NCEE System Clearance For Design and Field Studies 2023-2026

Forms and Documents

Forms and supporting documents for this ICR

Document	Type	Status	Availability
Parent Permission Forms	Form	New	Available
National Study of Special Education Spending Student Resource Survey	Form and Instruction	Unchanged	Available
National Study of Special Education Spending Fiscal Officer Survey	Form and Instruction	Unchanged	Available
National Study of Special Education Spending LEA Program Survey	Form and Instruction	Unchanged	Available
Action and Monitoring school leader interview protocol	Form and Instruction	Unchanged	Available
Post-equity audit leadership team interview protocol	Form and Instruction	Unchanged	Available
Equity audit interview protocol	Form and Instruction	Unchanged	Available
Pre-equity audit leadership team interview protocol	Form and Instruction	Unchanged	Available
Instructional Coach Interview Protocol	Form and Instruction	Unchanged	Available
Principal Interview Protocol	Form and Instruction	Unchanged	Available
DILE Staff Survey	Form	Unchanged	Available
OMB 83 C Form NCEE GenIC 1850-0952.pdf	Justification for No Material/Nonsubstantive Change	Uploaded 2025-08-22	Available
Supporting Statement Part B 04-19-2023.docx	Supporting Statement B	Uploaded 2023-06-28	Available
Supporting Statement Part A Clean 11-07-2024.docx	Supporting Statement A	Uploaded 2024-11-07	Available

IC Document Collections

Information collection document groups

IC ID	Collection	Type	Status	Form
277175	National Study of Special Education Spending Foundational Phase Pilot Study Re-fielding	Form	New	Parent Permission Forms
277175	National Study of Special Education Spending Foundational Phase Pilot Study Re-fielding	Other-Letters and FAQs	New
272436	National Study of Special Education Spending Foundational Phase Pilot Study Data Collection	Form and Instruction	Unchanged	National Study of Special Education Spending Student Resource Survey
272436	National Study of Special Education Spending Foundational Phase Pilot Study Data Collection	Form and Instruction	Unchanged	National Study of Special Education Spending Fiscal Officer Survey
272436	National Study of Special Education Spending Foundational Phase Pilot Study Data Collection	Form and Instruction	Unchanged	National Study of Special Education Spending LEA Program Survey
270576	Regional Educational Laboratory, Midwest Usability and Feasibility Study for the Making Equitable Schools Audit (MESA) Approach	Form and Instruction	Unchanged	Action and Monitoring school leader interview protocol
270576	Regional Educational Laboratory, Midwest Usability and Feasibility Study for the Making Equitable Schools Audit (MESA) Approach	Form and Instruction	Unchanged	Post-equity audit leadership team interview protocol
270576	Regional Educational Laboratory, Midwest Usability and Feasibility Study for the Making Equitable Schools Audit (MESA) Approach	Form and Instruction	Unchanged	Equity audit interview protocol
270576	Regional Educational Laboratory, Midwest Usability and Feasibility Study for the Making Equitable Schools Audit (MESA) Approach	Form and Instruction	Unchanged	Pre-equity audit leadership team interview protocol
270528	REL Midwest, Usability and Feasibility Study for the Strategies to Improve Reading (STIR) Approach	Form and Instruction	Unchanged	Instructional Coach Interview Protocol
270528	REL Midwest, Usability and Feasibility Study for the Strategies to Improve Reading (STIR) Approach	Form and Instruction	Unchanged	Principal Interview Protocol
268971	REL Midwest Usability and Feasibility Study for the Data-Informed Leadership for Equity (DILE) Approach	Form	Unchanged	DILE Staff Survey
268971	REL Midwest Usability and Feasibility Study for the Data-Informed Leadership for Equity (DILE) Approach	Other- Student focused culturally responsive practices training	Unchanged
268606	National Study of Special Education Spending Foundational Phase Pilot Study Recruitment	Other-Initial Recruitment Letters and Study Information FAQ	Unchanged
265596	REL Southwest, Usability, Feasibility, and Acceptability Study of the LEAD Intervention	Instruction	Unchanged
263933	National Study of Special Education Spending Foundational Phase Cognitive Interviews	Other-Interview Protocols	Unchanged

