80_FR_67101 80 FR 66891 - National Assessment Governing Board Quarterly Board Meeting

80 FR 66891 - National Assessment Governing Board Quarterly Board Meeting

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

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This notice sets forth the agenda for the November 19-21, 2015 Quarterly Meeting of the National Assessment Governing Board (hereafter referred to as Governing Board). This notice provides information to members of the public who may be interested in attending the meeting or providing written comments on the meeting. The notice of this meeting is required under section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA).

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION


National Assessment Governing Board Quarterly Board Meeting

AGENCY: National Assessment Governing Board, U.S. Department of 
Education.

ACTION: Announcement of open and closed meetings.

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SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the agenda for the November 19-21, 2015 
Quarterly Meeting of the National Assessment Governing Board (hereafter 
referred to as Governing Board). This notice provides information to 
members of the public who may be interested in attending the meeting or 
providing written comments on the meeting. The notice of this meeting 
is required under section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee 
Act (FACA).

DATES: The Quarterly Board meeting will be held on the following dates:
     November 19, 2015 from 3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
     November 20, 2015 from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
     November 21, 2015 from 7:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

ADDRESSES: Westin Crystal City, 1800 Jefferson Davis Highway, 
Arlington, VA 22202.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Munira Mwalimu, Executive Officer, 800 
North Capitol Street NW., Suite 825, Washington, DC 20002, telephone: 
(202) 357-6938, fax: (202) 357-6945.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Statutory Authority and Function: The National Assessment Governing 
Board is established under Title III--National Assessment of 
Educational Progress Authorization Act, Public Law 107-279. Information 
on the Board and its work can be found at www.nagb.gov.
    The Board is established to formulate policy for the National 
Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). The Board's responsibilities 
include the following: Selecting subject areas to be assessed, 
developing assessment frameworks and specifications, developing 
appropriate student achievement levels for each grade and subject 
tested, developing standards and procedures for interstate and national 
comparisons, improving the form and use of NAEP, developing guidelines 
for reporting and disseminating results, and releasing initial NAEP 
results to the public.

November 19-21, 2015 Committee Meetings

    The Board's standing committees will meet to conduct regularly 
scheduled work, based on agenda items planned for this quarterly Board 
meeting, and follow-up items as reported in the Board's committee 
meeting minutes available at http://nagb.gov/what-we-do/board-committee-reports-and-agendas.html.

Detailed Meeting Agenda: November 19-21, 2015

November 19: Informational Briefing and Executive Committee Meeting

    What Gallup is Learning about Education: Open Session: 3:00 p.m.-
4:00 p.m.
    Executive Committee: Open Session: 4:30 p.m.-5:15 p.m.; Closed 
Session: 5:15 p.m.-6:00 p.m.

November 20: Full Board Meeting

    Full Board: Open Session: 8:30 a.m.-9:45 a.m.; Closed Session: 
12:50 p.m.-2:20 p.m.; Open Session: 2:20 p.m.-5:00 p.m.

November 20: Committee Meetings

Reporting and Dissemination Committee (R&D) and Assessment
    Development Committee (ADC): Joint Closed Session: 10:00 a.m.-11:00 
a.m.
    ADC: Open Session: 11:00 a.m.-11:30 a.m.; Closed Session: 11:30 
a.m.-12:30 p.m.
    R&D: Open Session: 11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
    Committee on Standards, Design and Methodology (COSDAM): Open 
Session: 10:00 a.m.-10:05 a.m.; Closed Session: 10:05 a.m.-12:10 p.m.; 
Open Session: 12:10 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

