83-C Change Sheet

PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT CHANGE WORKSHEET
Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS 2021) Field Test Recruitment 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

1850-0645 v.12

Current Record

New Record

NA

NA

1,515
1,515

1,775
1,775

0%

0%

295

338
43

Difference
Explanation of difference
Program change

Increased sample size

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
Program change
Adjustment

NA
NA

Other change**

The Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) is an international assessment of fourth-grade students’ achievement
in reading. PIRLS reports on four benchmarks in reading achievement at grade 4 and on a variety of issues related to the education
context for the students in the sample, including instructional practices, school resources, curriculum implementation, and learning
supports outside of school. Since its inception in 2001, PIRLS has continued to assess students every 5 years (2001, 2006, 2011,
and 2016), with the next PIRLS assessment, PIRLS 2021, being the fifth iteration of the study. Participation in this study by the
United States at regular intervals provides data on student achievement and on current and past education policies and a
comparison of U.S. education policies and student performance with those of the U.S. international counterparts. In PIRLS 2016, 58
education systems participated. The United States will participate in PIRLS 2021 to continue to monitor the progress of its students
compared to that of other nations and to provide data on factors that may influence student achievement. PIRLS is coordinated by
the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA), an international collective of research
organizations and government agencies that create the assessment framework, the assessment instrument, and background
questionnaires. The IEA decides and agrees upon a common set of standards and procedures for collecting and reporting PIRLS
data, and defines the studies’ timeline, all of which must be followed by all participating countries. As a result, PIRLS is able to
provide a reliable and comparable measure of student skills in participating countries. In the U.S., the National Center for Education
Statistics (NCES) conducts this study. In preparation for the PIRLS 2021 main study, all countries are asked to implement a field
test in 2020 in order to evaluate new assessment items and background questions, to ensure practices that promote low exclusion
rates, and to ensure that classroom and student sampling procedures proposed for the main study are successful. Data collection
for the field test in the U.S. will occur from March through April 2020 and for the main study from March through June 2021. The
submission describing the overarching plan for all phases of the data collection, including the 2021 main study and requesting
approval for all activities, materials, and response burden related to the field test recruitment, scheduled to begin in May 2.019, was
approved in April 2019 (OMB# 1850-0645 v.11). Since that time, NCES has secured a contractor for PIRLS and finalized the PIRLS
2021 field test recruitment materials and procedures. This request is to provide for the PIRLS 2021 Field Test the finalized sample
sizes, associated burden estimates, and recruitment materials. A separate submission, with a 30-day public comment period, for all
aspects of the Field Test, including data collection, plus main study recruitment will be submitted immediately upon approval of this
change request, by early October 2019.
Signature of Senior Official or designee:

Date:

For OIRA Use

September 30, 2019
**This form cannot be used to extend an expiration date
OMB 83-C

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