83C Justification Form

PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT
CHANGE WORKSHEET

2023–24 National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS:24) Shorter versus Longer Emails,
Data Collection Pause, and Incentive Boost for Key Sample Groups 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

Current Record

New Record

NA

NA

109,145
109,145

109,145
109,145

100%

Percent of these responses
collected electronically
Total annual hours

1850-0666 v.38

91,185

Difference
Explanation of difference
Program change

100%

91,185
0

0
0

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

NA

NA

NA
NA

NA
NA
NA

Difference
Explanation of difference

NA
NA

Program change
Adjustment
Other changes**

The 2023-24 National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS:24) is a nationally representative cross-sectional study of how students
and their families finance education beyond high school in a given academic year. NPSAS is conducted by the National Center for
Education Statistics (NCES) and was first implemented by NCES during the 1986–87 academic year and has been fielded every 3 to 4
years since. This request pertains to the 12th cycle in the NPSAS series being conducted during the 2023–24 academic year. NPSAS:24
will consist of a nationally representative sample of undergraduate and graduate students, and a nationally representative sample of
bachelor’s degree completers. Subsets of questions in the NPSAS:24 student survey focus on describing aspects of the experience of
bachelor’s completers in their last year of postsecondary education.
The request is to conduct all activities related to NPSAS:24, including materials and procedures related to the NPSAS:24 student data
collection, consisting of abstraction of student data from institutions and a student survey was approved by OMB in December 2023, with
updates approved in January 2024 (OMB#1859-0666 v. 36 and 37, respectively). The NPSAS:24 enrollment list collection from institutions
takes place from October 2023 to October 2024, the student records and student survey data collections take place from February 2024
through November 2024.
This request is to (1) test experimentally a modification of a subset of prompting emails; (2) define the schedule for planned “no contact”
periods; and (3) share the results of logistic regression modeling to determine whether or not a $10 boost offered to historically
underrepresented student subgroups will increase their likelihood of participation in the survey. We have also added language to
Supporting Statement Part A to inform OMB of NCES’s plans for NPSAS with respect to the newly revised SPD 15 standards for race and
ethnicity data. This request does not introduce significant changes to the estimated respondent burden or the costs to the federal
government.
Signature of Senior Official or designee:

Date:

**This form cannot be used to extend an expiration date
OMB 83-C

July 18, 2024

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