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requirements and provide the requested 

data in the desired format. ED is 

soliciting comments on the proposed 

information collection request (ICR) that 

is described below. The Department of 

Education is especially interested in 

public comment addressing the 

following issues: (1) Is this collection 

necessary to the proper functions of the 

Department; (2) will this information be 

processed and used in a timely manner; 

(3) is the estimate of burden accurate; 

(4) how might the Department enhance 

the quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and (5) how 

might the Department minimize the 

burden of this collection on the 

respondents, including through the use 

of information technology. Please note 

that written comments received in 

response to this notice will be 

considered public records. 

Title of Collection: Case Service 

Report (RSA–911). 

OMB Control Number: 1820–0508. 

Type of Review: An extension without 

change of a currently approved 

collection. 

Respondents/Affected Public: State, 

Local, and Tribal Governments. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 312. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 34,446. 

Abstract: The Case Service Report 

(RSA–911) is used to collect individual 

level data on State Vocational 

Rehabilitation (VR) program 

participants on a quarterly basis. The 

data collected in this report are 

mandated by section 101(a)(10) and 607 

of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (Act), 

as amended by title IV of the Workforce 

Innovation and Opportunity Act 

(WIOA) and section 116(d) of WIOA. In 

addition, the Rehabilitation Services 

Administration (RSA) uses data 

reported through this collection to 

support its other responsibilities under 

the Act. Section 14(a) of the Act calls for 

the evaluation of programs authorized 

under the Act, as well as an assessment 

of the programs’ effectiveness in relation 

to cost. Many of these evaluations use 

RSA–911 data. RSA also uses data 

captured through the RSA–911 during 

the conduct of both the annual review 

and periodic on-site monitoring of VR 

agencies required by section 107 of the 

Act to examine the effectiveness of 

program performance. Other important 

management activities, such as the 

provision of technical assistance, 

program planning, and budget 

preparation and development, are 

greatly enhanced through the use of 

RSA–911 data. In addition, RSA uses 

RSA–911 data in the exchange of data 

under a data sharing agreement with the 

Social Security Administration and the 

U.S. Department of Health and Human 

Services as required by section 131 of 

the Act. Finally, the RSA–911 is 

considered to be one of the most robust 

databases in describing the 

demographics of the disabled 

population in the country and as such 

is used widely in researchers’ disabilityrelated analyses and reports. 

Dated: December 7, 2020. 

Kate Mullan, 

PRA Coordinator, Strategic Collections and 

Clearance Governance and Strategy Division, 

Office of Chief Data Officer, Office of 

Planning, Evaluation and Policy 

Development. 

[FR Doc. 2020–27169 Filed 12–9–20; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

[Docket No.: ED–2020–SCC–0185] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Comment Request; College 

Affordability and Transparency 

Explanation Form (CATEF) 2021–2023 

AGENCY: Office of Postsecondary 

Education (OPE), Department of 

Education (ED). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ED is 

proposing an extension without change 

of a currently approved collection. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before February 

8, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: To access and review all the 

documents related to the information 

collection listed in this notice, please 

use http://www.regulations.gov by 

searching the Docket ID number ED– 

2020–SCC–0185. Comments submitted 

in response to this notice should be 

submitted electronically through the 

Federal eRulemaking Portal at http://

www.regulations.gov by selecting the 

Docket ID number or via postal mail, 

commercial delivery, or hand delivery. 

If the regulations.gov site is not 

available to the public for any reason, 

ED will temporarily accept comments at 

ICDocketMgr@ed.gov. Please include the 

docket ID number and the title of the 

information collection request when 

requesting documents or submitting 

comments. Please note that comments 

submitted by fax or email and those 

submitted after the comment period will 

not be accepted. Written requests for 

information or comments submitted by 

postal mail or delivery should be 

addressed to the PRA Coordinator of the 

Strategic Collections and Clearance 

Governance and Strategy Division, U.S. 

Department of Education, 400 Maryland 

Ave. SW, LBJ, Room 6W208D, 

Washington, DC 20202–8240. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

specific questions related to collection 

activities, please contact Freddie Cross, 

202–453–7224. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Department of Education (ED), in 

accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) (44 U.S.C. 

3506(c)(2)(A)), provides the general 

public and Federal agencies with an 

opportunity to comment on proposed, 

revised, and continuing collections of 

information. This helps the Department 

assess the impact of its information 

collection requirements and minimize 

the public’s reporting burden. It also 

helps the public understand the 

Department’s information collection 

requirements and provide the requested 

data in the desired format. ED is 

soliciting comments on the proposed 

information collection request (ICR) that 

is described below. The Department of 

Education is especially interested in 

public comment addressing the 

following issues: (1) Is this collection 

necessary to the proper functions of the 

Department; (2) will this information be 

processed and used in a timely manner; 

(3) is the estimate of burden accurate; 

(4) how might the Department enhance 

the quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and (5) how 

might the Department minimize the 

burden of this collection on the 

respondents, including through the use 

of information technology. Please note 

that written comments received in 

response to this notice will be 

considered public records. 

Title of Collection: College 

Affordability and Transparency 

Explanation Form (CATEF) 2021–2023. 

OMB Control Number: 1840–0822. 

Type of Review: An extension without 

change of a currently approved 

collection. 

Respondents/Affected Public: State, 

Local, and Tribal Governments. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 544. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 1,251. 

Abstract: The Office of Postsecondary 

Education (OPE) is seeking a renewed 

three-year clearance for the College 

Affordability and Transparency 

Explanation Form (CATEF) data 

collection. OPE has collected this 

information since 2011–12 and the 

collection of information through 

CATEF is required by § 132 of the 

Higher Education Act of 1965 as 

amended (HEA), 20 U.S.C. 1015a with 


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the goal of increasing the transparency 

of college tuition prices for consumers. 

