Early Childhood Longitudinal
Study, Kindergarten Class of 2023-24 (ECLS-K:2024) August 2024
Materials Revision Request
Revision of a currently approved collection
No
Regular
09/12/2024
Requested
Previously Approved
36 Months From Approved
07/31/2027
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157,586
84,093
84,093
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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 in kindergarten during the 2023-24
school year. The request to conduct the first three national data
collection rounds for the ECLS-K:2024 was approved in April 2023
(OMB# 1850-0750 v26). Revisions to procedures and materials for the
first two rounds of data collection were submitted and approved in
three subsequent revisions requests (OMB# 1850-0750 v27 was
approved in July 2023; OMB# 1850-0750 v29 was approved in February
2024; and OMB#1850-0750 v30 was approved in July 2024). The
ECLS-K:2024 fall kindergarten data collection was conducted August
2023-January 2024 and the spring kindergarten round was conducted
March-July 2024. These two kindergarten data collections will be
followed by a spring (March-July 2025) first-grade round. Each of
these rounds of data collection involves 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 are planned for the third-grade
pilot test (March-July 2026), as well as for the future
currently-planned round, that is the national spring (March-July
2027) third-grade round. This current revision request (accompanied
by 30 days of public comment) is to update study respondent
materials, surveys, and website designs that will be used in the
spring 2025 first-grade data collection activities. Many of the
revisions in this package were based on analyses of the fall 2022
field test data (OMB# 1850-0750 v25) and experiences in the field
from the national kindergarten rounds of collection, as well as
additional discussions with design experts, all of which informed
changes to the design of the surveys and assessments. Changes have
been made to respondent materials to remove references to the
fifth-grade round, as this collection is no longer planned.
Revisions to the study instruments, the respondent materials, and
websites are limited to changes to the spring first-grade
materials. The current revision request contains updates to the
school staff and parent survey instruments made as the
specifications were programmed. This revision request also contains
the specifications for the Spanish and Mandarin translations of
some parent materials. Finally, this request revises the
race/ethnicity items in the web and hard-copy first-grade survey
instruments in line with the new federal statistical standard
released on 3/28/24 (Statistical Policy Directive No. 15: Standards
for Maintaining, Collecting, and Presenting Federal Data on Race
and Ethnicity (SPD 15)). The requested changes in this revision
request reflect a slight increase in the cost to the federal
government, but do not change the estimated respondent burden for
conducting this study.
US Code:
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USC 9573 Name of Law: Education Sciences Reform Act
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.
ECLS Att A-2 Spring 1 R Materials v31.docx
ECLS Part B v31 tracked.pdf
ECLS Attachment H redacted v31.xlsx
ECLS A4-b Presentation for Parents.pptx
Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 2023-24 (ECLS-K:2024) April 2024 Materials Revision Request