2023-24 National
Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS:24) Full-Scale Study -
Student Data Collection and Student Records
Revision of a currently approved collection
No
Regular
09/29/2023
Requested
Previously Approved
36 Months From Approved
09/30/2026
109,145
3,298
91,185
8,036
0
0
This request is to conduct the 2023–24
National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS:24) Full-Scale
Student Data and Student Records Collections. This study is being
conducted by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES),
within the Institute of Education Sciences (IES), part of the U.S.
Department of Education. This submission covers materials and
procedures related to institution sampling, enrollment list
collection, and matching to administrative data files as part of
the NPSAS:24 data collection. The materials and procedures are
based on those developed for previous institution-based data
collections, including the 2019–20 National Postsecondary Student
Aid Study (NPSAS:20) [OMB #1850-0666 v.23], and the 2017-18
National Postsecondary Student Aid Study Administrative Collection
(NPSAS:18-AC) [1850-0666 v.21]. The first NPSAS was implemented by
NCES during the 1986–87 academic year to meet the need for national
data about significant financial aid issues. Since 1987, NPSAS has
been fielded every 2 to 4 years, most recently during the 2019–20
academic year (NPSAS:20). NPSAS:24 will be
nationally-representative. The NPSAS:24 sample size will include
about 2,000 institutions from which will be sampled 137,000
nationally representative undergraduate and 25,000 nationally
representative graduate students who will be asked to complete a
survey and for whom we will collect student records and
administrative data. Also, NPSAS:24 is scheduled to serve as the
base year for the 2024 cohort of the Baccalaureate and Beyond
(B&B) Longitudinal Study, but no funding is available to field
follow-up surveys. In the event Congress appropriates additional
funds, the NPSAS:24 sampling design will include a nationally
representative sample of students who will complete requirements
for the bachelor’s degree during the NPSAS year (i.e., completed at
some point between July 1, 2023, to June 30, 2024). Subsets of
questions in the student survey will focus on describing aspects of
the experience of students in their last year of postsecondary
education, including student debt, education experiences, and
preparation activities for those planning to teach at the preK
through 12th grade level. Previous submissions were designed to
adequately justify the need for and overall practical utility of
the full study, presenting the overarching plan for all phases of
the data collection and providing as much detail about the measures
to be used as is available at the time of this submission. As part
of the completed field test, NCES published a notice in the Federal
Register allowing first a 60- and then a 30-day public comment
period. Field test materials, procedures, and results have informed
this request for clearance for the full-scale study. For this
full-scale study, NCES first published a notice in the Federal
Register allowing an additional 30-day public comment period on the
final details of the NPSAS:24 full-scale study Institution
Contacting and List Collection, which was approved in September
2023 (OMB# 1850-0666 v.35). NCES is now submitting a separate
clearance package covering the student data collection, including
the student record data abstraction and student surveys, for an
additional 30-day public comment period.
US Code:
20
USC 9573 Name of Law: Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002
(ESRA 2002)
The agency estimate for the
previously requested and cleared activity required small adjustment
due to changes in the sample. The newly requested burden due to
agency discretion is to collect data associated with a new phase of
the study, the student collections.
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.
Appendix I Results of the NPSAS24 Field Test Experiment.docx
2023-24 National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS:24) Full-Scale Study - Institution Contacting and List Collection