This submission requests approval to
collect data in support of the National Evaluation of the Investing
in Innovation (i3) Program. The i3 Program is designed to support
school districts and nonprofit organizations in expanding,
developing, and evaluating evidence-based practices and promising
efforts to improve outcomes for the nations' students, teachers,
and schools. Each i3 grantee is required to fund an independent
evaluation. The National Evaluation of i3 (NEi3) requires data
collection to assess the strength of the evidence produced under
the grantees independent evaluations as well as provide a
cross-site summary of the findings. Specifically, the data
collected for the NEi3 will be used to support reviews and reports
to ED that: describe the intervention implemented by each i3
grantee; assess the strength of the evidence produced by each i3
evaluation; present the evidence produced by each i3 evaluation;
identify effective and promising interventions; and, assess the
results of the i3 Program. The NEi3 will collect data from the
universe of all 117 i3 projects funded under the i3 Program through
FY 2013.
PL:
Pub.L. 111 - 5 A Name of Law: The American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act of 2009, Division A, Title XIV
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;
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these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked
and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.