatible with current reporting and recordkeeping practices;

(f) It indicates the retention periods for recordkeeping requirements;

(g) It informs respondents of the information called for under 5 CFR 1320.8 (b)(3) about:

(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;

(h) It was developed by an office that has planned and allocated resources for the efficient and effective management and use of the information to be collected.

(i) It uses effective and efficient statistical survey methodology (if applicable); and

(j) It makes appropriate use of information technology.

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.

Certification Date: 02/28/2014

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