OMB83C Change Sheet v6

PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT CHANGE WORKSHEET
International Early Learning Study (IELS) 2018 Main Study Change Request
National Center for Education Statistics (NCES),
Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education
Agency/Subagency

Enter only items that change
Agency form number(s)
Annual reporting and record keeping hour burden
Number of respondent
Total annual responses
% responses collected electronically
Total annual hours

OMB Control Number

1850-0936 v.6

Current Record

New Record

NA

NA

5,031
8,091
45%
4,461

5,031
8,091
45%
4,461
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

Difference

NA
NA
NA
NA

Explanation of difference

NA
NA

Program change
Adjustment
Other change**

The International Early Learning Study (IELS) is a new study sponsored by the Organization for Economic Cooperation
and Development (OECD), an intergovernmental organization of industrialized countries. In the United States, the IELS
is conducted by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES). The IELS focuses on young children and their
cognitive and non-cognitive skills and competencies as they transition to primary school. The IELS is designed to
examine: children’s early learning and development in a broad range of domains, including social and cognitive skills;
the relationship between children’s early learning and children’s participation in early childhood education and care
(ECEC); the role of contextual factors, including children’s individual characteristics and their home backgrounds and
experiences, in promoting young children’s growth and development; and how early learning varies across and within
countries prior to beginning, or in the early stages of primary school. In 2018, in the participating countries, including the
United States, the IELS will assess nationally-representative samples of 5-year-old children enrolled in public and
private schools that offer kindergarten in the United States through direct and indirect measures, and will collect
contextual data about their home learning environments, ECEC histories, and demographic characteristics. The IELS
will measure young children’s knowledge, skills, and competencies in both cognitive and non-cognitive domains,
including language and literacy, mathematics and numeracy, executive function/self-regulation, and social emotional
skills. This assessment will take place as children are transitioning to primary school and will provide data on how U.S.
children entering kindergarten compare with their international peers on skills deemed important for later success. The
IELS countries conducted a field test in the fall of 2017 to evaluate newly developed assessment instruments and
questionnaires and to test the study operations. The IELS 2018 main study recruitment began in September 2017, and
the main study data collection was approved by OMB in July 2018 (OMB# 1850-0936 v.5). This request is to provide: 1)
Spanish translations of the previously approved parent communication materials and parent questionnaire, 2) the final
main study School Coordinator’s manual, and 3) scripts for the two planned IELS respondent recruitment videos.
Signature of Senior Official or designee:

Date:

For OIRA Use

August 16, 2018

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