83C Change Sheet v.22

PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT
CHANGE WORKSHEET

Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 2022-23 (ECLS-K:2023) Study
Delay 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

1850-0750 v.22

Current Record

New Record

NA

NA

28,000
46,033

28,000
46,033

55%

55%

8,655

8,655

Difference
Explanation of difference
Program change

0

0
0

Adjustment
Annual reporting and record keeping cost
burden (in thousands of dollars)
Total annualized capital/startup
costs

NA
NA
NA

Total annual costs (O&M)
Total annualized cost requested
Difference

NA
NA
NA
NA

Explanation of difference
Program change
Adjustment

NA
NA

Other change**

The Early Childhood Longitudinal Study (ECLS) program, conducted by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) within
the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) of the U.S. Department of Education (ED), draws together information from multiple
sources to provide rich, descriptive data on child development, early learning, and school progress. The ECLS program studies
deliver national data on children’s status at birth and at various points thereafter; children’s transitions to nonparental care, early
care and education programs, and school; and children’s experiences and growth through the elementary grades. The Early
Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 2022-23 (ECLS-K:2023) is the fourth cohort in the series of early childhood
longitudinal studies. The study will advance research in child development and early learning by providing a detailed and
comprehensive source of current information on children’s early learning and development, transitions into kindergarten and
beyond, and progress through school. Collecting parent data beginning in preschool will enable the study to measure influences on
children’s development before entry into formal schooling, including children’s home environments and access to early care and
education. The request to conduct a field test of the ECLS-K:2023 preschool data collection activities from January through October
2020, to field test the preschool data collection materials and procedures, was approved in November 2019 (OMB# 1850-0750
v.19), with change requests approved in January and July 2020 (OMB #1850-0750 v.20-21). This request is to notify OMB and the
public that, due to concerns that as a result of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic the ECLS field test and national study recruitment
activities that had been planned for 2021 may not be successful, NCES has decided to postpone the study 1 year, and the study will
now be the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 2023-24 (ECLS-K:2024). The kindergarten-first grade field
test will be moved from fall 2021 to fall 2022. The national study data collections will also be delayed a year, beginning in 2023. The
third-fifth grade field test will be moved from fall 2025 to fall 2026. No other planned procedures or features of the study will change.
Approval for the fall 2022 kindergarten-first grade field test and national study recruitment will be requested in a separate
submission later in 2021.
Signature of Senior Official or designee:

Date:

For OIRA Use

February 11, 2021
**This form cannot be used to extend an expiration date
OMB 83-C

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