81 FR 47376 - National Assessment Governing Board Quarterly Board Meeting

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 140 (July 21, 2016)

Page Range		47376-47378
FR Document		2016-17331

This notice sets forth the agenda for the August 4-6, 2016 Quarterly Board 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 Sec. 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA).

Federal Register, Volume 81 Issue 140 (Thursday, July 21, 2016)

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 140 (Thursday, July 21, 2016)]
[Notices]
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[FR Doc No: 2016-17331]

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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 August 4-6, 2016
Quarterly Board 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 Sec. 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory
Committee Act (FACA).

DATES: The Quarterly Board Meeting will be held on the following dates:
August 4, 2016 from 12:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
August 5, 2016 from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
August 6, 2016 from 7:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

ADDRESSES: Sofitel Chicago Water Tower, 20 East Chestnut Street,
Chicago, IL 60611

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Munira Mwalimu, Executive Officer/
Designated Federal Official of the Governing Board, 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 Governing Board is
established under the National Assessment of Educational Progress
Authorization Act, Title III of Public Law 107-279. Information on the
Governing Board and its work can be found at www.nagb.gov.
The Governing Board is established to formulate policy for the
National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). The Governing
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.

August 4-6, 2016 Committee Meetings

The Governing 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
Governing Board's committee meeting minutes available at http://nagb.gov/what-we-do/board-committee-reports-and-agendas.html.

Detailed Meeting Agenda: August 4-6, 2016

August 4: Assessment Development Committee (ADC): Closed Session:
12:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m.
August 4: Committee on Standards, Design and Methodology (COSDAM):
Open Session: 1:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m.
August 4: Reporting and Dissemination (R&D) Committee: Open
Session: 1:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m.
August 4: Executive Committee: Open Session: 4:30 p.m.-5:20 p.m.;
Closed Session: 5:20 p.m.-6:00 p.m.
August 5: Full Governing Board and Committee Meetings:
Full Governing Board: Open Session: 8:30 a.m.-10:15 a.m.; 12:30
p.m.-4:30 p.m.
ADC: Open Session: 10:30 a.m.-11:25 a.m.; Closed Session: 11:25
a.m.-12:15 p.m.

