60-D Fed. Reg. Notice

60D_FRN_1850-0755.pdf

Program for International Student Assessment (PISA 2015) Recruitment and Field Test

60-D Fed. Reg. Notice

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Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 73 / Tuesday, April 16, 2013 / Notices

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
[Docket No.: ED–2013–ICCD–0053]

Agency Information Collection
Activities; Comment Request; Program
for International Student Assessment
(PISA 2015) Recruitment and Field Test
Institute of Education Sciences/
National Center for Education Statistics
(IES), Department of Education (ED).
ACTION: Notice.

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AGENCY:

SUMMARY: In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. chapter 3501 et seq.), ED is
proposing a revision of an existing
information collection.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before June 17,
2013.
ADDRESSES: Comments submitted in
response to this notice should be
submitted electronically through the
Federal eRulemaking Portal at http://
www.regulations.gov by selecting
Docket ID number ED–2013–ICCD–0053
or via postal mail, commercial delivery,
or hand delivery. Please note that
comments submitted by fax or email
and those submitted after the comment
period will not be accepted. Written
requests for information or comments
submitted by postal mail or delivery
should be addressed to the Director of
the Information Collection Clearance
Division, U.S. Department of Education,
400 Maryland Avenue SW., LBJ, Room
2E105, Washington, DC 20202–4537.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Electronically mail
[email protected]. Please do not
send comments here.

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The
Department of Education (ED), in
accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) (44 U.S.C.
3506(c)(2)(A)), provides the general
public and Federal agencies with an
opportunity to comment on proposed,
revised, and continuing collections of
information. This helps the Department
assess the impact of its information
collection requirements and minimize
the public’s reporting burden. It also
helps the public understand the
Department’s information collection
requirements and provide the requested
data in the desired format. ED is
soliciting comments on the proposed
information collection request (ICR) that
is described below. The Department of
Education is especially interested in
public comment addressing the
following issues: (1) Is this collection
necessary to the proper functions of the
Department; (2) will this information be
processed and used in a timely manner;
(3) is the estimate of burden accurate;
(4) how might the Department enhance
the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (5) how
might the Department minimize the
burden of this collection on the
respondents, including through the use
of information technology. Please note
that written comments received in
response to this notice will be
considered public records.
Title of Collection: Program for
International Student Assessment (PISA
2015) Recruitment and Field Test.
OMB Control Number: 1850–0755.
Type of Review: A revision of an
existing information collection.
Respondents/Affected Public:
Individuals or Households.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 5,810.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Burden Hours: 6,313.
Abstract: The Program for
International Student Assessments
(PISA) is an international assessment of
15-year-olds which focuses on assessing
students science, mathematics, and
reading literacy. PISA was first
administered in 2000 and is conducted
every three years. This submission is for
the sixth cycle in the series, PISA 2015,
and requests OMB approval for field test
and main study recruitment, and field
trial data collection. As in 2006, in PISA
2015, science will be the major subject
domain. The field test will also include
computer-based assessments in reading,
mathematics, and collaborative problem
solving. In addition to the cognitive
assessments described above, PISA 2015
will include questionnaires
administered to assessed students,
school principals, and teachers. School

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recruitment for the field test in the U.S.
will begin in Fall 2013 with data
collection occurring during April-May
2014. The U.S. PISA main study will be
conducted from September through
November 2015. This submission is for
recruitment for the 2014 field test and
2015 main study, conducting the 2014
field test data collection, and to provide
a description of the overarching plan for
all of the phases of the data collection,
including the 2015 main study.
Dated: April 11, 2013.
Stephanie Valentine,
Acting Director, Information Collection
Clearance Division, Privacy, Information and
Records Management Services, Office of
Management.
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Application for New Awards; Training
for Realtime Writers Program
Office of Postsecondary
Education, Department of Education.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

Overview Information:
Training for Realtime Writers Program
Notice inviting applications for new
awards for fiscal year (FY) 2013.
Catalog of Federal Domestic
Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.116K.
DATES:
Applications Available: April 16,
2013.
Deadline for Transmittal of
Applications: May 31, 2013.
Deadline for Intergovernmental
Review: July 30, 2013.
Full Text of Announcement
I. Funding Opportunity Description
Purpose of Program: The objective of
this program is to provide grants to
institutions of higher education (IHEs)
that meet certain qualifications, to
promote training and placement of
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training program, as realtime writers in
order to meet the requirements for
closed captioning of video programming
set forth in section 713 of the
Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C.
613) and the regulations prescribed
thereunder.
Priorities: This notice contains one
absolute priority and three competitive
preference priorities. In accordance with
34 CFR 75.105(b)(2)(iv), the absolute
priority is from section 872(a)(3) of the
Higher Education Act of 1965, as
amended (HEA), 20 USC § 1161s(a)(3).
The competitive preference priorities

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