OMB83C Change Sheet v.18

PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT
CHANGE WORKSHEET
Middle Grades Longitudinal Study of 2017-18 (MGLS:2017) Main Study Base Year (MS1) 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.18

Current Record

New Record

NA

NA

61,135
120,199
68%

61,135
120,199
68%

61,286

61,286
0

Difference
Explanation of difference
Program change

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 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 and a change request in December 2017 (OMB# 1850-0911 v.16-17). This request is to (1) clarify legal
guardian terminology used in the parent survey and make minor corrections and alignments in questionnaire items and the
associated help text, and (2) add Spanish translations of all parent surveys (full, abbreviated, and mini) and of parent
recruitment/contact materials.
Signature of Senior Official or designee:

Date:

For OIRA Use

January 16, 2018

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

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