OMB83C Change Sheet

PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT
CHANGE WORKSHEET
Middle Grades Longitudinal Study of 2017-18 (MGLS:2017) Main Study Base Year (MS1),
Operational Field Test First Follow-up (OFT2) 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.17

Current Record

New Record

NA

NA

60,735
119,799
68%

61,135
120,199
68%

61,253

61,286
0

Difference
Explanation of difference

The increase in burden is due to program decision to extend
the OFT2 sample to include grade 8 students, needed to
calibrate items for Main Study Second Follow-up without
conducting an additional costly field test

Program change

+ 33
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 year two of the national data
collection, referred to as the Main Study, the data collection instruments and procedures must be further 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
could be developed for the Main Study. An Operational Field Test (OFT) was conducted between January and May 2017 to
test the near-final instruments and the recruitment and data collection processes and procedures in preparation for year one of
the Main Study. District and school recruitment for the Main Study began in April 2017. OMB approved the Main Study Base
Year (MS1), Operational Field Test First Follow-up (OFT2), and Tracking and Recruitment for Main Study First Follow-up
(MS2) in October 2017 (OMB# 1850-0911 v.16). This request is to (1) remove plans to translate the student battery into
Spanish; (2) correct the end data of MS2 data collection; (3) extend the OFT2 sample to include grade 8 students, needed to
calibrate items for Main Study Second Follow-up (MS3) without conducting an additional costly field test; (4) add an MS1
Abbreviated Parent Survey and a Mini Parent Survey for use in refusal conversion attempts; (5) update website wording to
help respondents troubleshoot potential issues with the Chrome browser; (6) revise text in contact materials and add new
contact materials; (7) remove an executive function assessment from MS1 and add an executive function assessment for
OFT2; and (8) update content of the MS1 and OFT2 surveys to reflect corrections made during preparations for data
collection.
Signature of Senior Official or designee:

Date:

For OIRA Use

December 1, 2017
**This form cannot be used to extend an expiration date

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