83-C Change Request

PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT
CHANGE WORKSHEET

Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 2023-24 (ECLS-K:2024)
September 2023 Materials Revision 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.28

Current Record

New Record

NA

NA

36,161
159,964

36,161
159,964

73%

73%

87,154

87,154

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 2023-24 (ECLS-K:2024) 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. The ECLS-K:2024 will provide data about the population of children who will be kindergartners in the 2023-24 school year. The
ECLS-K:2024 will focus on children’s early school experiences continuing through the fifth grade, and will include collection of data from children,
parents, teachers, and school administrators.
The request to conduct the first three national data collection rounds for the ECLS-K:2024 was approved in April 2023 (OMB# 1850-0750 v.26), with
a revision (OMB# 1850-0750 v.27) approved in July 2023. The ECLS-K:2024 fall kindergarten data collection will be conducted from August until
December 2023, followed by the spring (March-July 2024) kindergarten round, and the spring (March-July 2025) first-grade round. Each of these
rounds of data collection will involve advance school contacts, for example to conduct student sampling activities, collect teacher and school
information, and locate families whose children may have moved schools. Future OMB packages will be submitted for the third-and fifth-grade field
test (to be conducted in March-July 2026), as well as for the national spring (March-July 2027) third-grade round and the spring (March-July 2029)
fifth-grade round. This change request is to provide the study newsletters that will be distributed to parents and teachers in October 2023, an update
to cleared templates (in Attachment A-1 of previous packages). Updates to the newsletters occurred after further discussion with and review by
senior NCES management staff. These changes are largely limited to minor style changes and updates to the statistics presented (i.e., the data from
the School Pulse Panel were updated to match that released in a recent data errata announcement for that study). The requested changes do not
affect the approved total cost to the federal government for conducting this study. The newsletters are included in a new Attachment, Attachment A-7.
Signature of Senior Official or designee:

Date:

For OIRA Use

September 7, 2023
**This form cannot be used to extend an expiration date
OMB 83-C

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