[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 13 (Wednesday, January 21, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3096-3097]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-1391]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
AGENCY: Department of Education.
ACTION: Submission for OMB review; comment request.
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SUMMARY: The Deputy Chief Information Officer, Office of the Chief
Information Officer, invites comments on the submission for OMB review
as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before
February 20, 1998.
ADDRESSES: Written comments should be addressed to the Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attention: Dan Chenok, Desk
Officer, Department of Education, Office of Management and Budget, 725
17th Street, NW., Room 10235, New Executive Office Building,
Washington, DC 20503. Requests for copies of the proposed information
collection requests should be addressed to Patrick J. Sherrill,
Department of Education, 600 Independence Avenue, S.W., Room 5624,
Regional Office Building 3, Washington, DC 20202-4651.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Patrick J. Sherrill (202) 708-8196.
Individuals who use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) may
call the Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1-800-877-8339
between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m., Eastern time, Monday through Friday.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 3506 of the Paperwork Reduction Act
of 1995 (44 U. S. C. Chapter 35) requires that the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) provide interested Federal agencies and the public an
early opportunity to comment on information collection requests. OMB
may amend or waive the requirement for public consultation to the
extent that public participation in the approval process would defeat
the purpose of the
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information collection, violate State or Federal law, or substantially
interfere with any agency's ability to perform its statutory
obligations. The Deputy Chief Information Officer, Office of the Chief
Information Officer, publishes this notice containing proposed
information collection requests prior to submission of these requests
to OMB. Each proposed information collection, grouped by office,
contains the following: (1) Type of review requested, e.g., new,
revision, extension, existing or reinstatement; (2) Title; (3) Summary
of the collection; (4) Description of the need for, and proposed use
of, the information; (5) Respondents and frequency of collection; and
(6) Reporting and/or Recordkeeping burden. OMB invites public comment
at the address specified above. Copies of the requests are available
from Patrick J. Sherrill at the address specified above.
Dated: January 15, 1998.
Gloria Parker,
Deputy Chief Information Officer, Office of the Chief Information
Officer.
Office of Postsecondary Education
Type of Review: Revision.
Title: Fiscal Operations Report and Application to Participate in
Federal Perkins Loan, Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity
Grant, and Federal Work-Study Program.
Frequency: Annually.
Affected Public: Business or other for-profit; Not-for-profit
institutions; State, local or Tribal Gov't; SEAs or LEAs.
Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour Burden:
Responses: 4,800.
Burden Hours: 80,586.
Abstract: This application data will be used to compute the amount
of funds needed by each institution during the 1999-2000 Award Year.
The Fiscal Operations Report data will be used to assess program
effectiveness, account for funds expended during the 1997-98 Award
Year, and as part of the institutional funding process.
Office of Educational Research and Improvement
Type of Review: New.
Title: 1998 National Assessment of Educational Progress(NAEP),
Writing Special Study.
Frequency: One Time.
Affected Public: Individuals or households.
Reporting Burden and Recordkeeping:
Responses: 6,200.
Burden Hours: 2,200.
Abstract: The 1998 NAEP writing special study is designed to
bolster the understanding of study NAEP writing achievement with
information on student's best writing assignments, and the writing
process. In addition, the study will collect information about
teachers' emphasis on writing curriculum and instructional approaches.
The study will be conducted with a sample of 6000 (4th and 8th grade)
students and 200 teachers. The study will use a structured protocol to
obtain more detailed and valid information about classroom
instructional practices than a standard background questionnaire.
Students will be asked to select three examples of their best writing
and to fill out a brief questionnaire describing the samples of writing
that they submit.
[FR Doc. 98-1391 Filed 1-20-98; 8:45 am]
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