83-C Change Sheet

PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT
CHANGE WORKSHEET
Middle Grades Longitudinal Study of 2017-18 (MGLS:2017) Main Study First Follow-up (MS2)
Data 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- 0911 v.25

Current Record

New Record

NA

NA

59,435
81,782
88%

59,435
81,782
88%

41,105

41,105
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
Other change**

NA
NA

The Middle Grades Longitudinal Study of 2017-18 (MGLS:2017) is the first study conducted by the National Center for
Education Statistics (NCES) to follow a nationally representative sample of students as they enter and move through
the middle grades (grades 6–8). The data collected through repeated measures of key constructs will provide a rich
descriptive picture of the academic experiences and development of students during these critical years and will allow
researchers to examine associations between contextual factors and student outcomes. The study focuses on student
achievement in mathematics and literacy along with measures of student socioemotional wellbeing and other outcomes.
The study includes students with disabilities for whom descriptive information on their outcomes, educational
experiences, and special education services are being collected. The study conducted an Item Validation Field Test
(IVFT) in Winter/Spring 2016 to determine the psychometric properties of assessment and survey items and the
predictive potential of items so that valid, reliable, and useful assessment and survey instruments could be developed
for the Main Study. An Operational Field Test (OFT) was conducted in Winter/Spring 2017 with a follow-up in
Winter/Spring 2018 to test the near-final instruments and recruitment and data collection procedures and materials in
preparation for the MGLS:2017 Main Study Base Year (MS1). The MS1 data collection took place in Winter/Spring
2018. OMB has approved recruitment activities for the MS2 data collection, tracking of the MS1 sample, and plans for
the MS2 data collection. (OMB# 1850-0911 v.20-24). This current request is to (1) reduce the time of the out-of-school
student session from 75 minutes to 45 minutes and (2) to add language to introductory screen on each web survey to
ensure the security of survey responses. The change in time for the out of school student session impacts assessments
only, the time for which is not considered when specifying burden, and therefore does not involve any changes to the
estimated respondent burden.
Signature of Senior Official or designee:

Date:

For OIRA Use

January 15, 2020

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**This form cannot be used to extend an expiration date
OMB 83-C