November 21: Full Board and Committee Meetings

    Nominations Committee: Closed Session: 7:30 a.m.-8:15 a.m.
    Full Board: Closed Session: 8:30 a.m.-9:35 a.m.; Open Session: 
10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
    On November 19, 2015, from 3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m., the Board will 
receive a briefing in open session on What Gallup is Learning About 
Education. Thereafter, the Executive Committee will convene in open 
session from 4:30 p.m. to 5:15 p.m., and in closed session from 5:15 
p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
    During the closed session, the Executive Committee will receive and 
discuss cost estimates and implications for implementing NAEP's 
Assessment Schedule for 2014-2024. This meeting must be conducted in 
closed session because public disclosure of this information would 
likely have an adverse financial effect on the NAEP program by 
providing confidential cost details and proprietary contract costs of 
current contractors to the public. Discussion of this information would 
be likely to significantly impede implementation of a proposed agency 
action if conducted in open session. Such matters are protected by 
exemption 9(B) of section 552b of Title 5 U.S.C.
    On November 20, 2015, the Full Board will meet in open session from 
8:30 a.m. to 9:45 a.m. The Board will review and approve the November 
19-21, 2015 Board meeting agenda and meeting minutes from the August 
2015 Quarterly Board meeting. This session will be followed by the 
Chairman's introduction of new Board members and remarks from new 
members. Thereafter, the Executive Director of the Governing Board, 
Bill Bushaw, will provide his report, followed by an update on the work 
of IES provided by Ruth Neild, Deputy Director for Policy and Research, 
IES. The NCES update will be provided by the Acting Commissioner of the 
NCES, Peggy Carr. The Board will recess for Committee meetings at 9:45 
a.m. scheduled from 10:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
    The Assessment Development Committee (ADC) and the Reporting and 
Dissemination (R&D) Committee will meet in a joint closed session from 
10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. Thereafter R&D Committee will meet in open 
session from 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The ADC will meet in open session 
from 11:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. and in closed session from 11:30 a.m. to 
12:30 p.m. The purpose of the joint closed session is to review the 
embargoed reporting Web site content for the 2014 grade 8 Technology 
and Engineering Literacy (TEL) Report Card. This meeting is being 
conducted in closed session because the TEL results are embargoed and 
have not been released to the public. Public disclosure of the secure 
data would significantly impede implementation of the NAEP assessment 
program if conducted in open session. Such matters are protected by 
exemption 9(B) of section 552b of Title 5 U.S.C.
    The ADC will meet in open session from 11:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. to 
receive a briefing on NAEP digital-based assessments. From 11:30 a.m. 
to 12:30 p.m. the ADC will meet in closed session to receive a briefing 
on in-depth analyses of the 2015 Reading and Mathematics results at 
grades 4 and 8. This meeting must be closed because the briefing will 
include secure NAEP items from reading and math test results at grades 
4 and 8. Public disclosure of