ICR Details

OMB Control No: 1850-0952	ICR Reference No: 202508-1850-002
Status: Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 202411-1850-002
Agency/Subagency: ED/IES	Agency Tracking No:
Title: NCEE System Clearance For Design and Field Studies 2023-2026
Type of Information Collection: No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR:  No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 09/04/2025
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 08/22/2025
Terms of Clearance:

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	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	11/30/2026	11/30/2026	11/30/2026
Responses	6,000	0	6,000
Time Burden (Hours)	6,000	0	3,500
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

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Abstract: This is a request for a 3-year generic clearance for the National Center for Education Evaluation (NCEE) that will allow it to collect preliminary or exploratory information to aid in study design. The procedures expected to be used include but are not limited to exploratory surveys and interviews, focus groups, cognitive laboratory activities, pilot testing versions of an intervention or data collection approach, small-scale experiments that explore questionnaire design, incentives, or mode, and usability testing. NCEE is requesting an adjustment in the respondent burden hours to allow additional information collections that would increase the cumulative total from 3,500 to 6,000 hours.

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Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 20 USC 9563 Name of Law: Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002
  

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

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Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
	Not associated with rulemaking

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Federal Register Notices & Comments
60-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	88 FR 24980	04/25/2023
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	88 FR 42702	07/03/2023
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

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Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR: 8

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IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
National Study of Special Education Spending Foundational Phase Cognitive Interviews
National Study of Special Education Spending Foundational Phase Pilot Study Data Collection	NA, NA, NA	National Study of Special Education Spending LEA Program Survey ,   National Study of Special Education Spending Fiscal Officer Survey ,   National Study of Special Education Spending Student Resource Survey
National Study of Special Education Spending Foundational Phase Pilot Study Re-fielding	N/A	Parent Permission Forms
National Study of Special Education Spending Foundational Phase Pilot Study Recruitment
REL Midwest Usability and Feasibility Study for the Data-Informed Leadership for Equity (DILE) Approach	NA	DILE Staff Survey
REL Midwest, Usability and Feasibility Study for the Strategies to Improve Reading (STIR) Approach	NA, NA	Principal Interview Protocol ,   Instructional Coach Interview Protocol
REL Southwest, Usability, Feasibility, and Acceptability Study of the LEAD Intervention
Regional Educational Laboratory, Midwest Usability and Feasibility Study for the Making Equitable Schools Audit (MESA) Approach	NA, NA, NA, NA	Pre-equity audit leadership team interview protocol ,   Equity audit interview protocol ,   Post-equity audit leadership team interview protocol ,   Action and Monitoring school leader interview protocol

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ICR Summary of Burden

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	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to New Statute	Change Due to Agency Discretion	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate	Change Due to Potential Violation of the PRA
Annual Number of Responses	6,000	6,000	0	0	0	0
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	6,000	3,500	0	2,500	0	0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0	0	0	0

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: Yes

Burden Increase Due to: Miscellaneous Actions

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: NCEE is requesting an adjustment in the respondent burden hours to allow additional information collections that would increase the cumulative total from 3,500 to 6,000 hours.

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Annual Cost to Federal Government: $0

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? Yes Part B of Supporting Statement

Does this ICR request any personally identifiable information (see OMB Circular No. A-130 for an explanation of this term)? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination.     No

Does this ICR include a form that requires a Privacy Act Statement (see 5 U.S.C. §552a(e)(3))? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination.     No

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? No

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? No

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? No

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? No

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Common Form ICR:  No

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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:

(a) It is necessary for the proper performance of agency functions;

(b) It avoids unnecessary duplication;

(c) It reduces burden on small entities;

(d) It uses plain, coherent, and unambiguous language that is understandable to respondents;

(e) Its implementation will be consistent and compatible with current reporting and recordkeeping practices;

(f) It indicates the retention periods for recordkeeping requirements;

(g) It informs respondents of the information called for under 5 CFR 1320.8 (b)(3) about:

(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;

(h) It was developed by an office that has planned and allocated resources for the efficient and effective management and use of the information to be collected.

(i) It uses effective and efficient statistical survey methodology (if applicable); and

(j) It makes appropriate use of information technology.

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.

Certification Date: 08/22/2025

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