[Federal Register: August 15, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 157)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request
Proposed Projects
Title: Third Grade Follow-up to the Head Start Impact Study.
OMB No.: 0970-0229.
Description: The Administration for Children and Families (ACF)
within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is requesting
comments on plans to implement a third grade follow-up to the Head
Start Impact Study. This study will collect information for
determining, on a national basis, how Head Start affects outcomes in
the third grade for children who participated in the program as
compared to children not enrolled in Head Start and to determine under
which conditions Head Start works best and for which children.
The Head Start Impact Study was a longitudinal study that involved
approximately 5,000 first-time-enrolled three- and four-year-old pre
school children across 84 nationally representative grantee/delegate
agencies (in communities where there were more eligible children and
families than can be served by the program). The participating children
were randomly assigned to either a Head Start group (that could enroll
in Head Start services) or a control group (that could not enroll in
Head Start services but could enroll in other available services
selected by their parents). Data collection for the study began in the
fall of 2002 and extended through spring 2006.
It is the intention of the Administration for Children and Families
to examine outcomes for this sample of children and families during the
spring of the children's third grade year. Data will be collected in
the spring of 2007 (for the four-year-old cohort) and the spring of
2008 (for the three-year-old cohort). The domains for development to be
assessed include demographic characteristics of the children and
families, as well as children's cognitive development, school
achievement and adjustment, socio-emotional functioning, health and
access to health care, and relationships with peers. Information will
also be collected on parents' involvement in educational activities,
mental health and well-being, and monitoring and other parenting
practices, and information related to the characteristics and quality
of the schools and classrooms that children attend.
Respondents: Individuals or households and school districts.
Annual Burden Estimates
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Number of Average
Respondents and activities Number of responses per burden hours Total burden
respondents respondent per response hours
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Child Interview and Assessment.................. 4,600 1 1 4,600
Parent Interview................................ 4,600 1 1 4,600
Teacher Survey.................................. 4,600 1 .33 1,533
School Administrator Survey..................... 2,300 1 .25 575
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Total Annual Burden Estimates............... .............. .............. .............. 11,308
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In compliance with the requirements of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Administration for Children and
Families is soliciting public comment on the specific aspects of the
information collection described above. Copies of this proposed
collection of information can be obtained and comments may be forwarded
by writing to the Administration for Children and Families, Office of
Information Services, 370 L'Enfant Promenade, SW., Washington, DC
20447, Attn: ACF Reports Clearance Officer. All requests should be
identified by the title of the information collection. E-mail:
infocollection@acf.hhs.gov.
The Department specifically requests comments on (a) whether the
proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the
information shall have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of
information; (c) the quality, utility, and clarity of the information
to be collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the collection
of information on respondents, including through the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of information technology.
Consideration will be given to comments and suggestions submitted
within 60 days of this publications.
Dated: August 9, 2006.
Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 06-6924 Filed 8-14-06; 8:45 am]
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