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by the TALIS Governing Board (TGB), 

comprising representatives from the 

OECD member countries, and 

implemented internationally by 

organizations contracted by the OECD 

(referred to as the International 

consortium). In the U.S., TALIS 2024 is 

conducted by the National Center for 

Education Statistics (NCES) of the 

Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. 

Department of Education. 

TALIS 2024 is focused on teachers; 

professional environment, teaching 

conditions, and their impact on school 

and teacher effectiveness. TALIS 2024 

will address teacher training and 

professional development, teacher 

appraisal, school climate, school 

leadership, instructional approaches, 

pedagogical practices, and teaching 

experience with and support for 

teaching diverse populations. 

OECD has scheduled the main study 

to occur in the Northern hemisphere 

from February through March 2024 and 

in the Southern hemisphere from June 

through August 2024. To prepare for the 

main study, several TALIS countries 

will conduct pilot studies in February 

2022; the U.S. will not participate. 

Countries will also conduct a field test 

in the first quarter of 2023, primarily to 

evaluate newly developed questionnaire 

items and school recruitment materials; 

the U.S. will participate in the field test. 

To meet the international data 

collection schedule for the field test, 

U.S. recruitment activities need to begin 

by August 2022 and U.S. questionnaires 

must be finalized by December 2022. 

TALIS 2024 includes the core TALIS 

teacher and principal surveys that are 

required for each participating country, 

as well as an optional Teacher 

Knowledge Survey (TKS). The TKS is 

intended to better understand the 

teacher pedagogical knowledge base at 

the national level. The U.S. is including 

the TKS in the upcoming TALIS 2024 

field test and will evaluate these results 

to determine the feasibility of including 

TKS as part of the US Main Study. 

The previous submission (OMB 

#1850–0888 v.8) requested approval for: 

(1) recruitment and pre-survey activities 

for the 2023 field test sample; (2) 

administration of the field test; and (3) 

school recruitment and pre-survey 

activities for the 2024 main study 

sample. That package was approved in 

August 2022. This submission requests 

approval for the final international 

versions of the principal and teacher 

instruments approved for the TALIS 

2024 Field Test. The final U.S. 

adaptations of the 2024 core TALIS and 

TKS field test questionnaires that will 

be administered in the TALIS 2024 U.S. 

Field Test will be submitted to OMB as 

a non-substantive change request in 

Winter 2022/23. 

Dated: October 24, 2023. 

Stephanie Valentine, 

PRA Coordinator, Strategic Collections and 

Clearance Governance and Strategy Division, 

Office of Chief Data Officer, Office of 

Planning, Evaluation and Policy 

Development. 

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BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

[Docket No.: ED–2023–SCC–0184] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Comment Request; 

Application for the Educational 

Flexibility (Ed-Flex) Program 

AGENCY: Office of Elementary and 

Secondary Education (OESE), 

Department of Education (ED). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 

1995, the Department is proposing a 

revision of a currently approved 

information collection request (ICR). 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before 

December 29, 2023. 

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– 

2023–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, 

the Department 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 

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 Manager of the 

Strategic Collections and Clearance 

Governance and Strategy Division, U.S. 

Department of Education, 400 Maryland 

Ave. SW, LBJ, Room 6W203, 

Washington, DC 20202–8240. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

specific questions related to collection 

activities, please contact Evan Skloot, 

202–453–6515. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Department, 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. The 

Department is soliciting comments on 

the proposed information collection 

request (ICR) that is described below. 

The Department 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: Application for the 

Educational Flexibility (Ed-Flex) 

Program. 

OMB Control Number: 1810–0737. 

Type of Review: A revision of a 

currently approved ICR. 

Respondents/Affected Public: State, 

Local, and Tribal governments. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 32. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 620. 

Abstract: This is a request for a 

revision to the Educational Flexibility 

program application to include the 

annual reporting template. The 

Educational Flexibility (Ed-Flex) 

program is authorized under the 

Education Flexibility Partnership Act of 

1999 and was reauthorized by section 

9207 of the Every Student Succeeds Act 

(ESSA). The Ed-Flex program allows the 

Secretary to authorize a State 

educational agency (SEA) that serves an 

eligible State to waive statutory or 

regulatory requirements applicable to 

one or more the included programs for 

any local educational agency (LEAs), 

educational service agency, or school 

within the State. Section 4(a)(3) of the 

Education Flexibility Partnership Act of 


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1999 requires each SEA desiring to 

participate in the education flexibility 

program to submit an application 

detailing that SEAs education flexibility 

plan. Section 4(a)(5)(B) requires each 

SEA that is authorized to become an EdFlex Partnership State to submit an 

annual report on the results of its 

oversight and the impact of the waivers 

on school and student performance. 

Previously, the annual reporting 

requirement instructions and burden 

hours were included as part of the 

application. In order to standardize 

reporting, we have created an annual 

reporting template and are increasing 

the burden hours related to the annual 

reporting based on feedback from the 

field. However, overall, there is a 

decrease in burden due to a change in 

the estimated number of responses 

based on past experience with the 

program. 

Dated: October 25, 2023. 

Kun 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. 2023–23871 Filed 10–27–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

[Docket No.: ED–2023–SCC–0188] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Comment Request; National 

Assessment of Educational Progress 

(NAEP) 2025 Long-Term Trend (LTT) 

AGENCY: National Center for Education 

Statistics (NCES), Department of 

Education (ED). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 

1995, the Department is proposing a 

revision of a currently approved 

information collection request (ICR). 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before 

December 29, 2023. 

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– 

2023–SCC–0188. 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, 

the Department 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 

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 Manager of the 

Strategic Collections and Clearance 

Governance and Strategy Division, U.S. 

Department of Education, 400 Maryland 

Ave. SW, LBJ, Room 6W203, 

Washington, DC 20202–8240. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

specific questions related to collection 

activities, please contact Carrie Clarady, 

(202) 245–6347. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Department, 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. The 

Department is soliciting comments on 

the proposed information collection 

request (ICR) that is described below. 

The Department 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 

(NAEP) 2025 Long-Term Trend (LTT). 

OMB Control Number: 1850–0928. 

Type of Review: Revision of a 

currently approved ICR. 

Respondents/Affected Public: 

Individual or Households. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 921,531. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 491,800. 

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. 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. 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. NAEP 

consists of two assessment programs: 

the NAEP long-term trend (LTT) 

assessment and the main NAEP 

assessment. The LTT assessments are 

given at the national level only and are 

administered to students at ages 9, 13, 

and 17 in a manner that is very different 

from that used for the main NAEP 

assessments. LTT reports mathematics 

and reading results that present trend 

data since the 1970s. In addition to the 

operational assessments, NAEP uses two 

other kinds of assessment activities: 

pilot assessments and special studies. 

Pilot assessments test items and 

procedures for future administrations of 

NAEP, while special studies (including 

the National Indian Education Study 

(NIES), the Middle School Transcript 

Study (MSTS), and the High School 

Transcript Study (HSTS)) are 

opportunities for NAEP to investigate 

particular aspects of the assessment 

without impacting the reporting of the 

NAEP results. The initial request for 

clearance of NAEP 2024 received OMB 

approval in April 2023 (OMB #1850– 

0928 v.28). Amendment #1 to the NAEP 

2024 clearance package received OMB 

approval in June 2023 (OMB #1850– 

0928 v.29). Since that packages 

submission for public comment and 

OMB approval, changes have occurred 

to the scope of the 2024 NAEP 

administration, including the addition 

of: (1) Addition of Reading Router Pilot 

for grades 4 and 8, increasing costs, (2) 


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