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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

[Docket ID ED–2018–IES–0082] 

Privacy Act of 1974; System of 

Records 

AGENCY: Institute of Education Sciences, 

Department of Education. 

ACTION: Notice of a new system of 

records. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Privacy Act of 1974, as amended 

(Privacy Act), the Department of 

Education (Department) publishes this 

notice of a new system of records 

entitled ‘‘Impact Evaluation of 

Departmentalized Instruction in 

Elementary Schools (18–13–44).’’ This 

system contains individually identifying 

information provided by individuals 

and school districts that participate in 

the impact evaluation. The information 

in this system will be used to conduct 

a rigorous study comparing the 

effectiveness of elementary school 

teachers specializing in one subject to 

the more traditional approach of 

teaching all subjects. 

DATES: Submit your comments on this 

new system of records notice on or 

before July 18, 2018. 

This new system of records will 

become applicable upon publication in 

the Federal Register on June 18, 2018, 

unless the new system of records notice 

needs to be changed as a result of public 

comment. The routine uses listed under 

‘‘ROUTINE USES OF RECORDS 

MAINTAINED IN THE SYSTEM, 

INCLUDING CATEGORIES OF USERS 

AND PURPOSES OF SUCH USES’’ will 

become applicable on July 18, 2018, 

unless the new system of records notice 

needs to be changed as a result of public 

comment. The Department will publish 

any significant changes to the system of 

records or routine uses that result from 

public comment. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments 

through the Federal eRulemaking Portal 

or via postal mail, commercial delivery, 

or hand delivery. We will not accept 

comments submitted by fax or by email 

or those submitted after the comment 

period. To ensure that we do not receive 

duplicate copies, please submit your 

comments only once. In addition, please 

include the Docket ID at the top of your 

comments. 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

www.regulations.gov to submit your 

comments electronically. Information 

on using Regulations.gov, including 

instructions for accessing agency 

documents, submitting comments, and 

viewing the docket, is available on the 

site under the ‘‘Help’’ tab. 

• Postal Mail, Commercial Delivery, 

or Hand Delivery: If you mail or deliver 

your comments about this new system 

of records, address them to: Teresa 

Cahalan, SORN coordinator, Institute of 

Education Sciences, U.S. Department of 

Education, Potomac Center Plaza, 550 

12th Street SW, Room 4126, 

Washington, DC 20202. 

Privacy Note: The Department’s 

policy is to make all comments received 

from members of the public available for 

public viewing in their entirety on the 

Federal eRulemaking Portal at 

www.regulations.gov. Therefore, 

commenters should be careful to 

include in their comments only 

information that they wish to make 

publicly available. 

Assistance to Individuals with 

Disabilities in Reviewing the 

Rulemaking Record: On request, we will 

provide an appropriate accommodation 

or auxiliary aid to an individual with a 

disability who needs assistance to 

review the comments or other 

documents in the public rulemaking 

record for this notice. If you want to 

schedule an appointment for this type of 

accommodation or auxiliary aid, please 

contact the person listed under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Teresa Cahalan, SORN coordinator, 

Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. 

Department of Education, Potomac 

Center Plaza, 550 12th Street SW, Room 

4126, Washington, DC 20202 or by 

email at IES_SORN@ed.gov. 

If you use a telecommunications 

device for the deaf (TDD) or a text 

telephone (TTY), you may call the 

Federal Relay Service, toll free, at 

1–800–877–8339. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

information in this system will be used 

to conduct a rigorous study of the 

effectiveness of departmentalizing 

instruction (where each teacher 

specializes in teaching one subject to 

multiple classes of students) in 

elementary schools to inform effective 

teacher and school improvement 

strategies. 

The study will address the following 

central research questions: What is the 

impact of departmentalization in grades 

4 and 5 on teacher practices and student 

achievement? Do the impacts of 

departmentalization differ based on 

whether principals have access to 

teacher effectiveness scores when 

assigning teachers to subjects? 

Secondary research questions for the 

study are: How do schools structure 

departmentalization? What challenges 

and benefits do principals and teachers 

perceive in switching to 

departmentalization? How do 

principals’ actual assignment of teachers 

to subjects compare with assignments 

based solely on baseline teacher 

effectiveness scores? 

Accessible Format: Individuals with 

disabilities can obtain this document in 

an accessible format (e.g., braille, large 

print, audiotape, or compact disc) on 

request to the person listed under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. 