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R&D Committee: Open Session 10:30 a.m.-12:15 p.m.
COSDAM: Open Session: 10:30 a.m.-12:15 p.m.
August 6: Full Governing Board and Committee Meetings:
Nominations Committee: Closed Session: 7:30 a.m.-8:15 a.m.
Full Governing Board: Open Session: 8:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
On August 4, 2016, the ADC will meet in closed session from 12:00
p.m.-4:00 p.m. to review the following secure NAEP test items: 2017
reading items at grades 4 and 8; 2017 writing items at grades 4 and 8;
2017 mathematics items at grades 4 and 8; and 2019 reading pilot items
for grade 4. This meeting must be conducted in closed session because
the test items are secure and have not been released to the public.
Public disclosure of the secure test items would significantly impede
implementation of the NAEP assessment program if conducted in open
session. Such matters are protected by exemption 9(B) of Sec. 552b(c)
of Title 5 of the United States Code.
On August 4, the COSDAM will meet in open session from 1:00 p.m. to
4:00 p.m. to conduct regularly scheduled work and the R&D Committee
will meet in open session from 2:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. to conduct
regularly scheduled work.
The Executive Committee will meet in open session on August 4 from
4:30 p.m. to 5:20 p.m. to discuss the nomination of the Governing
Board's Vice Chair, the Strategic Vision initiative, and NAEP research
grants. The Executive Committee will meet thereafter in closed session
from 5:20 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. During the closed session, the Executive
Committee will receive and discuss independent government cost
estimates and implications for implementing NAEP's Assessment Schedule
through 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 Sec. 552b(c)
of Title 5 of the United States Code.
On August 5, the full Governing Board will meet in open session
from 8:30 a.m. to 10:15 a.m. The Governing Board will review and
approve the August 4-6, 2016 Governing Board meeting agenda and meeting
minutes from the May 2016 Quarterly Board Meeting. The Governing Board
will then receive welcoming remarks from policymakers representing the
Illinois Department of Education and Chicago Public Schools. This
session will be followed by a report from the Executive Director of the
Governing Board, William Bushaw, followed by updates on the work of the
Institute of Education Sciences (IES) and National Center for Education
Statistics (NCES) provided by the Acting Commissioner of NCES, Peggy
Carr. The Governing Board will recess for committee meetings at 10:15
a.m. which are scheduled to take place from 10:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.
The COSDAM and R&D Committees will meet in open session from 10:30
a.m. to 12:15 p.m. The ADC will meet in open session from 10:30 a.m. to
11:25 a.m. and thereafter in closed session from 11:25 a.m. to 12:15
p.m. to review assessment items for the NAEP transition to digital-
based assessments (DBA). The review will include secure items in
reading, mathematics and science at grades 4 and 8 from the 2016 pilot,
in preparation for the 2017 operational assessment. The committee's
reviews and discussions on secure test items cannot be discussed in an
open meeting to protect the confidentiality of the secure assessment
materials. Premature disclosure of these results would significantly
impede implementation of the NAEP assessment program, and is therefore
protected by exemption 9(B) of Sec. 552b(c) of Title 5 of the United
States Code.
Following the committee meetings on August 5, the full Governing
Board will meet in open session from 12:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
From 12:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m., the Governing Board will have a panel
discussion on secondary researchers' use of NAEP data, to be moderated
by Governing Board member Andrew Ho, Chair of the COSDAM. Following
this session and a break of 30 minutes, the Governing Board will
discuss the draft Strategic Vision document from 3:00 p.m. to 4:30
p.m., with an overview provided by the Governing Board's Vice Chair,
Lucille Davy. After the overview, the Governing Board will convene in
three small groups to discuss the draft Strategic Vision. Members of
the public are welcome to observe the breakout sessions. The August 5
session of the Governing Board meeting will adjourn at 4:30 p.m.
On August 6, the Nominations Committee will meet in closed session
from 7:30 a.m. to 8:15 a.m. The committee will discuss planning for the
Governing Board's annual call for nominations for Governing Board terms
beginning in October 2017. The 2017 call for nominations is scheduled
to start in September 2016. The Nominations Committee's discussions
pertain solely to internal personnel rules and practices of an agency
and information of a personal nature where disclosure would constitute
a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy. As such, the
discussions are protected by exemptions 2 and 6 of Sec. 552b(c) of
Title 5 of the United States Code.
The full Governing Board will meet in open session on August 6,
from 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. The session will begin with remarks by
outgoing Governing Board member Anitere Flores from 8:30 a.m. to 8:40
a.m., followed by full Governing Board discussion on the Strategic
Vision from 8:40 a.m. to 9:45 a.m. Thereafter, the Governing Board will
have a short break and reconvene from 10:00 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. The
Governing Board will receive an update on committee reports and take
action on the election of the Board Vice Chair. From 10:45 a.m. to
12:00 p.m. the Governing Board will receive a briefing from NCES staff
on contextual variables, an Inside NAEP series. The August 6, 2016
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
beginning on Thursday, August 5, 2016 by 10:00 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 Sec. 301.