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the secure data would significantly impede implementation of the NAEP 
assessment program if conducted in open session. Such matters are 
protected by exemption 9(B) of section 552b of Title 5 U.S.C.
    R&D will meet in open session from 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. to 
discuss NAEP Report Card releases and the Governing Board's ongoing 
work on reporting and dissemination.
    The Committee on Standards, Design and Methodology (COSDAM) will 
meet in open session from 10:00 a.m. to 10:05 a.m. to introduce new 
Committee members and review the Committee meeting agenda. The 
Committee will meet in closed session from 10:05 a.m. to 12:10 p.m. and 
thereafter in open session from 12:10 p.m. to 12:30 p.m.
    During the first part of the closed session COSDAM will discuss 
information regarding analyses of the 2015 bridge studies for paper-
and-pencil and digital-based assessments, and discuss secure NAEP 
Reading and Mathematics data. This part of the meeting must be 
conducted in closed session because the analysis involves the use of 
secure data for the NAEP Reading and Mathematics assessments on 
digital-based platforms. Public disclosure of secure data would 
significantly impede implementation of the NAEP assessment program if 
conducted in open session. Such matters are protected by exemption 9(B) 
of section 552b of Title 5 U.S.C.
    During the second part of the closed session, COSDAM will discuss 
the proposed 2014 NAEP Technology and Engineering Literacy (TEL) 
achievement levels for grade 8, which includes secure NAEP TEL data. 
This part of the meeting must be conducted in closed session because 
the analysis involves the use of secure data for the NAEP TEL 
assessment. Public disclosure of secure data would significantly impede 
implementation of the NAEP assessment program if conducted in open 
session. Such matters are protected by exemption 9(B) of section 552b 
of Title 5 U.S.C. COSDAM will meet in open session from 12:10 p.m. to 
12:30 p.m. to take Committee action on achievement levels and discuss 
ongoing Committee work.
    Following the Committee meetings, the Board will convene in closed 
session on November 20, 2015 from 12:50 p.m. to 2:20 p.m. to discuss 
the proposed 2014 NAEP Technology and Engineering Literacy (TEL) 
achievement levels for grade 8, which includes secure NAEP TEL data. 
This part of the meeting must be conducted in closed session because 
the analysis involves the use of secure data for the NAEP TEL 
assessment. Public disclosure of secure data would significantly impede 
implementation of the NAEP assessment program if conducted in open 
session. Such matters are protected by exemption 9(B) of section 552b 
of Title 5 U.S.C.
    Thereafter, the Board will meet in open session from 2:45 p.m. to 
5:00 p.m. From 2:45 p.m. to 3:30 p.m., the Board will meet in open 
session to receive a briefing on the 2015 Trial Urban District 
Assessment (TUDA) Report Card in English and Mathematics. From 3:30 
p.m. to 4:15 p.m., the Board will receive the annual briefing from the 
Council of Chief State School Officers and Governing Board Policy Task 
Force Vice Chair and Assistant Superintendent form the Virginia 
Department of Education, Shelly Loving-Ryder. From 4:15 p.m. to 4:30 
p.m. the Governing Board members will be provided with the annual 
ethics briefing from Office of General Counsel staff.
    The November 20, 2015 session of the Board meeting will adjourn at 
5:00 p.m.
    On November 21, 2015, the Nominations Committee will meet in closed 
session from 7:30 a.m. to 8:15 a.m. to discuss the final slate of 
candidates for seven Board vacancies for terms beginning on October 1, 
2016. The Committee's discussions pertain solely to internal personnel 
rules and practices of an agency and information of a personal nature 
where disclosure would constitute an unwarranted invasion of personal 
privacy. As such, the discussions are protected by exemptions 2 and 6 
of section 552b(c) of Title 5 of the United States Code. Following the 
closed session, the Committee will meet in open session from 8:15 a.m. 
to 8:20 a.m. to discuss and take action on the slate of finalists in 
the Chief State School Officer category for 2015. The final slate of 
candidates for this open position will be brought before the Board for 
discussion and action on November 21, 2015.
    The full Board will convene in closed session on Saturday, November 
21, 2015 from 8:30 a.m. to 8:35 a.m. The purpose of the closed session 
is to receive and discuss the slate of finalists being recommended for 
action by the Nominations Committee for the Chief State School Officer 
position, to be appointed by the Secretary of Education in 2016. At 
8:35 a.m., the Board will take action in open session on the slate of 
Chief State School Officer finalists for the vacancy.
    The Board will meet in closed session from 8:45 a.m. to 9:35 a.m. 
to receive an update on the NAEP budget and planned changes to the NAEP 
Assessment Schedule. During the closed session, the Board will receive 
and discuss cost estimates and implications for implementing NAEP's 
Assessment Schedule for 2014-2024. This meeting must be conducted in 
closed session because public disclosure of this information would 
likely have an adverse financial effect on the NAEP program by 
providing confidential cost details and proprietary contract costs of 
current contractors to the public. Discussion of this information would 
be likely to significantly impede implementation of a proposed agency 
action if conducted in open session. Such matters are protected by 
exemption 9(B) of section 552b of Title 5 U.S.C.
    The Board will take action on the NAEP Assessment Schedule from 
9:35 a.m. to 9:45 a.m. in open session. Thereafter, from 10:00 a.m. to 
11:00 a.m. the Board will receive updates on NCES' Future of NAEP 
Activities and the Governing Board's Strategic Planning Initiative.
    From 11:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. the Board will receive reports from 
the standing committees and take action proposed by the Committee on 
Standards, Design and Methodology on the TEL Achievement Levels at 
Grade 8. The November 21, 2015 meeting is scheduled to adjourn at 12:00 
p.m.
    Access to Records of the Meeting: Pursuant to FACA requirements, 
the public may also inspect the meeting materials at www.nagb.gov on 
Thursday, November 19, 2015 by 7:00 a.m. ET. The official verbatim 
transcripts of the public meeting sessions will be available for public 
inspection no later than 30 calendar days following the meeting.
    Reasonable Accommodations: The meeting site is accessible to 
individuals with disabilities. If you will need an auxiliary aid or 
service to participate in the meeting (e.g., interpreting service, 
assistive listening device, or materials in an alternate format), 
notify the contact person listed in this notice at least two weeks 
before the scheduled meeting date. Although we will attempt to meet a 
request received after that date, we may not be able to make available 
the requested auxiliary aid or service because of insufficient time to 
arrange it.
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    Authority: Pub. L. 107-279, Title III--National Assessment of 
Educational Progress section 301.

