Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; Statewide Longitudinal Data System (SLDS) Survey 2020-2022
| Published date | 15 January 2020 |
| Citation | 85 FR 2411 |
| Record Number | 2020-00460 |
| Section | Notices |
| Court | Education Department |
Federal Register, Volume 85 Issue 10 (Wednesday, January 15, 2020)
[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 10 (Wednesday, January 15, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2411-2412]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-00460]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
[Docket No.: ED-2020-SCC-0010]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request;
Statewide Longitudinal Data System (SLDS) Survey 2020-2022
AGENCY: National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), Department of
Education (ED).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ED is
proposing a revision of an existing information collection.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before
March 16, 2020.
ADDRESSES: To access and review all the documents related to the
information collection listed in this notice, please use http://www.regulations.gov by searching the Docket ID number ED-2020-SCC-0010.
Comments submitted in response to this notice should be submitted
electronically through the Federal eRulemaking Portal at http://www.regulations.gov by selecting the Docket ID number or via postal
mail, commercial delivery, or hand delivery. If the regulations.gov
site is not available to the public for any reason, ED will temporarily
accept comments at [email protected]. Please include the docket ID
number and the title of the information collection request when
requesting documents or submitting comments. Please note that comments
submitted by fax or email and those submitted after the comment period
will not be accepted. Written requests for information or comments
submitted by postal mail or delivery should be addressed to the
Director of the Strategic Collections and Clearance Governance and
Strategy Division, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Ave. SW,
LBJ, Room 6W-208B, Washington, DC 20202-4537.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For specific questions related to
collection activities, please contact Kashka Kubzdela, 202-245-7377 or
email [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department of Education (ED), in
accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) (44 U.S.C.
3506(c)(2)(A)), provides the general public and Federal agencies with
an opportunity to comment on proposed, revised, and continuing
collections of information. This helps the Department assess the impact
of its information collection requirements and minimize the public's
reporting burden. It also
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helps the public understand the Department's information collection
requirements and provide the requested data in the desired format. ED
is soliciting comments on the proposed information collection request
(ICR) that is described below. 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. Please note that written comments received in
response to this notice will be considered public records.
Title of Collection: Statewide Longitudinal Data System (SLDS)
Survey 2020-2022.
OMB Control Number: 1850-0933.
Type of Review: A revision of an existing information collection.
Respondents/Affected Public: State, Local, and Tribal Governments.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 112.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 140.
Abstract: As authorized by the Educational Technical Assistance Act
of 2002, Title II, the Statewide Longitudinal Data Systems (SLDS) Grant
Program has awarded competitive, cooperative agreement grants to states
since 2005. Through grants and a growing range of services and
resources, the program has helped propel the successful design,
development, implementation, and expansion of K12 and P-20W (early
learning through the workforce) longitudinal data systems. These
systems are intended to enhance the ability of States to efficiently
and accurately manage, analyze, and use education data, including
individual student records. The SLDSs should help states, districts,
schools, educators, and other stakeholders to make data-informed
decisions to improve student learning and outcomes; as well as to
facilitate research to increase student achievement and close
achievement gaps. The SLDS grants extend for three to five years for up
to twenty million dollars per grantee, and grantees are obligated to
submit annual reports and a final report on the development and
implementation of their systems. All 50 states, five territories, and
the District of Columbia are eligible to apply, and each state can
apply multiple times to develop different aspects of their data system.
Since November 2005, 97 grants have been awarded. In addition to the
grants, the program offers many services and resources to assist
education agencies with SLDS-related work. Best practices, lessons
learned, and non-proprietary products/solutions developed by recipients
of these grants and other states are disseminated to aid all state and
local education agencies. The request to formalize the annual SLDS
Interim Progress Report (IPR) as the SLDS Survey, intended to provide
insight on state and U.S. territory SLDS capacity for automated linking
of K-12, teacher, postsecondary, workforce, career and technical
education (CTE), adult education, and early childhood data, and to
conduct the annual SLDS Survey from 2017 through 2019 was approved in
February 2017 with the latest change request approved in August 2019
(1850-0933 v.1-7). The SLDS Survey helps inform ongoing evaluation and
targeted technical assistance efforts to enhance the quality of the
SLDS Program's support to states. This request is to conduct the annual
SLDS Survey from 2020 through 2022, and introduces a new online form
for data collection.
Dated: January 9, 2020.
Stephanie Valentine,
PRA Coordinator, Strategic Collections and Clearance, Governance and
Strategy Division, Office of Chief Data Officer.
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