2020/22 Beginning
Postsecondary Students (BPS:20/22) Full Scale Study
Revision of a currently approved collection
No
Regular
12/15/2021
Requested
Previously Approved
36 Months From Approved
02/29/2024
25,610
7,568
12,544
1,226
0
0
The 2020/22 Beginning Postsecondary
Students Full-Scale (BPS:20/22) is conducted by the National Center
for Education Statistics, part of the Institute of Education
Sciences, within the Department of Education, and is part of the
Beginning Postsecondary Students Longitudinal Study data collection
program at https://nces.ed.gov/surveys/bps/. The BPS:20/22
Full-scale Data Collection will begin 03/01/22 and end 11/11/22.
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. BPS:20/22 will be a
nationally-representative sample of approximately 37,000 students
who were first-time beginning students during the 2019-20 academic
year. The BPS:20/22 field test included approximately 3,700
students who first began in the 2018-19 academic year. These
students will be asked to complete a survey and administrative data
will also be collected for them. Administrative data matching will
be conducted with sources including the National Student Loan Data
System (NSLDS), containing federal loan and grant files; the
Central Processing System (CPS), which houses and processes data
contained in the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA)
forms; the National Student Clearinghouse (NSC) which provides
enrollment and degree verification; vendors of national
undergraduate, graduate, and professional student admission tests;
and possible other administrative data sources such as the Veterans
Benefits Administration (VBA). These data will be obtained through
file matching/downloading. In addition, this request includes
conducting panel maintenance activities for the BPS:20/25 field
test sample. BPS:20/25 is anticipated but has not yet been
authorized. This submission covers BPS:20/22 full-scale materials
and procedures required for conducting the student survey and for
matching data to administrative records. Along with this full-scale
package NCES will provide the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
with a memorandum summarizing changes from the field test for the
full-scale data collection. The materials for the BPS:20/22
full-scale study are based upon the field test materials. This
submission is designed to adequately justify the need for and
overall practical utility of the full study, presenting the
overarching plan for all of the phases of the data collection and
providing as much detail about the measures to be used as is
available at the time of this submission. As part of the completed
field test, NCES published a notice in the Federal Register
allowing first a 60- and then a 30-day public comment period. Field
test materials, procedures, and results have informed this request
for clearance for the full-scale study. For this full-scale study
NCES will publish a notice in the Federal Register allowing an
additional 30-day public comment period on the final details of the
BPS:20/22 full-scale study.
US Code:
20
USC 9573 Name of Law: Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002
The previous request included
burden only for a field test administration, while this submission
requests burden for all activities associated with the full-scale
national study.
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.