    Dated: October 27, 2015.
William J. Bushaw,
Executive Director, National Assessment Governing Board (NAGB), U.S. 
Department of Education.
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                                              EXEMPTIONS CLAIMED FOR THE SYSTEM:                      November 19–21, 2015 Committee                        adverse financial effect on the NAEP
                                                 None.                                                Meetings                                              program by providing confidential cost
                                              [FR Doc. 2015–27713 Filed 10–29–15; 8:45 am]              The Board’s standing committees will                details and proprietary contract costs of
                                              BILLING CODE 5001–06–P                                  meet to conduct regularly scheduled                   current contractors to the public.
                                                                                                      work, based on agenda items planned                   Discussion of this information would be
                                                                                                      for this quarterly Board meeting, and                 likely to significantly impede
                                              DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION                                 follow-up items as reported in the                    implementation of a proposed agency
                                                                                                      Board’s committee meeting minutes                     action if conducted in open session.
                                              National Assessment Governing Board                     available at http://nagb.gov/what-we-do/              Such matters are protected by
                                              Quarterly Board Meeting                                 board-committee-reports-and-                          exemption 9(B) of section 552b of Title
                                                                                                      agendas.html.                                         5 U.S.C.
                                              AGENCY: National Assessment                                                                                      On November 20, 2015, the Full
                                              Governing Board, U.S. Department of                     Detailed Meeting Agenda: November                     Board will meet in open session from
                                              Education.                                              19–21, 2015                                           8:30 a.m. to 9:45 a.m. The Board will
                                              ACTION: Announcement of open and                                                                              review and approve the November 19–
                                              closed meetings.                                        November 19: Informational Briefing                   21, 2015 Board meeting agenda and
                                                                                                      and Executive Committee Meeting                       meeting minutes from the August 2015
                                              SUMMARY:   This notice sets forth the                     What Gallup is Learning about                       Quarterly Board meeting. This session
                                              agenda for the November 19–21, 2015                     Education: Open Session: 3:00 p.m.–                   will be followed by the Chairman’s
                                              Quarterly Meeting of the National                       4:00 p.m.                                             introduction of new Board members and
                                              Assessment Governing Board (hereafter                     Executive Committee: Open Session:                  remarks from new members. Thereafter,
                                              referred to as Governing Board). This                   4:30 p.m.–5:15 p.m.; Closed Session:                  the Executive Director of the Governing
                                              notice provides information to members                  5:15 p.m.–6:00 p.m.                                   Board, Bill Bushaw, will provide his
                                              of the public who may be interested in                                                                        report, followed by an update on the
                                              attending the meeting or providing                      November 20: Full Board Meeting
                                                                                                                                                            work of IES provided by Ruth Neild,
                                              written comments on the meeting. The                      Full Board: Open Session: 8:30 a.m.–                Deputy Director for Policy and
                                              notice of this meeting is required under                9:45 a.m.; Closed Session: 12:50 p.m.–                Research, IES. The NCES update will be
                                              section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory                2:20 p.m.; Open Session: 2:20 p.m.–5:00               provided by the Acting Commissioner of
                                              Committee Act (FACA).                                   p.m.                                                  the NCES, Peggy Carr. The Board will
                                              DATES: The Quarterly Board meeting                                                                            recess for Committee meetings at 9:45
                                                                                                      November 20: Committee Meetings
                                              will be held on the following dates:                                                                          a.m. scheduled from 10:00 a.m. to 12:30
                                                 • November 19, 2015 from 3:00 p.m.                   Reporting and Dissemination Committee                 p.m.
                                              to 6:00 p.m.                                            (R&D) and Assessment                                     The Assessment Development
                                                 • November 20, 2015 from 8:30 a.m.                                                                         Committee (ADC) and the Reporting and
                                                                                                        Development Committee (ADC): Joint
                                              to 5:00 p.m.                                                                                                  Dissemination (R&D) Committee will
