State and local education agency school records: data file submission - MIHOPE-K

Dear [contact name],

My name is [MIHOPE staff full name], and I am a member of the Mother and Infant Home Visiting Program Evaluation (MIHOPE) research team at MDRC. MDRC is an education and social policy research organization, and MIHOPE is a national evaluation of MIECHV-funded home visiting programs. You can find additional information on MIHOPE here or in the attached background document.

We are currently planning follow-up data collection when the MIHOPE children are in kindergarten to measure the longer-term effects of home visiting programs. Part of our follow-up includes collecting individual-level school records in [states/districts] like [state name/district name] where MIHOPE children are enrolled.

I'm reaching out to you, because the [department of education name] website lists you as the point of contact for data requests. Our team would like to schedule a 30 minute call with you for the week of [date of the Monday of the calendar week]. What is your availability for a call between [date of Monday of desired week] and [date of Friday of desired week]? 

If you are no longer the point of contact, please let me know who I should reach out to regarding school records data requests in [state/district].

Thank you,

The described collection of information is voluntary and will be used to learn how home visiting programs benefit families. An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number. The OMB control number for this collection is 0970-0402 and it expires on XX/XX/XXXX. The time required to complete this information collection is estimated to be up to 45 hours. Information collected on study participants will be kept private to the extent permitted by law.