[Federal Register: December 21, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 245)]
[Notices]               
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

 
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

AGENCY: Department of Education.
SUMMARY: The Acting Leader, Information Management Case Services Team, 
Regulatory Information Management Services, Office of Management 
invites comments on the submission for OMB review as required by the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before 
January 22, 2008.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should be addressed to the Office of 
Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attention: Education Desk Officer, 
Office of Management and Budget, 725 17th Street, NW., Room 10222, 
Washington, DC 20503. Commenters are encouraged to submit responses 
electronically by e-mail to oira_submission@omb.eop.gov or via fax to 
(202) 395-6974. Commenters should include the following subject line in 
their response ``Comment: [insert OMB number], [insert abbreviated 
collection name, e.g., ``Upward Bound Evaluation'']. Persons submitting 
comments electronically should not submit paper copies.

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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 3506 of the Paperwork Reduction Act 
of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35) requires that the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) provide interested Federal agencies and the public an 
early opportunity to comment on information collection requests. OMB 
may amend or waive the requirement for public consultation to the 
extent that public participation in the approval process would defeat 
the purpose of the information collection, violate State or Federal 
law, or substantially interfere with any agency's ability to perform 
its statutory obligations. The Acting Leader, Information Management 
Case Services Team, Regulatory Information Management Services, Office 
of Management, publishes that notice containing proposed information 
collection requests prior to submission of these requests to OMB. Each 
proposed information collection, grouped by office, contains the 
following: (1) Type of review requested, e.g. new, revision, extension, 
existing or reinstatement; (2) Title; (3) Summary of the collection; 
(4) Description of the need for, and proposed use of, the information; 
(5) Respondents and frequency of collection; and (6) Reporting and/or 
Recordkeeping burden. OMB invites public comment.

    Dated: December 17, 2007.
Linda Darby,
Acting Leader, Information Management Case Services Team, Regulatory 
Information Management Services, Office of Management.

Institute of Education Sciences

    Type of Review: New.
    Title: Understanding Science Professional Development and the 
Science Achievement of English Learners.
    Frequency: Annually.
    Affected Public:
    Individuals or household.
    Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour Burden:
    Responses: 3,516.
    Burden Hours: 673.
    Abstract: The purpose of this study is to investigate how to 
prepare middle-school teachers to improve all students' physical 
science content knowledge, including that of low-performing students 
and English learners (ELs). Using a cluster-randomized experimental 
design, the research will test the effectiveness of WestEd's 
Understanding Science model of professional development, an approach 
that incorporates science content, analysis of student work and 
thinking, and critical analysis of issues related to teaching that 
content to students. The professional development course sessions focus 
on science concepts both in the context of structured investigations 
and in narrative cases of teaching practice drawn from actual classroom 
episodes involving those concepts. This model will be evaluated by 
comparing it with a control condition that provides no additional 
science professional development beyond that already received in each 
school. The experiment will evaluate the value added for grade 8 
teachers in California who take an Understanding Science course in 
addition to whatever science professional development they ordinarily 
receive. The ultimate outcome of interest is the impact of the 
professional development on students' science achievement. To provide a 
basis for explaining the results, impacts will also be studied on 
teachers' science content knowledge, and a descriptive study will 
examine selected aspects of their classroom science instructional 
practices.
    Requests for copies of the information collection submission for 
OMB review may be accessed from http://edicsweb.ed.gov, by selecting 

the ``Browse Pending Collections'' link and by clicking on link number 
3452. When you access the information collection, click on ``Download 
Attachments `` to view. Written requests for information should be 
addressed to U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., 
Potomac Center, 9th Floor, Washington, DC 20202-4700. Requests may also 
be electronically mailed to ICDocketMgr@ed.gov or faxed to 202-245-
6623. Please specify the complete title of the information collection 
when making your request.

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