OMB83C Worksheet OFT & Recruitment for MS Base year

PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT
CHANGE WORKSHEET
Middle Grades Longitudinal Study of 2017-18 (MGLS:2017) Operational Field Test (OFT) and
Recruitment for Main Study Base-year 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.13

Current Record

New Record

NA

NA

31,630
34,952
16.43%

31,630
34,952
16.43%

17,391

17,391

Difference

0

Explanation of difference
Program change

NA

0
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 2017-18 (MGLS:2017) is the first study conducted by the National Center for
Education Statistics (NCES) 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 students with disabilities for whom descriptive information on their outcomes, educational experiences, and special
education services will be collected. Base-year data for MGLS:2017 will be collected from a nationally representative sample of
sixth-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. In preparation for the national data collection,
referred to as the Main Study, the data collection instruments and procedures must be field tested. An Item Validation Field
Test (IVFT) was conducted in the winter/spring 2016 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
developed for the Main Study. An Operational Field Test (OFT) began in January 2017 to test the near-final instruments and
the recruitment and data collection processes and procedures in preparation for the Main Study. District and school
recruitment for the Main Study will begin in April 2017. OMB approved the Main Study recruitment and tracking of OFT
students in December 2016 with the latest change request approved in January 2017 (OMB# 1850-0911 v.11-12). This
request is to (1) provide a recommendation for the Main Study school-level incentive based on the results from the IVFT and
OFT school incentive experiments; (2) describe the school-level report we will offer schools as a benefit of participation; (3)
describe general enhancements to the Main Study recruitment effort; (4) add study informational webinars as a mode of
outreach to state, district, and school officials; (5) clarify that students will be able to keep the earbuds used during MGLS
assessments; (6) recommend offering a food event as token of appreciation to OFT and MS students for returning explicit
parental consent forms; (7) update the confidentiality pledge cited as part of MGLS:2017 to account for the Cybersecurity
Enhancement Act of 2015 and cite data security and confidentiality requirements; and (8) present minor modifications in the
language in the Main Study and OFT follow-up communication materials to be more compelling and likely to improve
participation.
Signature of Senior Official or designee:

Date:

For OIRA Use

April 5, 2017
**This form cannot be used to extend an expiration date

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