OMB83 C Change form

PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT
CHANGE WORKSHEET
2015-16 National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS:16) Full Scale Institution
Contacting And Enrollment List Collection – Sampling Update Change Request
Agency/Subagency

OMB Control Number

U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences
Enter only items that change

1850-0666 v.16

Current Record

New Record

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NA

1,690
4,478

2,000
5,366

95%

61%

4,081

4,935

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

+ 854

Difference

The burden table (table 2) in the Supporting
Statement Part A section 12 of the approved
package (OMB# 1850-0666 v.15) listed incorrect
institution sample size, resulting in erroneous
burden estimates.

Explanation of difference

0
+ 854

Program change
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 National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS), a nationally representative study of how students and their
families finance postsecondary education, was first implemented by the National Center for Education Statistics
(NCES) in 1987 and has been fielded every 3 to 4 years since. The next major data collection will occur in 2016
following a field test collection in 2015. This submission is for the ninth cycle in the series, NPSAS:16, which will
also serve as the base year study for the 2016 Baccalaureate and Beyond Longitudinal Study (B&B) which provides
data on the various paths of recent college graduates into employment and additional education. The NPSAS:16
sample will include about 2,000 institutions and about 128,000 students. Institution contacting will begin in October
2015 and student data collection will be conducted from January through September 2016. A separate package to
request clearance for student data collection (interviews and institution record data) will be submitted in the fall
2015. This submission includes contacting materials and collection of enrollment lists from institutions selected to
participate in the full-scale study. The NPSAS:16 Full Scale Institution Contacting And Enrollment List Collection
OMB package (1850-0666 v.15) was approved in July 2015. This request is to correct the approved response
burden estimates and summarizes the final plans for identifying students eligible for inclusion in the NPSAS:16
sampling frame.
Signature of Senior Official or designee:

Date:

For OIRA Use

October 27, 2015

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