[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 119 (Monday, June 22, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33916-33917]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-16474]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Notice of Proposed Information Collection Requests
AGENCY: Department of Education.
SUMMARY: The Acting Deputy Chief Information Officer, Office of the
Chief Information Officer, invites comments on the proposed information
collection requests as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before
August 21, 1998.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and 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, D.C. 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 information collection, violate State or Federal
law, or substantially interfere with any agency's ability to perform
its statutory obligations. The Acting 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
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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.
The Department of Education is especially interested in public
comment addressing the following issues: (1) is this collection
necessary to the proper functions of the Department; (2) will this
information be processed and used in a timely manner, (3) is the
estimate of burden accurate; (4) how might the Department enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected, and
(5) how might the Department minimize the burden of this collection on
the respondents, including through the use of information technology.
Dated: June 16, 1998.
Hazel Fiers,
Acting Deputy Chief Information Officer, Office of the Chief
Information Officer.
Office of the Under Secretary
Type of Review: New.
Title: Evaluation of Effective Adult Basic Education Programs and
Practices.
Frequency: Three (3) times per year (May, September, and December).
Affected Public: Individuals or households; Not-for-profit
institutions; State, local or Tribal Gov't, SEAs or LEAs.
Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour Burden:
Responses: 78.
Burden Hours: 618.
Abstract: The U.S. Department of Education has been working with
State Directors of adult education and local providers to document the
learning gains of adult education participants. Because little is known
about the effectiveness of adult basic education (ABE) programs for
first-level learners, this is an exploratory study. Hence, we are
developing measures to describe the operational and instructional
characteristics of ABE programs and are testing methods of measuring
outcomes. The programs participating in the study were selected based
on information collected in previous case studies that had evidence of
good instruction, where teachers had been trained in a specific model
for delivering adult education instruction, and where there was
evidence of effective program operations. Respondents are program
participants who voluntarily enroll in federally funded adult basic
education classes.
[FR Doc. 98-16474 Filed 6-19-98; 8:45 am]
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