The High School and Beyond 2020 study
(HS&B:20) will be the sixth in a series of longitudinal studies
at the high school level conducted by the National Center for
Education Statistics (NCES), within the Institute of Education
Sciences (IES) of the U.S. Department of Education. HS&B:20
will follow a nationally representative sample of ninth grade
students from the start of high school in the fall of 2020 to the
spring of 2024 when most will be in twelfth grade. A field test
will be conducted one year prior to the full-scale study. The study
sample will be freshened in 2024 to create a nationally
representative sample of twelfth-grader students. A high school
transcript collection and additional follow-up data collections
beyond high school are also planned. The NCES secondary
longitudinal studies examine issues such as students’ readiness for
high school; the risk factors associated with dropping out of high
school; high school completion; the transition into postsecondary
education and access/choice of institution; the shift from school
to work; and the pipeline into science, technology, engineering,
and mathematics (STEM). They inform education policy by tracking
long-term trends and elucidating relationships among student,
family, and school characteristics and experiences. HS&B:20
will follow the Middle Grades Longitudinal Study of 2017/18
(MGLS:2017) which followed the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study,
Kindergarten Class of 2010-11 (ECLS-K:2011), thereby allowing for
the study of all transitions from elementary school through high
school and into higher education and/or the workforce. HS&B:20
will include surveys of students, parents, students’ math teachers,
counselors, and administrators, plus a student assessment in
mathematics and reading and a brief hearing and vision test. The
HS&B:20 Base-Year Full-Scale study (BYFS) will begin in the
fall of 2020. The request to conduct the HS&B:20 Base-Year
Field Test (BYFT) and the BYFS sampling and state, school district,
school, and parent recruitment activities, both scheduled to begin
in the fall of 2019, was approved in June 2019 (OMB# 1850-0944
v.1-2). These activities include collecting student rosters and
selecting the BYFS sample. This request is to: (1) add instruction
to the BYFT student roster template; (2) add response options to
BYFT school administrator questionnaire; (3) revise existing and
add new BYFT recruitment materials; and (4) finalize the BYFS
student session length. Approval for the base-year full scale study
data collection will be requested in a separate submission in early
2020.
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USC 9543 Name of Law: Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002
The apparent increase in
respondent burden is due to the fact that the last clearance was
only for state, school district, school, and parent recruitment
activities in preparation for the HS&B:20 base-year field test,
while this request is for all base-year field test activities,
including data collection, plus also for the state, school
district, school, and parent recruitment activities in preparation
for BYFS.
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.
HS&B 2020 BYFS Recruitment & BYFT Reinterview Change Sheet.pdf
HS&B 2020 BYFS Recruitment & BYFT Reinterview Change Memo.docx
High School and Beyond 2020 (HS&B:20) Base-Year Full-Scale Study Recruitment and Field Test Update