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PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT
CHANGE WORKSHEET
Middle Grades Longitudinal Study of 2017–18 (MGLS:2017)
Recruitment for 2016 Item Validation Field Test Change Request
Agency/Subagency

OMB Control Number

U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences
Enter only items that change
Agency form number(s)
Annual reporting and record keeping hour
burden
Number of respondent
Total annual responses
Percent of these responses
collected electronically
Total annual hours

1850-0911 v.5

Current Record

New Record

NA

NA

6,276
6,276
1%

6,454
6,454
1%

1,268

1,424
+ 156

Difference
Explanation of difference

To assure successful recruitment of the originally
planned number of students in the short amount of
time available for the field test, we will need to
contact a larger number of schools than originally
planned.

Program change

+ 156
0

Adjustment
Annual reporting and record keeping cost
burden (in thousands of dollars)
Total annualized capital/startup
costs
Total annual costs (O&M)
Total annualized cost requested

NA

NA

NA
NA

NA
NA
NA

Difference
Explanation of difference

NA
NA

Program change
Adjustment
Other change**

The Middle Grades Longitudinal Study of 2017-2018 (MGLS:2017) is the first study sponsored by the National Center for
Education Statistics (NCES), within the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) of the U.S. Department of Education (ED), to
follow a nationally-representative sample of students as they enter and move through the middle grades (grades 6-8). The
data collected through repeated measures of key constructs will provide a rich descriptive picture of the academic experiences
and development of students during these critical years and will allow researchers to examine associations between contextual
factors and student outcomes. The study will focus on student achievement in mathematics and literacy along with measures
of student socioemotional wellbeing and other outcomes. The study will also include a special sample of students with different
types of disabilities that will provide descriptive information on their outcomes, educational experiences, and special education
services. Baseline data for the MGLS:2017 will be collected from a nationally-representative sample of 6th grade students
beginning in January 2018, with annual follow-ups beginning in January 2019 and in January 2020 when most of the students
in the sample will be in grades 7 and 8, respectively. This request is to contact and recruit public school districts and public and
private schools, beginning in August 2015, to participate in the MGLS:2017 Item Validation Field Test (IVFT) which will take
place from January to June 2016. The primary purpose of the IVFT is to determine the psychometric properties of items and
the predictive potential of assessment and survey items so that valid, reliable, and useful assessment and survey instruments
can be composed for the main study. The IVFT will inform the materials and procedures for the Operational Field Test that will
begin in January 2017 and the subsequent national base year and follow-up data collections. This submission requests
approval to (1) increase the school sample size; (2) to include a tier 2 sample, if needed, to achieve the necessary student
response targets; (3) to adjust the burden table accordingly; (4) to simplify the collection of student roster information to a
single step process; (5) to include outreach efforts by relevant organizations as part of the recruitment process; and (6) to
update the recruitment materials.
Signature of Senior Official or designee:

Date:

For OIRA Use

September 5, 2015

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**This form cannot be used to extend an expiration date

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