83C Change Sheet

PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT
CHANGE WORKSHEET
2019–20 National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS:20) Questionnaire Item 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.26

Current Record

New Record

NA

NA

105,214
111,614

105,214
111,614

100%

100%

131,801

131,801

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
Program change
Adjustment

NA
NA

Other change**
The 2019-20 National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS:20) is a nationally representative cross-sectional study of how
students and their families finance education beyond high school in a given academic year. NPSAS is conducted by the National
Center for Education Statistics (NCES) and was first implemented by NCES during the 1986–87 academic year and has been
fielded every 3 to 4 years since. This request pertains to the 11th cycle in the NPSAS series conducted during the 2019–20
academic year. NPSAS:20 will be both nationally- and state-representative and 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 a nationally-representative sample of undergraduate and graduate students, and a nationallyrepresentative sample of first-time beginning students (FTBs). Subsets of questions in the NPSAS:20 student interview will focus on
describing aspects of the experience of beginning students in their first year of postsecondary education, including student debt and
education experiences. The request is to conduct all activities related to NPSAS:20, including materials and procedures related to:
the NPSAS:20 student data collection, consisting of abstraction of student data from institutions and a student survey; panel
maintenance activities for a NPSAS:2020 follow-up field test (for BPS:20/22); and carried over respondent burden, procedures, and
materials related to the NPSAS:20 institution sampling, enrollment list collection, and matching to administrative data files was
approved by OMB in December 2019 (OMB#1859-0666 v.25). The NPSAS:20 enrollment list collection from institutions takes 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 add an item to the student
questionnaire that is based on an existing item.
Signature of Senior Official or designee:

Date:

For OIRA Use

December 11, 2019
**This form cannot be used to extend an expiration date
OMB 83-C

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