This submission requests approval to
collect data in support of the Investing in Innovation (i3) Program
Technical Assistance and Evaluation Project. The i3 Program is
designed to support school districts and nonprofit organizations in
expanding, developing, and evaluating evidence-based practices and
promising efforts to improve outcomes for the nations' students,
teachers, and schools. Each i3 grantee is required to fund an
independent evaluation. The Technical Assistance and Evaluation
Project requires data collection to assess the strength of the
evidence produced under the grantees independent evaluations as
well as provide a cross-site summary of the findings. Specifically,
the data collected will be used to support reviews and reports to
ED that: describe the intervention implemented by each i3 grantee;
assess the strength of the evidence produced by each i3 evaluation;
present the evidence produced by each i3 evaluation; identify
effective and promising interventions; and, assess the results of
the i3 Program. We will collect data from the universe of all 172
i3 projects funded under the i3 Program.
PL:
Pub.L. 111 - 117 307 Name of Law: Consolidated Appropriations
Act, 2010, Division D
PL:
Pub.L. 111 - 5 A Name of Law: The American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act of 2009, Division A, Title XIV
This is an extension of a
previously approved information collection request. There is a
small reduction in annual responses and annual burden hours from
what was previously approved due to a smaller number of active i3
grantees at this time. This results in a reduction in burden and
responses. The total burden and responses is 343 hours and 23
responses respectively.
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.