Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 2023-24 (ECLS-K:2024) Kindergarten and First-Grade Field Test Data Collection, National Sampling, and National Recruitment
ICR 202109-1850-001
OMB: 1850-0750
Federal Form Document
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Early Childhood Longitudinal
Study, Kindergarten Class of 2023-24 (ECLS-K:2024) Kindergarten and
First-Grade Field Test Data Collection, National Sampling, and
National Recruitment
Revision of a currently approved collection
No
Regular
12/21/2021
Requested
Previously Approved
36 Months From Approved
11/30/2022
20,895
46,033
15,599
8,655
0
0
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
non-parental 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 2023-24 (ECLS-K:2024) is the fourth cohort in the series of
early childhood longitudinal studies that began with the Early
Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 1998-99
(ECLS-K) and continued with the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study,
Birth Cohort (ECLS-B), and the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study,
Kindergarten Class of 2010-11 (ECLS-K:2011). In preparation for the
ECLS-K:2024 data collections, several OMB packages have been
cleared or have been planned for submission. Prior to the field
test collection of data from parents of preschool-aged children,
in-person focus groups with parents of preschoolers and usability
testing of the preschool parent survey instruments were conducted
in 2019 (OMB 1850-0803 v.246 and OMB 1850-0803 v.253,
respectively). The field test with preschool parents was conducted
in the spring of 2020 (OMB 1850-0750 v.19). In order to test
recruitment messages and materials for the field test and national
data collections, online focus groups with school administrators,
teachers, and parents were conducted in fall 2019 and spring 2020
(OMB 1850-0803 v.255 & v.264). Additionally, usability testing
of the kindergarten and first-grade field test instruments was
conducted in early 2021 (OMB 1850-0803 v.280). This current request
is to conduct a field test of the ECLS-K:2024 kindergarten and
first-grade data collection activities to evaluate the design of
the national study’s kindergarten and first-grade surveys and child
assessments, as well as the operational procedures (that is,
sampling and recruitment) for the national kindergarten and
first-grade data collections in the fall 2023, spring 2024, and
spring 2025. This data collection to evaluate the kindergarten and
first-grade instruments and procedures is referred to throughout
the remainder of this package as the K-1 field test. District and
school sampling and recruitment activities for the K-1 field test
will occur in spring 2022, while student sampling will occur in
August and September 2022. From September through November 2022,
trained study field staff will visit the participating schools to
conduct in-person, one-on-one child assessments. Parents, teachers,
and school administrators will also be asked to complete web
surveys. As testing and development continues, it is anticipated
that changes to the surveys, website language, and respondent
materials will be necessary; a change request describing these
changes will be submitted in spring 2022 prior to the K-1 field
test data collection. Furthermore, this package also includes a
request to conduct national district and school sampling and
recruitment from fall 2022 to spring 2023. These recruitment
activities will closely mimic what will be done in the K-1 field
test, but will occur over a much longer period of time.
US Code:
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USC 9543 Name of Law: Education Sciences Reform Act
Previous burden applied to the
preschool field test. In this package we request burden for several
new parts of the project, including K-1 Field Test Recruitment, K-1
Field Test Data Collection, and the beginning of the National Study
Recruitment.
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);
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(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control
number;
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Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 2023-24 (ECLS-K:2024) Kindergarten and First-Grade Field Test Data Collection, National Sampling, and National Recruitment
ECLS Att A-5 Infographics v24 30D.docx
ECLS Att A4-b PPT for parents.pptx
Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 2023-24 (ECLS-K:2024) Kindergarten and First-Grade Field Test Data Collection, National Sampling, and National Recruitment