[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 62 (Thursday, April 1, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 15734]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-8082]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
National Assessment Governing Board; Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
AGENCY: National Assessment Governing Board, Education.
ACTION: Submission for OMB review; comment request.
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SUMMARY: The Executive Director, National Assessment Governing Board
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
May 1, 1999.
ADDRESSES: Written comments should be addressed to the Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attention: Danny Werfel, Desk
Officer, Department of Education, Office of Management and Budget, 725
17th Street, NW., Room 10235, New Executive Office Building,
Washington, DC 20503 or should be electronically mailed to the internet
address Werfeld@a1.eop.gov. Requests for copies of the proposed
information collection requests should be addressed to Steven Gorman,
National Assessment Governing Board, 800 North Capitol Street, NW.,
Suite 825, Washington, DC 20002-4233 or should be electronically mailed
to Steven Gorman@ed.gov or should be faxed to 202-275-6063.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Steven Gorman at 202-357-7502 by
telephone, [email protected] by electronic mail, or Steven Gorman,
National Assessment Governing Board, 800 North Capitol Street, NW.,
Suite 825, Washington, DC 20002-4233 by regular mail.
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 information collection, violate State or Federal
law, or substantially interfere with any agency's ability to perform
its statutory obligations. The Executive Director, National Assessment
Governing Board, publishes this notice containing proposed information
collection requests prior to submission of this request to OMB. The
proposed information collection 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 Steven
Gorman at the address specified above.
Roy Truby,
Executive Director, National Assessment Governing Board.
Type of Review: New.
Title: Similarities Classification Validation Research Study for
1998 Civics National Assessment of Educational Progress.
Frequency: Once.
Affected Public: Individuals or households.
Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour Burden:
Responses: 1,500.
Burden Hours: 2,899.
Abstract: The student classification study involves teachers'
estimates of the academic ability of their students and of their
students' performance on the NAEP relative to each achievement level.
Teachers will also classify performance of ``anonymous'' students
represented in assessment booklets. These estimates are made with
respect to the assessment framework and achievement levels
descriptions. Teachers will not know how individual students performed
on the assessment. The correspondence between classifications by
teachers and classifications based on student performances will be
measured.
[FR Doc. 99-8082 Filed 3-31-99; 8:45 am]
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