Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS 2023) Field Test Sampling and Recruitment

ICR 202101-1850-001

OMB: 1850-0695

Federal Form Document

Forms and Documents
Document
Name
Status
Supporting Statement B
2021-01-07
Supporting Statement A
2021-01-11
ICR Details
1850-0695 202101-1850-001
Received in OIRA 201811-1850-006
ED/IES ED-2021-SCC-0008
Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS 2023) Field Test Sampling and Recruitment
Revision of a currently approved collection   No
Regular 03/26/2021
  Requested Previously Approved
36 Months From Approved 10/31/2021
3,199 91,765
1,040 43,181
0 0

The Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS), conducted by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), within the U.S. Department of Education (ED), is an international assessment of fourth and eighth grade students’ achievement in mathematics and science. Since its inception in 1995, TIMSS has continued to assess students every 4 years (1995, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015, and 2019), with the next TIMSS assessment, TIMSS 2023, being the eighth iteration of the study. In TIMSS 2023, approximately 65 countries or education systems will participate. The United States will participate in TIMSS 2023 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. TIMSS is led by the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA), an international collective of research organizations and government agencies that create the frameworks used to develop the assessment, the survey instruments, and the study timeline. IEA decides and agrees upon a common set of standards, procedures, and timelines for collecting and reporting data, all of which must be followed by all participating countries. As a result, TIMSS is able to provide a reliable and comparable measure of student skills in participating countries. In the U.S., NCES conducts this study in collaboration with the IEA and a number of contractors to ensure proper implementation of the study and adoption of practices in adherence to the IEA’s standards. Participation in TIMSS is consistent with NCES’s mandate of acquiring and disseminating data on educational activities and student achievement in the United States compared with foreign nations [The Educational Sciences Reform Act of 2002 (ESRA 2002, 20 U.S.C. §9543)]. TIMSS 2023 will be a computer-based assessment (referred to as “eTIMSS”), administered using the eTIMSS player via Chromebook tablets with attached keyboards. TIMSS 2023 builds on the work of TIMSS 2019, which primarily used an electronic assessment format but included a bridge study to examine the effect of administering the assessment on tablet versus paper and establish the link to maintain trends. TIMSS 2023 will be the second eTIMSS assessment in the United States. Because TIMSS is a collaborative effort among many parties, the United States must adhere to the international schedule set forth by the IEA, including the availability of final field test and main study plans as well as draft and final questionnaires. In order to meet the international data collection schedule, to align with recruitment for other NCES studies (e.g., the National Assessment of Education Progress, NAEP), and for schools to put the TIMSS 2023 field test assessment on their Spring 2022 calendars, recruitment activities for the field test will begin in June of 2021. This package requests approval to conduct sampling and recruitment activities associated with the TIMSS 2023 field test, which will be conducted in March and April 2022. A separate 60-day package will be submitted in August 2021 to request approval for the field test data collection materials and the main study sampling and recruiting plan.

US Code: 20 USC 9573 Name of Law: Education Sciences Reform Act
  
None

Not associated with rulemaking

  86 FR 4041 01/15/2021
86 FR 16196 03/26/2021
Yes

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IC Title Form No. Form Name
Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS 2023) Field Test Sampling and Recruitment

  Total Request Previously Approved Change Due to New Statute Change Due to Agency Discretion Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate Change Due to Potential Violation of the PRA
Annual Number of Responses 3,199 91,765 0 -88,566 0 0
Annual Time Burden (Hours) 1,040 43,181 0 -42,141 0 0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars) 0 0 0 0 0 0
No
Yes
Miscellaneous Actions
Data collection activities for TIMSS 2019 have concluded. The burden estimate presented in this revision is for activities associated with the TIMSS 2023 field test, and specifically for the sampling and recruitment activities. The study differs from prior administrations in that the data collection will be entirely electronic and no pilot study will be conducted.

$5,755,146
Yes Part B of Supporting Statement
    Yes
    Yes
No
No
No
No
Carrie Clarady 202 245-6347

  No

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.
03/26/2021


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