OMB83 Change Sheet Apr 2016

PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT
CHANGE WORKSHEET
ED School Climate Surveys (EDSCLS) Benchmark Study 2017 Change Request
National Center for Education Statistics (NCES),
Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education
Agency/Subagency

Enter only items that change
Agency form number(s)
Annual reporting and record keeping hour
burden
Number of respondent
Total annual responses
% responses collected electronically
Total annual hours

OMB Control Number

1850-0923 v.3

Current Record

New Record

NA

NA

357,549
358,649

227,877
229,176

100%

100%

190,665

169,073
– 21,592

Difference
Explanation of difference

Since the last approval in January 2016
(OMB# 1850-0923 v.2), NCES removed the
parent survey component from the
benchmark study (a decrease of 22,058
burden hours), added the special handling
districts application/recruitment effort (an
increase of 449 burden hours), and adjusted
estimates for the school recruitment effort
(an increase of 17 burden hours), for a net
decrease of 21,592 burden hours.

Program change

– 21,592

Adjustment

0

Annual reporting and record keeping cost
burden (in thousands of dollars)
Total annualized capital/startup costs

NA
NA
NA

Total annual costs (O&M)
Total annualized cost requested
Difference

NA
NA
NA
NA

Explanation of difference

NA
NA

Program change
Adjustment
Other change**

The ED School Climate Surveys (EDSCLS) are a suite of survey instruments being developed for schools,
districts, and states by the U.S. Department of Education’s (ED) National Center for Education Statistics (NCES).
This national effort extends current activities that measure school climate, including the state-level efforts of the
Safe and Supportive Schools (S3) grantees, which were awarded funds in 2010 by the ED’s Office of Safe and
Healthy Students (OSHS) to improve school climate. Through the EDSCLS, schools nationwide will have access
to survey instruments and a survey platform that will allow for the collection and reporting of school climate data
across stakeholders at the local level. The surveys can be used to produce school-, district-, and state-level
scores on various indicators of school climate from the perspectives of students, teachers, noninstructional school
staff and principals, and parents and guardians. The 2016 national EDSCLS benchmark study data collection
from a nationally representative sample of schools across the United States to create a national comparison point
for users of EDSCLS was approved on October 2015 with a change request approved in January 2016 (OMB#
1850-0923 v.1 and 2). Data will be collected from a nationally representative sample of 500 schools serving
students in grades 5-12 has to produce national school climate scores on the various topics covered by EDSCLS,
which will be released in the updated EDSCLS platform and provide a basis for comparison between data
collected by schools and school systems and the national school climate. This submission requests to begin the
EDSCLS Benchmark Study data collection in January 2017 with district and school recruitment beginning in April
2016, including research applications to special handling districts.
Signature of Senior Official or designee:

Date:

For OIRA Use

April 8, 2016

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