OMB83C Change Sheet

PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT
CHANGE WORKSHEET
Fast Response Survey System (FRSS) 109: Teachers’ Use of Technology for School and
Homework Assignments – Preliminary Activities Response to Public Comment Change Request
Agency/Subagency

OMB Control Number

U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences
Enter only items that change
Agency form number(s)
Annual reporting and record keeping
hour burden
Number of respondent
Total annual responses
Percent of these responses
collected electronically
Total annual hours

1850-0857 v.3

Current Record

New Record

NA

NA

3,100
3,100
47%
2,161

3,100
3,100
47%
2,161
0

Difference
Explanation of difference
Program change

0
0

Adjustment
Annual reporting and record keeping
cost burden (in thousands of dollars)
Total annualized capital/startup
costs
Total annual costs (O&M)
Total annualized cost requested

NA

NA

NA
NA

NA
NA
NA

Difference
Explanation of difference

NA
NA

Program change
Adjustment
Other change**

In March 2018, the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) received OMB approval to conduct teacher list
collection and district recruitment for the Fast Response Survey System (FRSS) 109 survey on teachers’ use of
technology for school and homework assignments in public schools. NCES is conducting this FRSS survey as part of
the IES response to the request in the Every Student Succeeds Act of 2015 (ESSA, 20 U.S.C. §6301 et seq.) to provide
information about the educational impact of access to digital learning resources (DLRs) outside of the classroom. The
expanding use of technology affects the lives of students both inside and outside the classroom. For this reason, the
role of technology in education is an increasingly important area of research. While access to technology can provide
valuable learning opportunities to students, technology by itself does not guarantee successful outcomes. Schools and
teachers play an important role in successfully integrating technology into teaching and learning. Findings from the
FRSS 109 study will provide insight on the types and availability of DLRs outside of the classroom, and will contribute to
IES legislatively mandated report on the educational impact of access to DLRs outside the classroom. To provide the
needed data, FRSS 109 will collect nationally representative data from public school teachers about their use of DLRs
for teaching, and how their knowledge and beliefs about their students’ access to DLRs outside the classroom affect the
assignments they give. The survey will focus on information that can best be provided by teachers from their
perspective and direct interaction with students. FRSS 109 will provide national statistics on: (1) Teachers’ knowledge
and beliefs about students’ access to technology for doing school assignments outside of school; (2) Barriers and
challenges teachers believe their students face in using technology for class assignments outside of school; and (3)
Computers that the district or school may make available to students for use outside of class time. This request is to
amend the FRSS 109 preliminary activities record with the “FRSS 109 Response to 30-day Public Comment”
document.
Signature of Senior Official or designee:

Date:

For OIRA Use

March 2, 2018

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**This form cannot be used to extend an expiration date
OMB 83-C