Electronic Access to This Document: 

The official version of this document is 

the document published in the Federal 

Register. You may access the official 

editions of the Federal Register and the 

Code of Federal Regulations for free via 

the Federal Digital System at: 

www.gpo.gov/fdsys. At this site, you can 

view this document, as well as all other 

documents of the Department published 

in the Federal Register, in text or 

Portable Document Format (PDF). To 

use PDF, you must have Adobe Acrobat 

Reader, which is available free at the 

site. 

You may also access documents of the 

Department published in the Federal 

Register by using the article search 

feature at: www.federalregister.gov. 

Specifically, through the advanced 

search feature at this site, you can limit 

your search to documents published by 

the Department. 

Dated: June 13, 2018. 

Mark Schneider, 

Director, Institute of Education Sciences. 

For the reasons discussed in the 

preamble, the Commissioner of the 

National Center for Education Research, 

Delegated the Duties of the Director of 

the Institute of Education Sciences of 

the U.S. Department of Education 

(Department) publishes a notice of a 

new system of records to read as 

follows: 

SYSTEM NAME AND NUMBER 

Impact Evaluation of 

Departmentalized Instruction in 

Elementary Schools (18–13–44). 

SECURITY CLASSIFICATION: 

Unclassified. 

SYSTEM LOCATION: 

Mathematica Policy Research, P.O. 

Box 2393, Princeton, NJ 08543–2393. 

SYSTEM MANAGER(S): 

Project’s contracting officer 

representative, Institute of Education 

Sciences, U.S. Department of Education, 


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Potomac Center Plaza, 550 12th Street 

SW, Room 4104, Washington, DC 20202. 

AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM: 

The study is authorized under 

sections 171(b) and 173 of the Education 

Sciences Reform Act of 2002 (ESRA) (20 

U.S.C. 9561(b) and 9563) and section 

8601 of the Elementary and Secondary 

Education Act of 1965, as amended by 

the Every Student Succeeds Act (20 

U.S.C. 7981). 

PURPOSE(S) OF THE SYSTEM: 

The information in this system will be 

used to conduct a rigorous study 

comparing the effectiveness of 

departmentalizing instruction in 

elementary grades (where each teacher 

specializes in teaching one subject to 

multiple classes of students) to the more 

traditional approach to instruction 

where each teacher teaches all subjects 

to a single class of students. 

The study will address the following 

central research questions: What is the 

impact of departmentalization in grades 

4 and 5 on student achievement and 

teacher practices? Do the impacts of 

departmentalization differ based on 

whether principals have access to 

teacher effectiveness scores when 

assigning teachers to subjects? 

Secondary research questions for the 

study are: How do schools structure 

departmentalization? What challenges 

and benefits do principals and teachers 

perceive in switching to 

departmentalization? How do 

principals’ actual assignment of teachers 

to subjects compare with assignments 

based solely on baseline teacher 

effectiveness scores? 

CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE

SYSTEM: 

The system of records will include 

individually identifying information 

about teachers who participate in the 

study and their students. The system 

will contain records on approximately 

1,200 teachers and 26,400 students from 

up to 200 schools in 12 school districts. 

CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM: 

For teachers, this information will 

include, but will not necessarily be 

limited to, teacher name, videos of 

classroom practice collected by the 

study team, background characteristics, 

teaching experience, time spent on 

instruction, planning, and professional 

development, satisfaction and 

confidence in teaching, opportunities to 

coordinate with other teachers, baseline 

teacher effectiveness scores (i.e., ratings 

of teachers’ contribution to their 

students’ standardized math and 

English/Language Arts test scores in the 

year prior to the implementation of 

departmentalization for the study, as 

calculated by the school district or by 

the study team using the student data 

described below), and ratings of 

teaching practice assigned by the study 

team using the videos of classroom 

practice. For students, this information 

will include, but will not necessarily be 

limited to, standardized math and 

English/Language Arts test scores, age, 

sex, race/ethnicity, grade, eligibility for 

free/reduced-price lunches, English 

Learner status, and individualized 

education plan status. 

RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES: 

Data in this system will be obtained 

through: Human resource and student 

education records maintained by the 

school districts; videos of classroom 

practice; ratings of teaching practice 

conducted by the study team using the 

videos; and surveys of teachers 

administered by the study team. 