                                                 • November 21, 2015 from 7:30 a.m.                   Closed Session: 10:00 a.m.–11:00 a.m.
                                                                                                        ADC: Open Session: 11:00 a.m.–11:30                 meet in a joint closed session from 10:00
                                              to 12:00 p.m.                                                                                                 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. Thereafter R&D
                                                                                                      a.m.; Closed Session: 11:30 a.m.–12:30
                                              ADDRESSES: Westin Crystal City, 1800                                                                          Committee will meet in open session
                                                                                                      p.m.
                                              Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA                    R&D: Open Session: 11:00 a.m.–12:30                 from 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The ADC
                                              22202.                                                  p.m.                                                  will meet in open session from 11:00
                                              FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:                          Committee on Standards, Design and                  a.m. to 11:30 a.m. and in closed session
                                              Munira Mwalimu, Executive Officer,                      Methodology (COSDAM): Open Session:                   from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The
                                              800 North Capitol Street NW., Suite 825,                10:00 a.m.–10:05 a.m.; Closed Session:                purpose of the joint closed session is to
                                              Washington, DC 20002, telephone: (202)                  10:05 a.m.–12:10 p.m.; Open Session:                  review the embargoed reporting Web
                                              357–6938, fax: (202) 357–6945.                          12:10 a.m.–12:30 p.m.                                 site content for the 2014 grade 8
                                              SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:                                                                                    Technology and Engineering Literacy
                                                 Statutory Authority and Function:                    November 21: Full Board and                           (TEL) Report Card. This meeting is
                                              The National Assessment Governing                       Committee Meetings                                    being conducted in closed session
                                              Board is established under Title III—                     Nominations Committee: Closed                       because the TEL results are embargoed
                                              National Assessment of Educational                      Session: 7:30 a.m.–8:15 a.m.                          and have not been released to the
                                              Progress Authorization Act, Public Law                    Full Board: Closed Session: 8:30 a.m.–              public. Public disclosure of the secure
                                              107–279. Information on the Board and                   9:35 a.m.; Open Session: 10:00 a.m.–                  data would significantly impede
                                              its work can be found at www.nagb.gov.                  12:00 p.m.                                            implementation of the NAEP assessment
                                                 The Board is established to formulate                  On November 19, 2015, from 3:00                     program if conducted in open session.
                                              policy for the National Assessment of                   p.m. to 4:00 p.m., the Board will receive             Such matters are protected by
                                              Educational Progress (NAEP). The                        a briefing in open session on What                    exemption 9(B) of section 552b of Title
                                              Board’s responsibilities include the                    Gallup is Learning About Education.                   5 U.S.C.
                                              following: Selecting subject areas to be                Thereafter, the Executive Committee                      The ADC will meet in open session
                                              assessed, developing assessment                         will convene in open session from 4:30                from 11:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. to receive
                                              frameworks and specifications,                          p.m. to 5:15 p.m., and in closed session              a briefing on NAEP digital-based
                                              developing appropriate student                          from 5:15 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.                           assessments. From 11:30 a.m. to 12:30
                                              achievement levels for each grade and                     During the closed session, the                      p.m. the ADC will meet in closed
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                                              subject tested, developing standards and                Executive Committee will receive and                  session to receive a briefing on in-depth
                                              procedures for interstate and national                  discuss cost estimates and implications               analyses of the 2015 Reading and
                                              comparisons, improving the form and                     for implementing NAEP’s Assessment                    Mathematics results at grades 4 and 8.
                                              use of NAEP, developing guidelines for                  Schedule for 2014–2024. This meeting                  This meeting must be closed because
                                              reporting and disseminating results, and                must be conducted in closed session                   the briefing will include secure NAEP
                                              releasing initial NAEP results to the                   because public disclosure of this                     items from reading and math test results
                                              public.                                                 information would likely have an                      at grades 4 and 8. Public disclosure of


