52308 Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 170 / Wednesday, September 3, 2014 / Notices 

Respondents/Affected Public: 

Individuals or households. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 10,040. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 3,386. 

Abstract: The Middle Grades 

Longitudinal Study of 2016–2017 

(MGLS:2017), conducted by the 

National Center for Education Statistics 

(NCES), is the first study to follow a 

nationally-representative sample of 

students as they enter and move through 

the middle grades (grades 6–8). The data 

collected through repeated measures of 

key constructs will provide a rich 

descriptive picture of the academic 

experiences and development of 

students during these critical years and 

will allow researchers to examine 

associations between contextual factors 

and student outcomes. The study will 

focus on student achievement in 

mathematics and literacy, along with 

measures of student executive function, 

socioemotional well-being and other 

outcomes. The study will also include 

an oversample of students with different 

types of disabilities that will provide 

descriptive information on their 

outcomes, educational experiences, and 

special education services. Baseline data 

for the MGLS:2017 will be collected 

from a nationally-representative sample 

of 6th grade students in spring of 2017 

with annual follow-ups in spring 2018 

and spring 2019, when most of the 

students in the sample will be in grades 

7 and 8, respectively. This request is to 

conduct the MGLS:2017 field test in the 

Spring of 2015, to evaluate the proposed 

assessments, instruments, and data 

collection procedures in a real world 

setting; identify potential challenges 

that could hinder the national effort; 

and test various procedures and 

strategies to inform plans for the 

national study. 

Dated: August 28, 2014. 

Stephanie Valentine, 

Acting Director, Information Collection 

Clearance Division, Privacy, Information and 

Records Management Services, Office of 

Management. 

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

[Docket No.: ED–2014–ICCD–0089] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget for Review 

and Approval; Comment Request; An 

Impact Evaluation of the Teacher 

Incentive Fund (TIF) 

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 revision of an existing 

information collection. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before October 

3, 2014. 

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–2014–ICCD–0089 

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 note that comments submitted by 

fax or email and those submitted after 

the comment period will not be 

accepted; ED will only accept comments 

during the comment period in this 

mailbox when the regulations.gov site is 

not available. Written requests for 

information or comments submitted by 

postal mail or delivery should be 

addressed to the Director of the 

Information Collection Clearance 

Division, U.S. Department of Education, 

400 Maryland Avenue SW., LBJ, 

Mailstop L–OM–2–2E319, Room 2E105, 

Washington, DC 20202. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

specific questions related to collection 

activities, please contact Elizabeth 

Warner, 202–208–7169. 

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: An Impact 

Evaluation of the Teacher Incentive 

Fund (TIF). 

OMB Control Number: 1850–0876. 

Type of Review: A revision of an 

existing information collection. 

Respondents/Affected Public: 

Individuals or households, State, Local, 

or Tribal Governments. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 3,893. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 1,762. 

Abstract: This is a revised submission 

to request approval for continued data 

collection activities that will be used to 

support An Impact Evaluation of the 

Teacher Incentive Fund (TIF). The 

evaluation will estimate the impact of 

the differentiated pay component of the 

TIF program on student achievement 

and teacher and principal quality and 

retention. In addition, the evaluation 

will provide descriptive information of 

the program’s implementation, grantee 

challenges, and grantee responses to 

challenges. A total of four years of data 

are being collected, and thus requires 

approval for a final round of data 

collection. 

Dated: August 27, 2014. 

Stephanie Valentine, 

Acting Director, Information Collection 

Clearance Division, Privacy, Information and 

Records Management Services, Office of 

Management. 

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