The second round of data collection
for the Implementation of Title I/II-A Program Initiatives study
will continue to examine the implementation of policies promoted
through the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) at the
state and district levels, in four core areas: school
accountability and support for low-performing schools, improving
teacher and leader effectiveness, state content standards, and
assessments. The first round of data collection for this study was
conducted in Spring and Summer 2014. The purpose of this follow-up
data collection is to provide policy makers with detailed
information on the core policies promoted by Title I and Title II-A
being implemented at the state and district levels, and the
resources and supports they provide to schools and teachers. The
timing of the data collection is critical to provide early
information on the implementation of the Every Student Succeeds Act
(ESSA) in the 2017–18 school year. This study will rely on
information collected from existing sources, for which there are no
respondents or burden, and on a set of revised state and district
surveys based on the 2014 data collection in order to address the
study's research questions. Extant data sources include (a) the
National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) and (b) EDFacts
data. The revised surveys of states and school districts will begin
in March 2018. All respondents will have the opportunity to
complete an electronic (e.g., web-based) survey (or paper survey,
if preferred). The survey respondents are described briefly below:
State Surveys: The state survey will be sent to the chief state
school officer in each of the 50 states and the District of
Columbia. The state surveys will be administered using an
electronic instrument divided into modules corresponding to the
four core areas. School District Surveys. The school district
survey will be sent to school superintendents from the same
nationally representative sample of 570 school districts that
participated in the 2014 survey, as well as a new nationally
representative sample of 149 charter school districts. The district
survey will be web-based and modularized, corresponding to the four
core areas, to allow for completion by one or multiple
respondents.
This is a reinstatement with
change of a previously approved information collection request.
There was a reduction in burden from the previous approval of
11,551 responses and 5,701 hours. This results in an increase in
burden and responses of 872 hours and 770 responses.
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.