This is a request for approval to
collect information from Transition to Teaching (TTT) grantees that
will be used to describe the extent to which local education
agencies that received TTT grant funds have met the goals relating
to teacher recruitment and retention described in their
application. TTT grantees are funded for a period of five years.
Currently, grantees are required by statute to submit an interim
project evaluation to ED at the end of the third project year and a
final project evaluation at the projects end. In turn, the TTT
program is required to prepare and submit to the Secretary and to
Congress interim and final program evaluations containing the
results of these grantee project evaluation reports. An analysis of
these reports has provided some data on grantee activities, but
missing or incomplete data have made it difficult to aggregate data
across grantees in order to accurately describe to Congress the
extent of program implementation. This proposed data collection
would allow ED to gather data on a common set of indicators across
grantees in order to describe and improve program implementation
with the end goal of improving program performance.
PL:
Pub.L. 107 - 110 2314(b) Name of Law: Elementary and Secondary
Education Act as amended by No Child Left Behind
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that
the collection of information encompassed by this request complies
with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR
1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding
the proposed collection of information, that the certification
covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a
benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control
number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of
these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked
and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.