Impact Evaluation of Departmentalized Instruction in Elementary Schools

Forms and Documents

Forms and supporting documents for this ICR

Document	Type	Status	Availability
School Agreement Form	Form	New	Available
Active and Passive Parent Permission Form	Form	New	Available
Class Schedule and Roster Request Letter	Form	New	Available
Admin Records Data Request	Form	New	Available
Teacher Survey with Initiave Letter	Form	New	Available
Monitoring Forms and Principal Interview Protocol	Form	New	Available
Appendix H Confidentiality_Pledge.pdf	Supplementary Document	Uploaded 2018-03-08	Available
DI OMB Part B.pdf	Supporting Statement B	Uploaded 2018-03-07	Available
DI OMB Part A.PDF	Supporting Statement A	Uploaded 2018-03-08	Available

IC Document Collections

Information collection document groups

IC ID	Collection	Type	Status	Form
229630	Impact Evaluation of Departmentalized Instruction in Elementary Schools	Form	New	School Agreement Form
229630	Impact Evaluation of Departmentalized Instruction in Elementary Schools	Form	New	Active and Passive Parent Permission Form
229630	Impact Evaluation of Departmentalized Instruction in Elementary Schools	Form	New	Class Schedule and Roster Request Letter
229630	Impact Evaluation of Departmentalized Instruction in Elementary Schools	Form	New	Admin Records Data Request
229630	Impact Evaluation of Departmentalized Instruction in Elementary Schools	Form	New	Teacher Survey with Initiave Letter
229630	Impact Evaluation of Departmentalized Instruction in Elementary Schools	Form	New	Monitoring Forms and Principal Interview Protocol
229630	Impact Evaluation of Departmentalized Instruction in Elementary Schools	Other-District Recruitment Letter	New

ICR Details

OMB Control No: 1850-0942	ICR Reference No: 201801-1850-001
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No:
Agency/Subagency: ED/IES	Agency Tracking No: ED-2018-ICCD-0001
Title: Impact Evaluation of Departmentalized Instruction in Elementary Schools
Type of Information Collection: New collection (Request for a new OMB Control Number)	Common Form ICR:  No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 06/21/2018
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 03/15/2018
Terms of Clearance: ED ICR staff must consult Privacy counterparts as part of the PRA review process for all Privacy Act Statements.

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	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	06/30/2021	36 Months From Approved
Responses	8,531	0	0
Time Burden (Hours)	3,202	0	0
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

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Abstract: This package requests clearance for data collection activities to support an evaluation of departmentalized instruction in elementary schools. This evaluation is authorized by Title VII Section 8601 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, as amended most recently in 2015 by the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA). ESSA gives states considerable flexibility in designing systems to hold their schools accountable for improving student achievement. This flexibility extends to the types of strategies that states encourage or require their low-performing schools to adopt. However, many strategies in use have little to no evidence of effectiveness. More research is needed to help states identify strategies that are likely to help their low-performing schools improve. One potential strategy that has recently become more popular in upper elementary school grades is to departmentalize instruction, where each teacher specializes in teaching one subject to multiple classes of students instead of teaching all subjects to a single class of students (self-contained instruction). However, virtually no evidence exists on its effectiveness relative to the more traditional self-contained approach. This evaluation will help to fill the gap by examining whether departmentalizing fourth and fifth grade teachers improves teacher and student outcomes. The evaluation will focus on math and reading, with an emphasis on low-performing schools that serve a high percentage of disadvantaged students. The evaluation will include implementation and impact analyses. The implementation analysis will describe schools' approaches to departmentalization and benefits and challenges encountered. The analysis will be based on information from schools' study agreement form; meetings to design each school's approach to departmentalization; monitoring and support calls with schools; a principal interview; and a teacher survey. The impact analysis will draw on data from a teacher survey, videos of classroom instruction, a principal interview, and district administrative records to estimate the impact of departmentalized instruction on various outcomes. The outcomes include the quality of instruction and student-teacher relationships, teacher satisfaction and retention, and student achievement and behavior. These various data collection activities will be carried out between spring 2018 and fall 2020, although most of the activities with the exception of the administrative data will take place only once during the first year treatment schools implement departmentalized instruction (2018-2019 school year).

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Authorizing Statute(s): PL: Pub.L. 114 - 95 8601 Name of Law: Elementary and Secondary Education Act (as amended by ESSA)
  

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

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Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
	Not associated with rulemaking

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Federal Register Notices & Comments
60-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	83 FR 795	01/08/2018
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	83 FR 11510	03/15/2018
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

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Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR: 1

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IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
Impact Evaluation of Departmentalized Instruction in Elementary Schools	N/A, N/A, N/A, N/A, N/A, N/A	Monitoring Forms and Principal Interview Protocol ,   Teacher Survey with Initiave Letter ,   Admin Records Data Request ,   Class Schedule and Roster Request Letter ,   Active and Passive Parent Permission Form ,   School Agreement Form

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ICR Summary of Burden

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	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to New Statute	Change Due to Agency Discretion	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate	Change Due to Potential Violation of the PRA
Annual Number of Responses	8,531	0	0	8,531	0	0
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	3,202	0	0	3,202	0	0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0	0	0	0

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: Yes

Burden Increase Due to: Miscellaneous Actions

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: This is a new collection, therefore all burden is new. This results in a program change increase of 8,531 responses and 3,202 burden hours respectively.

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Annual Cost to Federal Government: $1,730,538

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? Yes Part B of Supporting Statement

Does this ICR request any personally identifiable information (see OMB Circular No. A-130 for an explanation of this term)? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination.     No

Does this ICR include a form that requires a Privacy Act Statement (see 5 U.S.C. §552a(e)(3))? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination.     No

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? No

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? No

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? No

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? Uncollected

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Common Form ICR:  No

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On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that the collection of information encompassed by this request complies with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3).

The following is a summary of the topics, regarding the proposed collection of information, that the certification covers:

(a) It is necessary for the proper performance of agency functions;

(b) It avoids unnecessary duplication;

(c) It reduces burden on small entities;

(d) It uses plain, coherent, and unambiguous language that is understandable to respondents;

(e) Its implementation will be consistent and compatible with current reporting and recordkeeping practices;

(f) It indicates the retention periods for recordkeeping requirements;

(g) It informs respondents of the information called for under 5 CFR 1320.8 (b)(3) about:

(i) Why the information is being collected;

(ii) Use of information;

(iii) Burden estimate;

(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a benefit, or mandatory);

(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and

(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control number;

(h) It was developed by an office that has planned and allocated resources for the efficient and effective management and use of the information to be collected.

(i) It uses effective and efficient statistical survey methodology (if applicable); and

(j) It makes appropriate use of information technology.

If you are unable to certify compliance with any of these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.

Certification Date: 03/15/2018

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