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                                              the secure data would significantly                     assessment. Public disclosure of secure               session, the Board will receive and
                                              impede implementation of the NAEP                       data would significantly impede                       discuss cost estimates and implications
                                              assessment program if conducted in                      implementation of the NAEP assessment                 for implementing NAEP’s Assessment
                                              open session. Such matters are                          program if conducted in open session.                 Schedule for 2014–2024. This meeting
                                              protected by exemption 9(B) of section                  Such matters are protected by                         must be conducted in closed session
                                              552b of Title 5 U.S.C.                                  exemption 9(B) of section 552b of Title               because public disclosure of this
                                                R&D will meet in open session from                    5 U.S.C.                                              information would likely have an
                                              11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. to discuss                        Thereafter, the Board will meet in                 adverse financial effect on the NAEP
                                              NAEP Report Card releases and the                       open session from 2:45 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.              program by providing confidential cost
                                              Governing Board’s ongoing work on                       From 2:45 p.m. to 3:30 p.m., the Board                details and proprietary contract costs of
                                              reporting and dissemination.                            will meet in open session to receive a                current contractors to the public.
                                                The Committee on Standards, Design                    briefing on the 2015 Trial Urban District             Discussion of this information would be
                                              and Methodology (COSDAM) will meet                      Assessment (TUDA) Report Card in                      likely to significantly impede
                                              in open session from 10:00 a.m. to 10:05                English and Mathematics. From 3:30                    implementation of a proposed agency
                                              a.m. to introduce new Committee                         p.m. to 4:15 p.m., the Board will receive             action if conducted in open session.
                                              members and review the Committee                        the annual briefing from the Council of               Such matters are protected by
                                              meeting agenda. The Committee will                      Chief State School Officers and                       exemption 9(B) of section 552b of Title
                                              meet in closed session from 10:05 a.m.                  Governing Board Policy Task Force Vice                5 U.S.C.
                                              to 12:10 p.m. and thereafter in open                    Chair and Assistant Superintendent                        The Board will take action on the
                                              session from 12:10 p.m. to 12:30 p.m.                   form the Virginia Department of                       NAEP Assessment Schedule from 9:35
                                                During the first part of the closed                   Education, Shelly Loving-Ryder. From                  a.m. to 9:45 a.m. in open session.
                                              session COSDAM will discuss                             4:15 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. the Governing                  Thereafter, from 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.
                                              information regarding analyses of the                   Board members will be provided with                   the Board will receive updates on NCES’
                                              2015 bridge studies for paper-and-pencil                the annual ethics briefing from Office of             Future of NAEP Activities and the
                                              and digital-based assessments, and                      General Counsel staff.                                Governing Board’s Strategic Planning
                                              discuss secure NAEP Reading and                            The November 20, 2015 session of the               Initiative.
                                              Mathematics data. This part of the                      Board meeting will adjourn at 5:00 p.m.                   From 11:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. the
                                              meeting must be conducted in closed                        On November 21, 2015, the                          Board will receive reports from the
                                              session because the analysis involves                   Nominations Committee will meet in                    standing committees and take action
                                              the use of secure data for the NAEP                     closed session from 7:30 a.m. to 8:15                 proposed by the Committee on
                                              Reading and Mathematics assessments                     a.m. to discuss the final slate of                    Standards, Design and Methodology on
                                              on digital-based platforms. Public                      candidates for seven Board vacancies for              the TEL Achievement Levels at Grade 8.
                                              disclosure of secure data would                         terms beginning on October 1, 2016. The               The November 21, 2015 meeting is
                                              significantly impede implementation of                  Committee’s discussions pertain solely                scheduled to adjourn at 12:00 p.m.
