Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 2023-24 (ECLS-K:2024) Kindergarten and First-Grade National Data Collection and Transfer School Recruitment
ICR 202311-1850-003
OMB: 1850-0750
Federal Form Document
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Early Childhood Longitudinal
Study, Kindergarten Class of 2023-24 (ECLS-K:2024) Kindergarten and
First-Grade National Data Collection and Transfer School
Recruitment
Revision of a currently approved collection
No
Regular
11/22/2023
Requested
Previously Approved
36 Months From Approved
07/31/2026
157,586
159,964
83,612
87,154
0
0
The Early Childhood Longitudinal Study
(ECLS) program, conducted by the National Center for Education
Statistics (NCES) within the Institute of Education Sciences (IES)
of the U.S. Department of Education (ED), draws together
information from multiple sources to provide rich, descriptive data
on child development, early learning, and school progress. The ECLS
program studies deliver national data on childrens status at birth
and at various points thereafter; childrens transitions to
nonparental care, early care and education programs, and school;
and childrens experiences and growth through the elementary grades.
The Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of
2023-24 (ECLS-K:2024) is the fourth cohort in the series of early
childhood longitudinal studies. The study will advance research in
child development and early learning by providing a detailed and
comprehensive source of current information on childrens early
learning and development, transitions into kindergarten and beyond,
and progress through school. The ECLS-K:2024 will provide data
about the population of children who will be kindergartners in the
2023-24 school year. The ECLS-K:2024 will focus on childrens early
school experiences continuing through the fifth grade, and will
include collection of data from children, parents, teachers, and
school administrators. The request to conduct the first three
national data collection rounds for the ECLS-K:2024 was approved on
April 7, 2023 (OMB# 1850-0750 v.26). The ECLS-K:2024 fall
kindergarten data collection will be conducted from August until
December 2023, followed by the spring (March-July 2024)
kindergarten round, and the spring (March-July 2025) first-grade
round. Each of these rounds of data collection will involve advance
school contacts, for example to conduct student sampling
activities, collect teacher and school information, and locate
families whose children may have moved schools. Future OMB packages
will be submitted for the third-and fifth-grade field test (to be
conducted in March-July 2026), as well as for the national spring
(March-July 2027) third-grade round and the spring (March-July
2029) fifth-grade round. This current revision request (accompanied
by 30 days of public comment) is to update study respondent
materials, web and paper surveys, and website designs that will be
used in the kindergarten and first-grade data collection
activities. Many of the revisions in this package were made based
on analyses of the fall 2022 field test data (OMB# 1850-0750 v.25),
which informed changes to the design of the surveys and child
assessment. Other changes occurred after further discussion on
operational procedures. Revisions to the study instruments (and to
some extent, the respondent materials and websites) are largely
limited to changes to the spring kindergarten materials; an
additional revision request will be submitted to OMB for revisions
to the spring first-grade materials as additional discussions on
design and operational procedures continue. National data
collection work completed to date will also inform these future
revisions. The requested changes do not affect the approved total
cost to the federal government for conducting this study, but they
do result in a small reduction to respondent burden.
US Code:
20
USC 9573 Name of Law: Education Sciences Reform Act
This request is a revision
under the ECLS kindergarten cohorts data collection program and as
such all requested estimated burden shows as an decrease in burden.
This results in a program change decrease in burden and responses
of -3,542 hours and -2,378 responses. The total burden hours and
responses are 157,586 hours and 83,612 responses.
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with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR
1320.8(b)(3).
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the proposed collection of information, that the certification
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