[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 35 (Wednesday, February 21, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13052-13053]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-03499]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[Docket No.: ED-2023-SCC-0195]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the 
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment 
Request; Connecting Adults to Success: Career Navigator Training Study 
(CATS Study)

AGENCY: Institute of Education Sciences (IES), Department of Education 
(ED).

ACTION: Notice

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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 
March 22, 2024.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for proposed 
information collection requests should be submitted within 30 days of 
publication of this notice. Click on this link www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain to access the site. Find this information collection request 
(ICR) by selecting ``Department of Education'' under ``Currently Under 
Review,'' then check the ``Only Show ICR for Public Comment'' checkbox. 
Reginfo.gov provides two links to view documents related to this 
information collection request. Information collection forms and 
instructions may be found by clicking on the ``View Information 
Collection (IC) List'' link. Supporting statements and other supporting 
documentation may be found by clicking on the ``View Supporting 
Statement and Other Documents'' link.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For specific questions related to 
collection activities, please contact Melanie Ali, (202) 245-8345.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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: Connecting Adults to Success: Career Navigator 
Training Study (CATS Study).
    OMB Control Number: 1850-0973.
    Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved ICR.
    Respondents/Affected Public: Individuals or households Total 
Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 30,823.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 2,340.
    Abstract: The Institute of Education Sciences within the U.S. 
Department of Education requests clearance for a revision to the 
Connecting Adults to Success: Evaluation of Career Navigator Training 
(1850-0973, approved on July 18, 2022). This demonstration study 
examines the impact of training for career navigators--local adult 
education provider staff who provide services to address the challenges 
that learners face navigating the transition to the workforce and to 
further education and training. The study compares the education and 
employment outcomes of learners enrolled in adult education sites whose 
career navigators are assigned by lottery to receive the study's 
training (the treatment group) with the outcomes of learners enrolled 
in the business-as-usual sites who are assigned by lottery to receive 
the study's training after the study period (the comparison group). 
Approximately 64 adult education sites nationally are participating in 
the study. Impacts on learners' education and employment outcomes will 
be examined after 18 and 30 months. The revision is for the purpose of 
shifting one component of the approved data collection plan--frequent 
adult education career navigator-completed logs--to add a single 
follow-up survey to ensure the study can still examine whether the 
training leads to changes in these practices. The survey is now needed 
because of concerns about low response rates and data quality from 
early rounds of those logs.


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    Dated: February 15, 2024.
Juliana Pearson,
PRA Coordinator, Strategic Collections and Clearance, Governance and 
Strategy Division, Office of Chief Data Officer, Office of Planning, 
Evaluation and Policy Development.
[FR Doc. 2024-03499 Filed 2-20-24; 8:45 am]
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