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OMB Control No: 1850-0755	ICR Reference No: 201011-1850-007
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 201006-1850-004
Agency/Subagency: ED/IES	Agency Tracking No: 4303
Title: Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2012 Recruitment and Field Test,
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 11/22/2010
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 11/19/2010
Terms of Clearance: OMB approves this information collection request with the understanding that (1) NCES will bring results of the field test to OMB for discussion before deciding whether to pursue the computer assessments in the full scale study, given concerns about recruiting and costs; and (2) NCES and its contractor agree to make no statements about causality associated with student incentive levels since there is no experiment. Rather, given the one-time nature of the burden associated with the transition to computerized assessments and some of the challneges associated with meeting PISA's unique international requirements, PISA student incentive levels are unusually high and are not a standard for justifying other student data collections.

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	11/30/2013	36 Months From Approved	03/31/2011
Responses	1,738	0	5,320
Time Burden (Hours)	1,176	0	4,277
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

Abstract: The Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) is an international assessment that focuses on 15-year-olds' capabilities in reading, mathematics, and science literacy. It was first implemented by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) in 2000 and has been administered every 3 years since. This submission is for the fifth cycle in the series, PISA 2012, and requests OMB approval for field test and main study recruitment, field trial data collection, and a waiver of the 60-days federal register notice for the main study clearance in 2012. As in 2003, in PISA 2012, mathematics will be the major subject domain. The field test will also include computer-based assessments in reading, science, and general problem solving, and an assessment of financial literacy in a paper-and-pencil format. The United States may decide to participate in these components in the main study as well, based on the results of the field test. In addition to assessment data, PISA provides background information on school context and student demographics to benchmark performance and inform policy. School recruitment for the field test will begin in September 2010 with data collection beginning in March 2011. Main study recruitment will begin in September 2011 with data collection beginning in September 2012. The PISA 2012 field test sample will include about 35 schools (main study sample about 150) and about 1600 students (4,500 5,700 for the main study, depending on the components administered). In January 2011 NCES will submit the final field trial instruments to OMB; then, following the field test study, in May 2011, NCES will submit to OMB the final main study recruitment materials, design, and burden; and in spring 2012, NCES will submit the final main study instruments.

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion
Annual Number of Responses	1,738	5,320	-3,582
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	1,176	4,277	-3,101
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: Yes

Burden Increase Due to: Miscellaneous Actions

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: Yes

Burden Reduction Due to: Miscellaneous Actions

Short Statement: While Rocis considers this to be both an increase (for this field test/recruitment activity submission) as well as a decrease (reduction since the full scale is over) there is an overall reduction in burden because the last approval was for the full scale PISA 2009 collection while this is only for the field test and recruitment activities for 2012 PISA.