59660 Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 188 / Friday, September 27, 2013 / Notices 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

[Docket No.: ED–2013–ICCD–0126] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Comment Request; 

Alternative Student Outcomes for 

Growth Measures Case Studies 

AGENCY: Institute of Education Sciences/ 

National Center for Education Statistics 

(IES), Department of Education (ED). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. chapter 3501 et seq.), ED is 

proposing a new information collection. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before 

November 26, 2013. 

ADDRESSES: Comments submitted in 

response to this notice should be 

submitted electronically through the 

Federal eRulemaking Portal at http://

www.regulations.gov by selecting 

Docket ID number ED–2013–ICCD–0126 

or via postal mail, commercial delivery, 

or hand delivery. 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 Acting 

Director of the Information Collection 

Clearance Division, U.S. Department of 

Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW., 

LBJ, Room 2E105, Washington, DC 

20202–4537. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

questions related to collection activities 

or burden, please call Kathy Axt, 540– 

776–7742 or electronically mail 

ICDocketMgr@ed.gov. Please do not 

send comments here. 

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: Alternative 

Student Outcomes for Growth Measures 

Case Studies. 

OMB Control Number: 1850–NEW. 

Type of Review: A new information 

collection. 

Respondents/Affected Public: 

Individuals or households. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 182. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 364. 

Abstract: This submission is a request 

for approval of data collection activities 

that will be used to support the MidAtlantic Regional Educational 

Laboratory (REL) Alternative Student 

Outcomes for Growth Measures Case 

Studies. The study is being funded by 

the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) 

U.S. Department of Education and is 

being implemented by ICF International 

and its subcontractor, Mathematica 

Policy Research. This submission 

requests approval to recruit districts for 

the study and conduct in person and 

telephone interviews with staff in 

participating districts. 

This study aims to fill the gap in 

information available to districts and 

policymakers on measures of student 

growth that do not use state 

standardized tests via qualitative case 

studies of up to nine districts that are 

using alternative measures of student 

achievement growth in teacher 

performance ratings. The studies will 

address what alternative measures of 

student achievement growth in teacher 

performance ratings. The case studies 

will address what alternative outcome 

measures are used, how the alternative 

growth measures are implemented, 

challenges and obstacles in 

implementation, how the measures are 

being used. Where possible, the 

Department will examine the extent of 

differentiation produced by the 

measures—specifically, the distribution 

of teacher performance on the measures, 

as compared with the distribution of 

teacher performance on conventional 

value added measures that are based on 

state assessments. The Department will 

conduct semi-structured interviews 

with district administrators leading 

teacher evaluation or effectiveness 

efforts, teacher representatives (such as 

union leaders), teachers (including both 

classroom teachers and instructional 

coaches), and principals. The data 

collected will be summarized and 

analyzed using a case study approach. 

Dated: September 23, 2013. 

Stephanie Valentine, 

Acting Director, Information Collection 

Clearance Division, Privacy, Information and 

Records Management Services, Office of 

Management. 

[FR Doc. 2013–23535 Filed 9–26–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Extension of a Currently Approved 

Information Collection for the 

Weatherization Assistance Program 

AGENCY: U.S. Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: A 60-day notice and request 

for comments was published in the 

Federal Register on July 29, 2013 (78 FR 

45518). No comments were received in 

response to this Notice. 

This subsequent 30-day notice allows 

public comment on the final version of 

the information collection request. WAP 

was able to confirm, through its annual 

evaluation, that reducing reporting 

frequency from quarterly to annually on 

all new awards would be sufficient to 

meet the grants management and 

oversight needs of the program. This 

reduced the burden from 2,088 hours 

which was reported in the previous 

Notice and Request for Comments 

published on July 29, 2013 (78 FR 

45518) to 1160 hours, as reflected 

below. 

The Department of Energy (DOE) 

invites public comment on an extension 

of a currently approved collection of 

information that DOE is developing for 

submission to the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) pursuant to the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The 

Department of Energy (DOE) has 

submitted an information collection 

request to the OMB for extension under 

the provisions of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995. The information 

collection requests a three- year 

extension of its Weatherization 

Assistance Program, OMB Control 

Number 1910–5127. The proposed 

collection will collect information on 

the status of grantee activities, 

expenditures, and results, to ensure that 

program funds are being used 

appropriately, effectively and 

expeditiously. 


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