The study is being conducted as part
of the National Assessment of Title I, mandated by Title I, Part E,
Section 1501 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. The
study is designed to identify school programs and instructional
practices associated with improved language development, background
knowledge, and comprehension outcomes for children in
prekindergarten through third grade. Analyses will estimate the
associations between instructional programs and practices and
student outcomes to inform future rigorous evaluation of strategies
to improve language and comprehension outcomes for at-risk children
in these early years of school. We will identify 10 locations for
the study, including 7-8 of the largest urban school districts and
2-3 states with large Title I populations. Within each of the 10
locations, we will select 5 high-performing and 5 low-performing
schools. Within each school, we will randomly sample an average of
three classrooms per grade. Within each classroom, we will randomly
sample 8 students. Students will be assessed in fall and spring.
Principals, preschool directors, teachers, and parents will be
surveyed once, and students' classrooms will be observed twice in
the fall and twice in the spring. Information from students' school
records will be extracted at the end of the school year.
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USC 6491 Name of Law: Elementary and Secondary Education Act,
as reauthorized by the No Child Left Behind Act, Section 150
This is a program change and a
second submission of a two-stage clearance request. The first
submission (approved on August 2, 2010, under OMB control number
1850-0871) requested approval of the study's sampling plan, the
approach to collecting the information needed to select the sample,
and district and school recruitment. In this package, IES is
requesting approval for all data collection activities that will
support the full-scale study. Specifically, the burden is increased
so that principals, prekindergarten directors, teachers, and
children's parents can complete the survey instruments, and for
schools to provide information from students' school records.
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that
the collection of information encompassed by this request complies
with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR
1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding
the proposed collection of information, that the certification
covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a
benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control
number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of
these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked
and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.