OMB83C BPS 2012-17 Abbreviated Interview Change Sheet

PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT
CHANGE WORKSHEET
2012/17 Beginning Postsecondary Students Longitudinal Study (BPS:12/17) Abbreviated
Interview 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.16

Current Record

New Record

NA

NA

39,375
39,375

39,375
39,375

100%

100%

54,990

54,990

Difference

0

Explanation of difference
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. 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 was
approved by OMB in December 2016 with the latest change request approved in July 2017 (OMB# 1850-0631
v.10-15). This request is to: (1) begin the next stage of the BPS:12/17 responsive design plan by offering a
specific incentive strategy (an abbreviated interview) to targeted members of the main BPS:12/17 sample, based
on recent modeling using study nonrespondents, (2) request approval for additional student contacting materials
(reminder and prompting emails), and (3) revise text for the confidentiality pledge and citation of security and
confidentiality requirements in BPS:12/17 recruitment and data collection materials.
Signature of Senior Official or designee:

Date:

For OIRA Use

August 17, 2017

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