                                              the NAEP assessment program if                          to internal personnel rules and practices                 Access to Records of the Meeting:
                                              conducted in open session. Such                         of an agency and information of a                     Pursuant to FACA requirements, the
                                              matters are protected by exemption 9(B)                 personal nature where disclosure would                public may also inspect the meeting
                                              of section 552b of Title 5 U.S.C.                       constitute an unwarranted invasion of                 materials at www.nagb.gov on Thursday,
                                                During the second part of the closed                  personal privacy. As such, the                        November 19, 2015 by 7:00 a.m. ET. The
                                              session, COSDAM will discuss the                        discussions are protected by exemptions               official verbatim transcripts of the
                                              proposed 2014 NAEP Technology and                       2 and 6 of section 552b(c) of Title 5 of              public meeting sessions will be
                                              Engineering Literacy (TEL) achievement                  the United States Code. Following the                 available for public inspection no later
                                              levels for grade 8, which includes                      closed session, the Committee will meet               than 30 calendar days following the
                                              secure NAEP TEL data. This part of the                  in open session from 8:15 a.m. to 8:20                meeting.
                                              meeting must be conducted in closed                     a.m. to discuss and take action on the                    Reasonable Accommodations: The
                                              session because the analysis involves                   slate of finalists in the Chief State                 meeting site is accessible to individuals
                                              the use of secure data for the NAEP TEL                 School Officer category for 2015. The                 with disabilities. If you will need an
                                              assessment. Public disclosure of secure                 final slate of candidates for this open               auxiliary aid or service to participate in
                                              data would significantly impede                         position will be brought before the                   the meeting (e.g., interpreting service,
                                              implementation of the NAEP assessment                   Board for discussion and action on                    assistive listening device, or materials in
                                              program if conducted in open session.                   November 21, 2015.                                    an alternate format), notify the contact
                                              Such matters are protected by                              The full Board will convene in closed              person listed in this notice at least two
                                              exemption 9(B) of section 552b of Title                 session on Saturday, November 21, 2015                weeks before the scheduled meeting
                                              5 U.S.C. COSDAM will meet in open                       from 8:30 a.m. to 8:35 a.m. The purpose               date. Although we will attempt to meet
                                              session from 12:10 p.m. to 12:30 p.m. to                of the closed session is to receive and               a request received after that date, we
                                              take Committee action on achievement                    discuss the slate of finalists being                  may not be able to make available the
                                              levels and discuss ongoing Committee                    recommended for action by the                         requested auxiliary aid or service
                                              work.                                                   Nominations Committee for the Chief                   because of insufficient time to arrange
                                                Following the Committee meetings,                     State School Officer position, to be                  it.
                                              the Board will convene in closed                        appointed by the Secretary of Education                   Electronic Access to this Document:
                                              session on November 20, 2015 from                       in 2016. At 8:35 a.m., the Board will                 The official version of this document is
                                              12:50 p.m. to 2:20 p.m. to discuss the                  take action in open session on the slate              the document published in the Federal
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                                              proposed 2014 NAEP Technology and                       of Chief State School Officer finalists for           Register. Free Internet access to the
                                              Engineering Literacy (TEL) achievement                  the vacancy.                                          official edition of the Federal Register
                                              levels for grade 8, which includes                         The Board will meet in closed session              and the Code of Federal Regulations is
                                              secure NAEP TEL data. This part of the                  from 8:45 a.m. to 9:35 a.m. to receive an             available via the Federal Digital System
                                              meeting must be conducted in closed                     update on the NAEP budget and                         at: www.gpo.gov/fdsys. At this site you
                                              session because the analysis involves                   planned changes to the NAEP                           can view this document, as well as all
                                              the use of secure data for the NAEP TEL                 Assessment Schedule. During the closed                other documents of this Department


