[Federal Register: March 24, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 55)]
[Notices]               
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

 
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

AGENCY: Department of Education.
SUMMARY: The Director, Information Collection Clearance Division, 
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 April 
23, 2009.

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, New 
Executive Office Building, Washington, DC 20503 or faxed to (202) 395-
6974.

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 Director, 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.


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    Dated: March 18, 2009.
Angela C. Arrington,
Director, Information Collection Clearance Division, Regulatory 
Information Management Services, Office of Management.
    Office of Elementary and Secondary Education
    Type of Review: New
    Title: Leveraging Educational Technology to Keep America 
Competitive: National Teacher Technology Study
    Frequency: On Occasion
    Affected Public: Individuals or household
    Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour Burden:

     Responses: 320
     Burden Hours: 195

    Abstract: The LevTech study will document and describe the 
technology experiences incorporated into pre-service teacher 
preparation programs, as well as document how teachers currently use 
technology in their classrooms. Clearance is being requested for the 
multiple case study research design, sampling strategy, and data 
collection activities to be undertaken by the LevTech study. These 
collections will gather in-depth information on ten teacher education 
programs. Data collected from the selected teacher education programs 
will include a maximum of 15 individual interviews (educational 
technology faculty, methods faculty, preservice teachers), as well as a 
maximum of ten induction teacher graduates of the teacher education 
program (graduated in the last five years). Within each case, we will 
collect information from two different constructs: (1) the teacher 
education program (documents, website, educational technology faculty, 
methods faculty, preservice teachers) and (2) induction teacher 
graduates of the teacher education program (1-5 years).
    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 
3726. 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., 
LBJ, Washington, DC 20202-4537. Requests may also be electronically 
mailed to the Internet address ICDocketMgr@ed.gov or faxed to 202-401-
0920. Please specify the complete title of the information collection 
when making your request.
    Comments regarding burden and/or the collection activity 
requirements should be electronically mailed to ICDocketMgr@ed.gov. 
Individuals who use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) may 
call the Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1-800-877-8339.

[FR Doc. E9-6431 Filed 3-23-09; 8:45 am]

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