The Fast Response Survey System (FRSS)
109 survey on teachers’ use of technology for school and homework
assignments in public schools is conducted by the National Center
for Education Statistics (NCES) as part of the IES response to the
request in the Every Student Succeeds Act of 2015 (ESSA, 20 U.S.C.
§6301 et seq.) to provide information about the educational impact
of access to digital learning resources (DLRs) outside of the
classroom. The expanding use of technology affects the lives of
students both inside and outside the classroom. For this reason,
the role of technology in education is an increasingly important
area of research. While access to technology can provide valuable
learning opportunities to students, technology by itself does not
guarantee successful outcomes. Schools and teachers play an
important role in successfully integrating technology into teaching
and learning. Findings from the FRSS 109 study will provide insight
on the types and availability of DLRs outside of the classroom, and
will contribute to IES legislatively mandated report on the
educational impact of access to DLRs outside the classroom. To
provide the needed data, FRSS 109 will collect nationally
representative data from public school teachers about their use of
DLRs for teaching, and how their knowledge and beliefs about their
students’ access to DLRs outside the classroom affect the
assignments they give. The survey will focus on information that
can best be provided by teachers from their perspective and direct
interaction with students. FRSS 109 will provide national
statistics on: (1) Teachers’ knowledge and beliefs about students’
access to technology for doing school assignments outside of
school; (2) Barriers and challenges teachers believe their students
face in using technology for class assignments outside of school;
and (3) Computers that the district or school may make available to
students for use outside of class time. The request for FRSS 109
preliminary activities, including securing research approval from
special contact school districts beginning in April 2018, notifying
superintendents of districts with sampled schools about the survey,
and obtaining teacher lists from sampled schools beginning in
August 2018, was approved in March 2018, with the latest change
request approved in April 2018 (1850-0857 v.2-4). This request is
to conduct the FRSS 109 data collection.
US Code:
20
USC 9543 Name of Law: Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002
The apparent increase in the
estimated respondent burden in this request is due to the fact that
the last approval was for FRSS 109 preliminary activities, while
this request is for FRSS 109 preliminary activities and data
collection.
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:
(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;
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.
FRSS 109 Response to 60-day Public Comment.docx
Fast Response Survey System (FRSS) 109: Teachers' Use of Technology for School and Homework Assignments