ROUTINE USES OF RECORDS MAINTAINED IN THE

SYSTEM, INCLUDING CATEGORIES OF USERS AND

PURPOSES OF SUCH USES: 

The Department may disclose 

information in this system of records 

under the routine uses listed in this 

system of records without the consent of 

the individual if the disclosure is 

compatible with the purposes for which 

the record was collected. The 

Department may make these disclosures 

on a case-by-case basis. Any disclosure 

of individually identifiable information 

from a record in this system must also 

comply with the requirements of section 

183 of the ESRA (20 U.S.C. 9573) 

providing for confidentiality standards 

that apply to all collection, reporting, 

and publication of data by the Institute 

of Education Sciences. Any disclosure 

of personally identifiable information 

from student education records that 

were obtained from school districts 

must also comply with the requirements 

of the Family Educational Rights and 

Privacy Act (FERPA) (20 U.S.C. 1232g; 

34 CFR part 99), which protects the 

privacy of student education records. 

(1) Teacher Identification Disclosure. 

In order for the Department to link 

teacher data that the Department 

maintains as part of this study to the 

education records of that teacher’s 

students maintained by the participating 

school districts for purposes consistent 

with the conduct of the study, the 

Department may disclose to each 

participating school district the 

identities of teachers from that school 

district who are participating in this 

study. 

(2) Contract Disclosure. If the 

Department contracts with an entity for 

the purposes of performing any function 

that requires disclosure of records in 

this system to employees of the 

contractor, the Department may disclose 

the records to those employees. As part 

of such a contract, the Department will 

require the contractor to agree to 

maintain safeguards to protect the 

security and confidentiality of the 

records in the system. 

(3) Research Disclosure. The Director 

of the Institute of Education Sciences 

may disclose information from this 

system of records to qualified 

researchers solely for the purpose of 

carrying out specific research that is 

compatible with the purpose(s) of this 

system of records. The classroom videos 

will not be included in disclosures of 

records that are made under this routine 

use. The researcher must agree to 

safeguards, consistent with section 

183(c) of the ESRA (20 U.S.C. 9573(c)), 

to protect the security and 

confidentiality of the records disclosed 

from this system. When personally 

identifiable information from a student’s 

education record will be disclosed to 

the researcher, under FERPA (20 U.S.C. 

1232g(b) and 34 CFR 99.31), the 

researcher also must agree to comply 

with the requirements in the applicable 

FERPA exception to consent. 

POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR STORAGE OF

RECORDS: 

Records in this system of records are 

maintained in a secure, passwordprotected electronic system. 

POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR RETRIEVAL OF

RECORDS: 

Records in this system will be 

indexed and retrieved by a unique 

number assigned to each teacher that 

will be cross-referenced by the 

individual’s name on a separate list. 

The contractor’s employees who 

‘‘maintain’’ (collect, maintain, use, or 

disseminate) data in this system must 

comply with the requirements of the 

Privacy Act and the confidentiality 

standards in section 183 of the ESRA 

(20 U.S.C. 9573). 

POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR RETENTION AND

DISPOSAL OF RECORDS: 

The Department shall submit a 

retention and disposition schedule that 

covers the records contained in this 

system to the National Archives and 

Records Administration (NARA) for 

review. The records will not be 

destroyed until such a time as NARA 

approves said schedule. 

ADMINISTRATIVE, TECHNICAL, AND PHYSICAL

SAFEGUARDS: 

Security protocols for this system of 

records meet all required security 

standards. The contractor is required to 


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ensure that information identifying 

individuals is in files physically 

separated from other research data and 

electronic files identifying individuals 

are separated from other electronic 

research data files. The contractor will 

maintain security of the complete set of 

all master data files and documentation. 

Access to individually identifiable data 

will be strictly controlled. All 

information will be kept in locked file 

cabinets during nonworking hours, and 

work on hardcopy data will take place 

in a single room, except for data entry. 

Physical security of electronic data 

also will be maintained. Security 

features that protect project data will 

include: Password-protected accounts 

that authorize users to use the 

contractor’s system but to access only 

specific network directories and 

network software; user rights and 

directory and file attributes that limit 

those who can use particular directories 

and files and determine how they can 

use them; and additional security 

features that the network administrators 

will establish for projects as needed. 

The contractor’s employees who 

‘‘maintain’’ (collect, maintain, use, or 

disseminate) data in this system must 

comply with the requirements of the 

Privacy Act and the confidentiality 

standards in section 183 of the ESRA 

(20 U.S.C. 9573). 

RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURES: 

If you wish to request access to your 

records, you must contact the system 

manager at the address listed under 

SYSTEM MANAGER AND ADDRESS. 

Your request must provide necessary 

particulars, such as your full name, 

address, telephone number, and any 

other identifying information requested 

by the Department, to distinguish 

between individuals with the same 

name. Your request must meet the 

requirements of regulations in 34 CFR 

5b.5, including proof of identity. 