This submission is for the 2021–22, 

2022–23, and 2023–24 collection years. 

CATEF collects follow-up information 

from institutions that appear on the 

tuition and fees and/or net price 

increase College Affordability and 

Transparency Center (CATC) Lists for 

being in the five percent of institutions 

in their institutional sector that have the 

highest increases, expressed as a 

percentage change, over the three-year 

time period for which the most recent 

data are available. The information 

collected through CATEF is used to 

write a summary report for Congress 

which is also posted on the CATC 

website (accessible through the College 

Navigator). 

Dated: December 7, 2020. 

Kate Mullan, 

PRA Coordinator, Strategic Collections and 

Clearance Governance and Strategy Division, 

Office of Chief Data Officer, Office of 

Planning, Evaluation and Policy 

Development. 

[FR Doc. 2020–27141 Filed 12–9–20; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

[Docket No.: ED–2020–SCC–0184] 

Notice of Revision to the National 

Assessment of Educational Progress 

Survey by Suspending Data Collection 

for 2021 

AGENCY: National Center for Education 

Statistics (NCES), Department of 

Education (ED). 

ACTION: Notice of change to data 

collection. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces the 

intention of the National Center for 

Education Statistics (NCES) not to 

collect student assessment data for the 

currently approved information 

collection, the National Assessment of 

Educational Progress, originally planned 

for January–March 2021. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before January 

11, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: To access and review all the 

documents related to the information 

collection listed in this notice, please 

use http://www.regulations.gov by 

searching the Docket ID number ED– 

2020–SCC–0184. Comments submitted 

in response to this notice should be 

submitted electronically through the 

Federal eRulemaking Portal at http://

www.regulations.gov by selecting the 

Docket ID number or via postal mail, 

commercial delivery, or hand delivery. 

If the regulations.gov site is not 

available to the public for any reason, 

ED will temporarily accept comments at 

ICDocketMgr@ed.gov. Please include the 

docket ID number and the title of the 

information collection request when 

requesting documents or submitting 

comments. Please note that comments 

submitted by fax or email and those 

submitted after the comment period will 

not be accepted. Written requests for 

information or comments submitted by 

postal mail or delivery should be 

addressed to the Director of the Strategic 

Collections and Clearance Governance 

and Strategy Division, U.S. Department 

of Education, 400 Maryland Ave. SW, 

LBJ, Room 6W208B, Washington, DC 

20202–8240. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

specific questions related to collection 

activities, please contact James L. 

Woodworth, Commissioner, National 

Center for Education Statistics, or email 

NCES.Information.Collections@ed.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Department of Education (ED), in 

accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) (44 U.S.C. 

3506(c)(2)(A)), provides the general 

public and Federal agencies with an 

opportunity to comment on proposed, 

revised, and continuing collections of 

information. This helps the Department 

assess the impact of its information 

collection requirements and minimize 

the public’s reporting burden. It also 

helps the public understand the 

Department’s information collection 

requirements and provide the requested 

data in the desired format. ED is 

soliciting comments on the proposed 

information collection request (ICR) that 

is described below. The Department of 

Education is especially interested in 

public comment addressing the 

following issues: (1) Is this collection 

necessary to the proper functions of the 

Department; (2) will this information be 

processed and used in a timely manner; 

(3) is the estimate of burden accurate; 

(4) how might the Department enhance 

the quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and (5) how 

might the Department minimize the 

burden of this collection on the 

respondents, including through the use 

of information technology. Please note 

that written comments received in 

response to this notice will be 

considered public records. 

Title of Collection: National 

Assessment of Educational Progress. 

OMB Control Number: 1850–NEW 

(relates to 1850–0928). 

Type of Request: To suspend a portion 

of a currently approved information 

collection. 

Abstract: The National Assessment of 

Educational Progress (NAEP), 

conducted by the National Center for 

Education Statistics (NCES), is a 

federally authorized survey of student 

achievement at grades 4, 8, and 12 in 

various subject areas, such as 

mathematics, reading, writing, science, 

U.S. history, civics, geography, 

economics, technology and engineering 

literacy (TEL), and the arts. It requires 

fair and accurate presentation of 

achievement data and permits the 

collection of background, noncognitive, 

or descriptive information that is related 

to academic achievement and aids in 

fair reporting of results. The intent of 

the law is to provide representative 

sample data on student achievement for 

the nation, the states, and 

subpopulations of students and to 

monitor progress over time. 

NCES has determined that it cannot at 

this time conduct a national-level 

assessment (20 U.S.C. 9622(b)(2)(A)) in 

a manner with sufficient validity and 

reliability to meet the mandate of the 

law due to school closures resulting 

from the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. 

The NAEP assessments are a key 

indicator of educational progress in the 

United States with trends going back 

decades. The change in operations and 

lack of access to students to be assessed 

means that NAEP will not be able to 

produce estimates of what students 

know and can do that would be 

comparable to either past or future 

national or state estimates. Therefore, 

NCES will not be collecting student 

assessment data in January through 

March 2021 as originally planned. NCES 

will continue to provide public updates 

on any further changes to the NAEP 

assessments through our NAEP COVID– 

19 Planning and Resources web page, 

found here: https://nces.ed.gov/ 

nationsreportcard/about/covid19.aspx. 

Authority: The National Assessment 

of Educational Progress Authorization 

Act (Pub. L. 107–279 Title III, section 

303) requires the assessment to collect 

data on specified student groups and 

characteristics, including information 

organized by race/ethnicity, gender, 

socio-economic status, disability, and 

limited English proficiency. 

Estimate of Burden: There will be no 

further public reporting burden for this 

collection of information. 


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