Dated: July 18, 2016.
William J. Bushaw,
Executive Director, National Assessment Governing Board (NAGB), U.S.
Department of Education.
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assess the impact of its information Required program services include: ADDRESSES: Sofitel Chicago Water
collection requirements and minimize (1) Academic tutoring; (2) advice and Tower, 20 East Chestnut Street, Chicago,
the public’s reporting burden. It also assistance in secondary and IL 60611
helps the public understand the postsecondary course selection; (3) FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Department’s information collection preparation for college entrance exams Munira Mwalimu, Executive Officer/
requirements and provide the requested and completing the college admission Designated Federal Official of the
data in the desired format. ED is applications; (4) information on federal Governing Board, 800 North Capitol
soliciting comments on the proposed student financial aid programs Street NW., Suite 825, Washington, DC
information collection request (ICR) that including (a) federal Pell grant awards, 20002, telephone: (202) 357–6938, fax:
is described below. The Department of (b) loan forgiveness, and (c) (202) 357–6945.
Education is especially interested in scholarships; (5) assistance completing
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
public comment addressing the financial aid applications; (6) guidance
Statutory Authority and Function:
following issues: (1) Is this collection on and assistance in: (a) Secondary
The Governing Board is established
necessary to the proper functions of the school reentry, (b) alternative education
under the National Assessment of
Department; (2) will this information be programs for secondary school dropouts
Educational Progress Authorization Act,
processed and used in a timely manner; that lead to the receipt of a regular
Title III of Public Law 107–279.
(3) is the estimate of burden accurate; secondary school diploma, (c) entry into
Information on the Governing Board and
(4) how might the Department enhance general educational development (GED)
its work can be found at www.nagb.gov.
the quality, utility, and clarity of the programs or, (d) entry into
The Governing Board is established to
information to be collected; and (5) how postsecondary education; (7) education
formulate policy for the National
might the Department minimize the or counseling services designed to
Assessment of Educational Progress
burden of this collection on the improve the financial and economic
(NAEP). The Governing Board’s
respondents, including through the use literacy of students or the students’
responsibilities include the following:
of information technology. Please note parents, including financial planning for
Selecting subject areas to be assessed,
that written comments received in postsecondary education; and (8)
developing assessment frameworks and
response to this notice will be projects funded for at least two years
specifications, developing appropriate
considered public records. under the program must provide
Title of Collection: Upward Bound student achievement levels for each
instruction in mathematics through pre-
and Upward Bound Math Science grade and subject tested, developing
calculus; laboratory science; foreign
Annual Performance Report. standards and procedures for interstate
language; composition; and literature.
OMB Control Number: 1840–0831. and national comparisons, improving
Type of Review: An extension of an Kate Mullan, the form and use of NAEP, developing
existing information collection. Acting Director, Information Collection guidelines for reporting and
Respondents/Affected Public: State, Clearance Division, Office of the Chief Privacy disseminating results, and releasing
Local, and Tribal Governments; Private Officer, Office of Management. initial NAEP results to the public.
Sector. [FR Doc. 2016–17210 Filed 7–20–16; 8:45 am]
August 4–6, 2016 Committee Meetings
Total Estimated Number of Annual BILLING CODE 4000–01–P
Responses: 975. The Governing Board’s standing
Total Estimated Number of Annual committees will meet to conduct
Burden Hours: 16,575. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION regularly scheduled work based on
Abstract: The purpose of the Upward agenda items planned for this Quarterly
Bound (UB) Program is to generate in National Assessment Governing Board Board Meeting and follow-up items as
program participants the skills and Quarterly Board Meeting reported in the Governing Board’s
motivation necessary to complete a AGENCY: National Assessment committee meeting minutes available at
program of secondary education and to Governing Board, U.S. Department of http://nagb.gov/what-we-do/board-
enter and succeed in a program of Education. committee-reports-and-agendas.html.
postsecondary education. ACTION: Announcement of open and Detailed Meeting Agenda: August 4–6,
Authority for this program is closed meetings. 2016
contained in title IV, part A, subpart 2,
chapter 1, section 402C of the Higher SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the August 4: Assessment Development
Education Act of 1965, as amended by agenda for the August 4–6, 2016 Committee (ADC): Closed Session: 12:00
the Higher Education Opportunity Act Quarterly Board Meeting of the National p.m.–4:00 p.m.
of 2008. Eligible applicants include Assessment Governing Board (hereafter August 4: Committee on Standards,
institutions of higher education, public referred to as Governing Board). This Design and Methodology (COSDAM):
or private agencies or organizations, notice provides information to members Open Session: 1:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m.
including community-based of the public who may be interested in August 4: Reporting and
organizations with experience in serving attending the meeting or providing Dissemination (R&D) Committee: Open
disadvantaged youth, secondary written comments on the meeting. The Session: 1:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m.
schools, and combinations of notice of this meeting is required under August 4: Executive Committee: Open
institutions, agencies, organizations, § 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Session: 4:30 p.m.–5:20 p.m.; Closed
and secondary schools. Session: 5:20 p.m.–6:00 p.m.
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Committee Act (FACA).
UB Program participants must be DATES: The Quarterly Board Meeting August 5: Full Governing Board and
potential first-generation college will be held on the following dates: Committee Meetings:
students, low-income individuals, or • August 4, 2016 from 12:00 p.m. to Full Governing Board: Open Session:
individuals who have a high risk for 6:00 p.m. 8:30 a.m.–10:15 a.m.; 12:30 p.m.–4:30
academic failure, and have a need for • August 5, 2016 from 8:30 a.m. to p.m.
academic support in order to pursue 4:30 p.m. ADC: Open Session: 10:30 a.m.–11:25
successfully a program of education • August 6, 2016 from 7:30 a.m. to a.m.; Closed Session: 11:25 a.m.–12:15
beyond high school. 12:00 p.m. p.m.

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Section		Notices
Action		Announcement of open and closed meetings.
Dates		The Quarterly Board Meeting will be held on the following dates:
Contact		Munira Mwalimu, Executive Officer/ Designated Federal Official of the Governing Board, 800 North Capitol Street NW., Suite 825, Washington, DC 20002, telephone: (202) 357-6938, fax: (202) 357-6945.
FR Citation		81 FR 47376