[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 46 (Wednesday, March 9, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12966-12967]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-5171]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request
Title: Measurement Development: Quality of Caregiver-Child
Interactions for Infants and Toddlers (Q-CCIIT).
OMB No.: New Collection.
Description: The Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation
(OPRE), Administration for Children and Families (ACE), U.S. Department
of Health and Human Services (HHS), is proposing to develop a new
observation measure to assess the quality of child care settings,
specifically the quality of caregiver-child interaction for infants and
toddlers in nonparental care. The measure will be appropriate for use
across child care settings, center-based and family child care settings
as well as single- and mixed-age classrooms.
The two-year data collection activity will include two phases: (1)
A pilot test and (2) a psychometric field test. We will request
information about the child care setting, its classrooms and families
for recruitment into the study. Information will be collected through
observations, focus groups, and questionnaires.
In the pilot and field tests, the new Q-CCIIT observation measure
will include observing a small group activity structured with a common
task and asking follow-up observation questions. Caregivers observed
will also complete a background questionnaire. Focus groups to obtain
stakeholder input on caregiver-child interactions will be conducted
separately with parents, caregivers, and training and technical
assistance providers. Focus group participants will also complete a
demographic questionnaire. Parents of children served by caregivers
will complete a questionnaire on their child's competencies related to
cognitive, language/communication, and social-emotional development.
Parents will complete this questionnaire, which will also include
family and child characteristics, once in the pilot test and twice in
the field test, at the start of the field test and 6 months later to
assess growth.
The purpose of this data collection is to support the 2007
reauthorization of the Head Start program (Pub. L. 110-134), which
calls for periodic assessments of Head Start's quality and
effectiveness.
Respondents: Child care setting representatives (directors or
owners), caregivers (center-based and family child care settings),
parents of children in those child care settings, and training and
technical assistance providers.
Annual Burden Estimates
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Number of
Annual number responses per Average burden Estimated
Instrument of respondents hour per hour per annual burden
respondent response hours
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Child care setting recruitment form............. 190 1 0.5 95
Q-CCIIT measure-small group activity and follow- 290 1 0.25 73
up.............................................
Caregiver background questionnaire.............. 520 1 0.25 130
Focus group interview guide..................... 20 1 1.90 38
Parent focus group demographic questionnaire.... 10 1 0.10 1
Caregiver focus group demographic questionnaire. 5 1 0.10 1
Training and technical assistance provider focus 5 1 0.10 1
group demographic questionnaire................
Parent-report child competence questionnaire.... 880 2 0.75 1,320
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 1,659.
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 the proposed
collection of information can be obtained and comments may be forwarded
by writing to the Administration for Children and Families, Office of
Planning, Research and Evaluation, 370 L'Enfant Promenade, SW.,
Washington, DC 20447, Attn: OPRE Reports Clearance Officer. E-mail
address: [email protected]. All requests should be
identified by the title of the information collection.
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
agencys 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 publication.
Dated: March 2, 2011.
Steven Hanmer,
OPRE Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2011-5171 Filed 3-8-11; 8:45 am]
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