## NATIONAL CENTER FOR EDUCATION STATISTICS (NCES)



# SCHOOL ATTENDANCE BO UNDARY SURVEY

(SABS) JULY 2013

– JULY 2016

PART B OMB SUBMISSION

DECEMBER 2012

### B. **COLLECTION OF INFORMATION EMPLO**  **YING STATISTICAL MET HODS** 

**1. Respondent Universe**  The universe of this survey will come from the 2012
- 2 013 Common Core of Data public school universe, with a few exceptions. Boundary data will not be collected from : 1. Regional schools 2. S pecial Ed schools 3. Charter schools 4. Closed schools 5. Open enrollment schools **2. Statistical Procedures for Collecting Information**  This is a census of the school universe, thus sampling will not be utilized
. We expect a 0.85 response rate. **3. Procedures for**  **Collection of Information** 1) NCES and Census staff will prepare a list of eligible schools and school districts from the 2012
- 2013 CCD school universe file. 2) The school district list will be categorized based on the size of student enrollment. 3) NCES will comp are the above district s to districts residing on the 2009
- 2010 acquired SABIN school district project file
. 4) Census Bureau staff will contact the acquired SABIN school district s first to confirm and update its school boundaries. 5) Census staff will contact an d confirm school district s that have onl y one elementary school, one middle school, and one high school. The district boundary for these school will be each school ’s boundary
. 6) Census staff will then contact the rest of the school districts. **4. Methods for**  **Maximizing Response Rates** The school service are a boundaries will be collected using one of the following methods: 1) Districts will submit through the online collection system , which allow s them to log in during the collection period to update, submit , and correct school boundaries
. The final file will be in the shape file format that c an be used by all GIS sy stem; 2) Districts will submit through the online collection system or via email the ir already existing shape file; or 3) Districts will submit the ir paper maps via mail, which the Census Bureau will digitize into shape file format. As the survey

due date approaches, the Census Bureau will contact nonresponding school districts by phone and mail to encourage their participation in the survey
. NCES also attempts to maximize response by reducing response burden. The Census staff will contact and confirm school districts that have only one elementary school, one middle school, and one high school and set the district boundary as the school’s boundary
. Also, the district that already have reported 2010
- 2011 school boundaries will only have to make changes to the schools that had a boundary

change. The ones that did not change will onl y have to be confirmed.**5. Tests of Procedures and Methods** 

The SABS system will us e cloud technology maintained and updated b y NCES ’s contractor , Sanametrix, who will daily review and update the school boundaries data during the data collection period. **6. Reviewing Statisticians**  Tai Phan, of NCES, is the SABS program director and Maril yn Seastrom is the Chief Statistician for NCES consulted on technical aspects o f the data collection.