Justification for Nonsubstantive Change

PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT
CHANGE WORKSHEET
2019–20 National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS:20) Institution Collection 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

1850-0666 v.24

Current Record

New Record

NA

NA

2,614
6,073

2,614
6,073

100%

100%

13,577

13,577

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 National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS), conducted by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES),
examines how students and their families pay for education after high school. The fundamental purpose of NPSAS is to create a
research data set that brings together information about a variety of programs for a large sample of undergraduate and graduate
students. NPSAS provides the data for comprehensive descriptions of the undergraduate and graduate student populations in terms
of their demographic characteristics, academic programs, types of institutions attended, attendance patterns, and employment.
Demographic and enrollment data establish the appropriate context that allows researchers and policy analysts to address basic
issues about postsecondary affordability and the recipients of student financial assistance. These results are presented in multiple
publications. NPSAS was first implemented during the 1986–87 academic year and has been fielded every 2 to 4 years since. The
11th cycle in the NPSAS series, NPSAS:20, will be conducted during the 2019–20 academic year and will be both nationally- and
state-representative. NPSAS:20 also will serve as the base year data collection for the 2020 cohort of the Beginning Postsecondary
Students Longitudinal Study (BPS:20), a study of first-time beginning postsecondary students that will be conducted three years
(BPS:20/22) and six years (BPS:20/25) after beginning their postsecondary education. NPSAS:20 will consist of nationallyrepresentative sample of undergraduate and graduate students, and a nationally-representative sample of first-time beginning
students (FTBs). Subsets of questions in the student interview focus on describing aspects of the experience of beginning students
in their first year of postsecondary education, including student debt and education experiences. The institution sampling, institution
contacting, enrollment list collection, and matching to administrative data files that are the first part of the NPSAS:20 data collection
were approved in July 2019 (OMB# 1850-0666 v.23). In August 2019, NCES began a clearance process for the NPSAS:20 data
collection, including student record data abstraction and student interviews (OMB# 1850-0666 v.25). The NPSAS:20 materials and
procedures are based on those developed for previous institution-based data collections, including NPSAS:16, BPS:12 student
record collection, and the 2018 NPSAS Administrative Collection (NPSAS:18-AC). The NPSAS:20 enrollment list collection from
institutions will take place from October 2019 through July 2020, the student records collection will take place from February through
November 2020, and the student survey data collection will take place from January through November 2020. This request is to
provide the final institution contacting materials and content of the Postsecondary Data Portal website, as well as Spanish language
translations of materials to be used to facilitate participation of institutions in Puerto Rico.
Signature of Senior Official or designee:

Date:

For OIRA Use

September 16, 2019
**This form cannot be used to extend an expiration date
OMB 83-C

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