CONTESTING RECORD PROCEDURES: 

If you wish to contest the content of 

a record regarding you in the system of 

records, you must contact the system 

manager. Requests must contain your 

full name, address, and telephone 

number. Your request must meet the 

requirements of the regulations in 34 

CFR 5b.7. 

NOTIFICATION PROCEDURES: 

If you wish to inquire whether a 

record exists regarding you in this 

system, you should contact the system 

manager at the address listed above. 

Your request must provide necessary 

particulars, such as your full name, 

address, telephone number, and any 

other identifying information requested 

by the Department to distinguish 

between individuals with the same 

name. Your request must meet the 

requirements of the Department’s 

Privacy Act regulations at 34 CFR 5b.5, 

including proof of identity. 

EXEMPTIONS PROMULGATED FOR THE SYSTEM: 

None. 

HISTORY: 

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BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

[Case No. 2018–001] 

Notice of Petition for Waiver of HH 

Technologies From the Department of 

Energy Walk-in Cooler and Walk-in 

Freezer Test Procedure, and Notice of 

Grant of Interim Waiver 

AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy, Department of 

Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of petition for waiver, 

notice of grant of an interim waiver, and 

request for comments. 

SUMMARY: This document announces 

receipt of, and publishes a petition for 

waiver from, HH Technologies, which 

seeks an exemption from specified 

portions of the U.S. Department of 

Energy (‘‘DOE’’) test procedure used for 

determining the energy consumption of 

walk-in cooler and walk-in freezer doors 

(collectively, ‘‘walk-in doors’’). HH 

Technologies seeks to use an alternate 

test procedure to address issues 

involved in testing the basic models 

identified in its petition. HH 

Technologies asserts in its petition that 

the percent time off (‘‘PTO’’) value 

specified in the test procedure for walkin door motors is unrepresentative of 

actual performance and causes the test 

procedure to over-estimate the energy 

use of the motors used in the specified 

walk-in door basic models. Accordingly, 

HH Technologies seeks to test and rate 

the basic models identified in its 

petition using an alternate PTO value 

for walk-in door motors. DOE is granting 

HH Technologies an interim waiver 

from the DOE’s walk-in door test 

procedure for its specified basic models, 

subject to use of the alternative test 

procedure as set forth in this document. 

DOE solicits comments, data, and 

information concerning HH 

Technologies’ petition and its suggested 

alternate test procedure to inform its 

final decision on HH Technologies’ 

waiver request. 

DATES: DOE will accept comments, data, 

and information with respect to the HH 

Technologies Petition until July 18, 

2018. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are 

encouraged to submit comments using 

the Federal eRulemaking Portal at 

http://www.regulations.gov. 

Alternatively, interested persons may 

submit comments, identified by case 

number ‘‘2018–001,’’ and Docket 

number ‘‘EERE–2018–BT–WAV–0001,’’ 

by any of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Email: HHT2018WAV0001@

ee.doe.gov Include the case number 

[Case No. 2018–001] in the subject line 

of the message. 

• Postal Mail: Ms. Lucy deButts, U.S. 

Department of Energy, Building 

Technologies Office, Mailstop EE–5B, 

Petition for Waiver Case No. 2018–001, 

1000 Independence Avenue SW, 

Washington, DC 20585–0121. If 

possible, please submit all items on a 

compact disc (‘‘CD’’), in which case it is 

not necessary to include printed copies. 

• Hand Delivery/Courier: Appliance 

and Equipment Standards Program, U.S. 

Department of Energy, Building 

Technologies Office, 950 L’Enfant Plaza 

SW, Room 6055, Washington, DC 20024. 

If possible, please submit all items on a 

compact disc (‘‘CD’’), in which case it is 

not necessary to include printed copies. 

No telefacsimilies (faxes) will be 

accepted. For detailed instructions on 

submitting comments and additional 

information on this process, see section 

V of this document. 

Docket: The docket, which includes 

Federal Register notices, comments, 

and other supporting documents/ 

materials, is available for review at 

http://www.regulations.gov. All 

documents in the docket are listed in 

the http://www.regulations.gov index. 

However, some documents listed in the 

index, such as those containing 

information that is exempt from public 

disclosure, may not be publicly 

available. 

The docket web page can be found at 

http://www.regulations.gov/docket?

D=EERE-2018-BT-WAV-0001. The 

docket web page contains simple 

instruction on how to access all 

documents, including public comments, 

in the docket. See section V for 

information on how to submit 

comments through http://

www.regulations.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Lucy deButts, U.S. Department of 

Energy, Building Technologies Office, 

Mailstop EE–5B, 1000 Independence 


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