EDSCLS OMB83 C Partial Cancellation Change Worksheet

PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT
CHANGE WORKSHEET
ED School Climate Surveys (EDSCLS) National Benchmark Study 2017 Partial Cancellation
Change Request 83C
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.7

Current Record

New Record

NA

NA

327,953
329,453
100%
241,331

14,093
15,593
100%
10,967
– 230,364

Difference
Explanation of difference

NCES is cancelling most of the planned data
collection due to low school participation rates.

Program change

– 230,364
0

Adjustment
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 2017 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 last approved in May 2016 (OMB# 1850-0923 v.4) with revisions to scope and timeline
approved in July and September 2016 (OMB# 1850-0923 v.5-6). Data were to be collected from a nationally
representative sample of 500 schools serving students in grades 5-12 to produce national school climate scores
on the various topics covered by EDSCLS. The national statistics were to be released in the updated EDSCLS
platform to provide a basis for comparison between data collected by schools and school systems and the
national school climate. Because, to date the study’s projected overall unweighted participation rate is far below
the 50% response rate recommended by NCES Statistical Standards, NCES is requesting to cancel any further
recruitment and the EDSCLS National Benchmark Study 2017 as soon as possible. NCES will still offer to
conduct the EDSCLS survey in the schools that opted to participate in a universe sample of all of their school’s
eligible respondents.
Signature of Senior Official or designee:

Date:

For OIRA Use

November 13, 2016

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**This form cannot be used to extend an expiration date
OMB 83-C