[Federal Register: July 18, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 139)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
AGENCY: Department of Education.
SUMMARY: The Acting Leader, Information Collection Clearance Division,
Regulatory Information Management Services, Office of Management
invites comments on the submission for OMB review as required by the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before
August 18, 2008.
ADDRESSES: Written comments should be addressed to the Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attention: Education Desk Officer,
Office of Management and Budget, 725 17th Street, NW., Room 10222,
Washington, DC 20503. Commenters are encouraged to submit responses
electronically by e-mail to oira_submission@omb.eop.gov or via fax to
(202) 395-6974. Commenters should include the following subject line in
their response ``Comment: [insert OMB number], [insert abbreviated
collection name, e.g., ``Upward Bound Evaluation'']. Persons submitting
comments electronically should not submit paper copies.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 3506 of the Paperwork Reduction Act
of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35) requires that the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) provide interested Federal agencies and the public an
early opportunity to comment on information collection requests. OMB
may amend or waive the requirement for public consultation to the
extent that public participation in the approval process would defeat
the purpose of the information collection, violate State or Federal
law, or substantially interfere with any agency's ability to perform
its statutory obligations. The Acting Leader, Information Collection
Clearance Division, Regulatory Information Management Services, Office
of Management, publishes that notice containing proposed information
collection requests prior to submission of these requests to OMB. Each
proposed information collection, grouped by office, contains the
following: (1) Type of review requested, e.g. new, revision, extension,
existing or reinstatement; (2) Title; (3) Summary of the collection;
(4) Description of the need for, and proposed use of, the information;
(5) Respondents and frequency of collection; and (6) Reporting and/or
Recordkeeping burden. OMB invites public comment.
Dated: July 14, 2008.
James Hyler,
Acting Leader, Information Collection Clearance Division, Regulatory
Information Management Services, Office of Management.
Office of Vocational and Adult Education
Type of Review: New.
Title: Strengthening Adult Reading Instructional Practices (SARIP).
Frequency: Learner respondents will report twice; Instructor
respondents will report once for two instruments and weekly for 15
weeks.
Affected Public: Individuals or household.
Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour Burden:
Responses: 4,734.
Burden Hours: 1,431.
Abstract: The SARIP Study is an initial investigation of whether
the Study Achievement in Reading (STAR) training and materials are
effective in developing adult basic education (ABE) instructors'
capability to deliver evidence-based reading instruction and
consequently, in improving intermediate-level (4th-8.9th grade
equivalence) adult learners' reading skills. The study will employ a
quasi-experimental design to examine whether learners who are taught by
ABE instructors that have been trained in the STAR methods and
materials and have become proficient in these methods make greater
gains in developing their reading skills compared to learners who have
been taught by ABE instructors that have not participated in STAR. The
treatment learners will be compared to data from a matched sample of
adult learners that have not participated in STAR. The comparison group
will be drawn from extant data from two previous studies on adult
learners' development of reading skills. The learner data collected in
the SARIP study will be used by the U.S. Department of Education to
assess the preliminary learner reading outcomes from the STAR
intervention and to determine whether a more rigorous evaluation of
STAR should be undertaken at this point in the implementation of STAR.
The data collected in the SARIP study about the delivery of instruction
by teachers trained in STAR will be used by the U.S. Department of
Education to review the STAR training and to determine whether
modifications may be needed in the STAR training. The information about
ABE programs collected in the study will be used by the U.S. Department
of Education and state adult education offices to provide guidance to
local ABE providers about the types of ABE program practices that may
support the delivery of effective reading instruction.
Requests for copies of the information collection submission for
OMB review may be accessed from http://edicsweb.ed.gov, by selecting
the ``Browse Pending Collections'' link and by clicking on link number
3681. When you access the information collection, click on ``Download
Attachments'' to view. Written requests for information should be
addressed to U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW.,
LBJ, Washington, DC 20202-4537. Requests may also be electronically
mailed to ICDocketMgr@ed.gov or faxed to 202-401-0920. Please specify
the complete title of the information collection when making your
request.
Comments regarding burden and/or the collection activity
requirements should be electronically mailed to ICDocketMgr@ed.gov.
Individuals who use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) may
call the Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1-800-877-8339.
[FR Doc. E8-16429 Filed 7-17-08; 8:45 am]
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