Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Connecting Adults to Success: Career Navigator Training Study (CATS Study)
| Published date | 21 February 2024 |
| Record Number | 2024-03499 |
| Citation | 89 FR 13052 |
| Court | Education Department |
| Section | Notices |
Federal Register, Volume 89 Issue 35 (Wednesday, February 21, 2024)
[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 35 (Wednesday, February 21, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13052-13053]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-03499]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
[Docket No.: ED-2023-SCC-0195]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Connecting Adults to Success: Career Navigator Training Study
(CATS Study)
AGENCY: Institute of Education Sciences (IES), Department of Education
(ED).
ACTION: Notice
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995,
the Department is proposing a revision of a currently approved
information collection request (ICR).
DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before
March 22, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for proposed
information collection requests should be submitted within 30 days of
publication of this notice. Click on this link www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain to access the site. Find this information collection request
(ICR) by selecting ``Department of Education'' under ``Currently Under
Review,'' then check the ``Only Show ICR for Public Comment'' checkbox.
Reginfo.gov provides two links to view documents related to this
information collection request. Information collection forms and
instructions may be found by clicking on the ``View Information
Collection (IC) List'' link. Supporting statements and other supporting
documentation may be found by clicking on the ``View Supporting
Statement and Other Documents'' link.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For specific questions related to
collection activities, please contact Melanie Ali, (202) 245-8345.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department 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.
Please note that written comments received in response to this notice
will be considered public records.
Title of Collection: Connecting Adults to Success: Career Navigator
Training Study (CATS Study).
OMB Control Number: 1850-0973.
Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved ICR.
Respondents/Affected Public: Individuals or households Total
Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 30,823.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 2,340.
Abstract: The Institute of Education Sciences within the U.S.
Department of Education requests clearance for a revision to the
Connecting Adults to Success: Evaluation of Career Navigator Training
(1850-0973, approved on July 18, 2022). This demonstration study
examines the impact of training for career navigators--local adult
education provider staff who provide services to address the challenges
that learners face navigating the transition to the workforce and to
further education and training. The study compares the education and
employment outcomes of learners enrolled in adult education sites whose
career navigators are assigned by lottery to receive the study's
training (the treatment group) with the outcomes of learners enrolled
in the business-as-usual sites who are assigned by lottery to receive
the study's training after the study period (the comparison group).
Approximately 64 adult education sites nationally are participating in
the study. Impacts on learners' education and employment outcomes will
be examined after 18 and 30 months. The revision is for the purpose of
shifting one component of the approved data collection plan--frequent
adult education career navigator-completed logs--to add a single
follow-up survey to ensure the study can still examine whether the
training leads to changes in these practices. The survey is now needed
because of concerns about low response rates and data quality from
early rounds of those logs.
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Dated: February 15, 2024.
Juliana Pearson,
PRA Coordinator, Strategic Collections and Clearance, Governance and
Strategy Division, Office of Chief Data Officer, Office of Planning,
Evaluation and Policy Development.
[FR Doc. 2024-03499 Filed 2-20-24; 8:45 am]
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