OMB83C BPS 2012-17 FS Study Materials Change Sheet

PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT
CHANGE WORKSHEET
2012/17 Beginning Postsecondary Students Longitudinal Study: (BPS:12/17) Study Materials
Change Request
Agency/Subagency

OMB Control Number

U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences
Enter only items that change
Agency form number(s)
Annual reporting and record keeping
hour burden
Number of respondent
Total annual responses
Percent of these responses
collected electronically
Total annual hours

1850-0631 v.11

Current Record

New Record

NA

NA

39,399
39,399

39,399
39,399

100%

100%

55,002

55,002

Difference

0

Explanation of difference

NA

Program change

0
0

Adjustment
Annual reporting and record keeping
cost burden (in thousands of dollars)
Total annualized capital/startup
costs
Total annual costs (O&M)
Total annualized cost requested

NA

NA

NA
NA

NA
NA
NA

Difference
Explanation of difference

NA
NA

Program change
Adjustment
Other change**

The 2012/17 Beginning Postsecondary Students Longitudinal Study (BPS:12/17) is conducted by the National
Center for Education Statistics (NCES), within the U.S. Department of Education (ED). BPS is designed to follow
a cohort of students who enroll in postsecondary education for the first time during the same academic year,
irrespective of the date of high school completion. The study collects data on students’ persistence in and
completion of postsecondary education programs; their transition to employment; demographic characteristics;
and changes over time in their goals, marital status, income, and debt, among other indicators. Data from BPS
are used to help researchers and policymakers better understand how financial aid influences persistence and
completion, what percentages of students complete various degree programs, what are the early employment and
wage outcomes for certificate and degree attainers, and why students leave school. The request to conduct the
BPS:12/17 full-scale data collection, including a student interview, file matching to various administrative data
sources, and collection of corresponding postsecondary education transcripts and student records was approved
by OMB in December 2016 (1850-0631 v.10). This request is to make wording changes: 1) to security questions
at the start of the interview in order to better confirm the identity of the sample member, and 2) to the contact
materials to make them compatible with the revised security questions by removing the name of the base-year
school attended by the sample member.
Signature of Senior Official or designee:

Date:

For OIRA Use

December 12, 2016

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**This form cannot be used to extend an expiration date
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