82 FR 32538 - National Assessment Governing Board Quarterly Board Meeting

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 134 (July 14, 2017)

This notice sets forth the agenda for the August 3-5, 2017 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 related to the work of the Governing Board. Written comments may be submitted electronically or in hard copy to the attention of the Executive Officer (see contact information below). Notice of this meeting is required under the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA).

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[FR Doc No: 2017-14816]


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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 3-5, 2017 
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 related to the work of the 
Governing Board. Written comments may be submitted electronically or in 
hard copy to the attention of the Executive Officer (see contact 
information below). Notice of this meeting is required under the 
Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA).

DATES: The Quarterly Board Meeting will be held on the following dates:
     August 3, 2017 from 8:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
     August 4, 2017 from 8:30 a.m. to 4:45 p.m.
     August 5, 2017 from 7:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

ADDRESSES: Washington Marriott Georgetown, 1221 22nd Street NW., 
Washington, DC 20037.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Munira Mwalimu, Executive Officer/
Designated Federal Official for the Governing Board, 800 North Capitol 
Street NW., Suite 825, Washington, DC 20002, telephone: (202) 357-6938, 
fax: (202) 357-6945, email: [email protected].

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 3-5, 2017 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 3-5, 2017

August 3: Committee Meetings

    Assessment Development Committee (ADC): Open Session: 8:30 a.m. to 
2:00 p.m.; Closed Session: 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
    Executive Committee: Open Session: 4:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.

August 4: Full Governing Board and Committee Meetings

    Full Governing Board: Open Session: 8:30 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.; 12:30 
p.m. to 4:45 p.m.

Committee Meetings

    ADC: Closed Session: 10:00 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.
    Committee on Standards, Design and Methodology (COSDAM): Open 
Session: 10:00 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.
    Reporting and Dissemination (R&D): Open Session 10:00 a.m. to 12:15 
p.m.

August 5: Full Governing Board and Committee Meetings

    Nominations Committee: Closed Session: 7:30 a.m. to 8:15 a.m.
    Full Governing Board: Open Session: 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
    On Thursday, August 3, 2017, ADC will meet in open session from 
8:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. ADC will then meet in closed session from 2:00 
p.m. to 4:00 p.m. to review secure cognitive items and digital-based 
tasks, including hybrid hands-on tasks, for the grade 8 NAEP 
assessments in Civics, U.S. History, and Geography, and the NAEP 
Science assessments at grades 4, 8, and 12. This meeting must be 
conducted in closed session because the test items and data 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 Thursday, August 3, 2017, the Executive Committee will convene 
in open session from 4:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. to discuss regularly 
scheduled business.
    On Friday, August 4, 2017, the Governing Board will meet in open 
session from 8:30 a.m. to 9:40 a.m. The Governing Board will review and 
approve the August 3-5, 2017 Governing Board meeting agenda and meeting 
minutes from the May 2017

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Quarterly Board Meeting. Thereafter, the Executive Director of the 
Governing Board, William Bushaw, will provide a progress report to 
Board members on implementation of the Strategic Vision, followed by an 
update from Peggy Carr, Acting Commissioner of the National Center for 
Education Statistics (NCES), on current NAEP activities underway at 
NCES.
    The Governing Board will recess for a 20 minute break and convene 
for standing committee meetings which will take place from 10:00 a.m. 
to 12:15 p.m. Two of the standing committees--COSDAM and R&D--will meet 
in open session from 10:00 a.m. to 12:15 p.m., while the third standing 
committee--ADC--will meet in closed session from 10:00 a.m. to 12:15 
p.m. to continue their review of review secure cognitive items and 
digital-based tasks, including hybrid hands-on tasks, for the grade 8 
NAEP assessments in Civics, U.S. History, and Geography, and the NAEP 
Science assessments at grades 4, 8, and 12. This meeting must be 
conducted in closed session because the test items and data 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.
    Following the committee meetings, the full Governing Board will 
meet in open session from 12:30 p.m. to 4:45 p.m.
    Ms. Peggy Carr will provide an overview of the High School 
Transcript Study from 12:30 p.m. to 1:45 p.m. Then the Governing Board 
will recess for a 15 minute break and reconvene at 2:00 p.m. A panel 
discussion to discuss priorities for the NAEP Assessment Schedule will 
take place from 2:00 p.m. to 3:15 p.m. Thereafter, from 3:15 p.m. to 
4:45 p.m., Chairman Terry Mazany will provide an overview of the 
breakout session goals, following which the Governing Board will 
convene in breakout sessions to discuss priorities for the NAEP 
Assessment Schedule vis-a-vis the Governing Board's Strategic Vision 
#9, which is to develop policy approaches to revise the NAEP assessment 
subjects and schedule. The August 4, 2017 session will adjourn at 4:45 
p.m.
    On August 5, 2017, the Nominations Committee will meet in closed 
session from 7:30 a.m. to 8:15 a.m. The committee chair will provide a 
briefing on the status of the 2017 slate of final candidates submitted 
to the Secretary and discuss plans for the 2018 nominations. 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 Governing Board will meet in open session on August 5, 2017 
from 8:30 a.m. to 9:15 a.m. to summarize the August 4 breakout 
discussions and discuss the Governing Board's priorities for the NAEP 
Assessment Schedule. From 9:15 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. the Governing Board 
will engage in discussion on the NAEP Framework Policy, Strategic 
Vision #5, which is to develop new approaches to update NAEP subject 
area frameworks. Thereafter the Governing Board will take a 15 minute 
break and reconvene from 10:15 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. to discuss the NAEP 
Achievement Level Setting Policy, Strategic Vision #5. From 11:00 a.m. 
to 11:30 a.m. the Governing Board will receive standing committee 
reports and take action on the election of the Governing Board's Vice 
Chair for the 2017-2018 term. The Governing Board will the hear remarks 
from departing members from 11:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
    The August 5, 2017 meeting will 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 Monday, August 21, 2017 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 no later than 21 days 
prior to the meeting
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    Authority: Pub. L. 107-279, Title III--National Assessment of 
Educational Progress Sec.  301.

    Dated: July 11, 2017.
Lisa Stooksberry,
Deputy Executive Director, National Assessment Governing Board (NAGB), 
U.S. Department of Education.
[FR Doc. 2017-14816 Filed 7-13-17; 8:45 am]
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