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                                                                            Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 210 / Friday, October 30, 2015 / Notices                                               66893

                                              published in the Federal Register, in                   Information Collection Clearance                      collection in 2015. This submission is
                                              text or Adobe Portable Document                         Division, U.S. Department of Education,               for the ninth cycle in the series,
                                              Format (PDF). To use PDF, you must                      400 Maryland Avenue SW., LBJ, Room                    NPSAS:16, which will also serve as the
                                              have Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is                     2E105, Washington, DC 20202–4537.                     base year study for the 2016
                                              available free at the site.                             FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For                  Baccalaureate and Beyond Longitudinal
                                                You may also access documents of the                  specific questions related to collection              Study (B&B) which provides data on the
                                              Department published in the Federal                     activities, please contact Kashka                     various paths of recent college graduates
                                              Register by using the article search                    Kubzdela at (202) 502–7411 or by email                into employment and additional
                                              feature at: www.federalregister.gov.                    kashka.kubzdela@ed.gov.                               education. The NPSAS:16 sample will
                                              Specifically, through the advanced                      SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The                        include about 2,000 institutions and
                                              search feature at this site, you can limit              Department of Education (ED), in                      about 128,000 students. Institution
                                              your search to documents published by                   accordance with the Paperwork                         contacting began in October 2015 and
                                              the Department.                                         Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) (44 U.S.C.                student data collection will be
                                                Authority: Pub. L. 107–279, Title III—                3506(c)(2)(A)), provides the general                  conducted from January through
                                              National Assessment of Educational Progress             public and Federal agencies with an                   September 2016. The NPSAS:16 full
                                              section 301.                                            opportunity to comment on proposed,                   scale institution contacting and
                                                 Dated: October 27, 2015.                             revised, and continuing collections of                enrollment list collection was approved
                                              William J. Bushaw,                                      information. This helps the Department                in July 2015 (OMB# 1850–0666 v.15–
                                                                                                      assess the impact of its information                  16). This submission covers NPSAS:16
                                              Executive Director, National Assessment
                                              Governing Board (NAGB), U.S. Department                 collection requirements and minimize                  full scale materials and procedures
                                              of Education.                                           the public’s reporting burden. It also                required for student record abstractions,
                                              [FR Doc. 2015–27720 Filed 10–29–15; 8:45 am]            helps the public understand the                       student surveying, and matching data to
                                                                                                      Department’s information collection                   administrative files. Because the
                                              BILLING CODE P
                                                                                                      requirements and provide the requested                institution contacting and enrollment
                                                                                                      data in the desired format. ED is                     list collection will still be ongoing at the
                                              DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION                                 soliciting comments on the proposed                   time this request is approved, the
                                                                                                      information collection request (ICR) that             burden and materials from the
                                              [Docket No.: ED–2015–ICCD–0126]                                                                               NPSAS:16 Full Scale Institution
                                                                                                      is described below. The Department of
                                                                                                      Education is especially interested in                 Contacting And Enrollment List
                                              Agency Information Collection                                                                                 Collection request (OMB# 1850–0666
                                              Activities; Submission to the Office of                 public comment addressing the
                                                                                                      following issues: (1) Is this collection              v.15–16) are being carried over in this
                                              Management and Budget for Review                                                                              submission.
                                              and Approval; Comment Request;                          necessary to the proper functions of the
                                              2015–16 National Postsecondary                          Department; (2) will this information be                Dated: October 27, 2015.
                                              Student Aid Study (NPSAS:16) Full                       processed and used in a timely manner;                Stephanie Valentine,
                                              Scale Student Data Collection                           (3) is the estimate of burden accurate;               Acting Director, Information Collection
                                                                                                      (4) how might the Department enhance                  Clearance Division, Office of the Chief Privacy
                                              AGENCY:   National Center for Education                 the quality, utility, and clarity of the              Officer, Office of Management.
                                              Statistics (NCES), Department of                        information to be collected; and (5) how              [FR Doc. 2015–27727 Filed 10–29–15; 8:45 am]
                                              Education (ED).                                         might the Department minimize the                     BILLING CODE 4000–01–P
                                              ACTION: Notice.                                         burden of this collection on the
                                                                                                      respondents, including through the use
                                              SUMMARY:   In accordance with the                       of information technology. Please note
                                              Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44                                                                           DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
                                                                                                      that written comments received in
                                              U.S.C. chapter 3501 et seq.), ED is                     response to this notice will be                       Senior Executive Service Performance
                                              proposing a revision of an existing                     considered public records.                            Review Board
                                              information collection.                                    Title of Collection: 2015–16 National
                                              DATES: Interested persons are invited to                Postsecondary Student Aid Study                       AGENCY: Department of Energy.
                                              submit comments on or before                            (NPSAS:16) Full Scale Student Data                    ACTION:Designation of Performance
                                              November 30, 2015.                                      Collection                                            Review Board Standing Register.
                                              ADDRESSES: To access and review all the                    OMB Control Number: 1850–0666.
                                              documents related to the information                       Type of Review: A revision of an                   SUMMARY:   This notice provides the
                                              collection listed in this notice, please                existing information collection.                      Performance Review Board Standing
                                              use http://www.regulations.gov by                          Respondents/Affected Public:                       Register for the Department of Energy.
                                              searching the Docket ID number ED–                      Individuals.                                          This listing supersedes all previously
                                              2015–ICCD–0126. Comments submitted                         Total Estimated Number of Annual                   published lists of PRB members.
                                              in response to this notice should be                    Responses: 86,000.                                    DATES: This appointment is effective as
                                              submitted electronically through the                       Total Estimated Number of Annual                   of September 30, 2015.
                                              Federal eRulemaking Portal at http://                   Burden Hours: 75,811.                                 Bremer, John
                                              www.regulations.gov by selecting the                       Abstract: The National Postsecondary               Brown, Fred
                                              Docket ID number or via postal mail,                    Student Aid Study (NPSAS), a                          Cooper, Suzanne
                                              commercial delivery, or hand delivery.                  nationally representative study of how                Dickinson, Mark
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                                              Please note that comments submitted by                  students and their families finance                   Erhart, Steven
                                              fax or email and those submitted after                  postsecondary education, was first                    Gilbertson, Mark
                                              the comment period will not be                          implemented by the National Center for                Grose, Amy
                                              accepted. Written requests for                          Education Statistics (NCES) in 1987 and               Lee, Terri
                                              information or comments submitted by                    has been fielded every 3 to 4 years                   Lenhard, Joseph
                                              postal mail or delivery should be                       since. The next major data collection                 Livengood, Joanna
                                              addressed to the Director of the                        will occur in 2016 following a field test             Mays, Cyndi


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Document Created: 2015-12-14 15:29:19
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CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
GS 4.107:
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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionAnnouncement of open and closed meetings.
DatesThe Quarterly Board meeting will be held on the following dates:
ContactMunira Mwalimu, Executive Officer, 800 North Capitol Street NW., Suite 825, Washington, DC 20002, telephone: (202) 357-6938, fax: (202) 357-6945.
FR Citation80 FR 66891 

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