National Assessment Governing Board; Meeting; Correction
On July 10, 2026, the National Assessment Governing Board (Governing Board) published an announcement in the Federal Register announcing the schedule and proposed agenda for the...
National Assessment Governing Board, Department of Education.
ACTION:
Notice; correction.
( printed page 47228)
SUMMARY:
On July 10, 2026, the National Assessment Governing Board (Governing Board) published an announcement in the
Federal Register
announcing the schedule and proposed agenda for the quarterly meeting to be held on Thursday, August 6, 2026, and Friday, August 7, 2026. This meeting agenda has been revised to reflect the changes outlined below to the meeting location, the meeting time of the Nominations Committee, the meeting date and time of the State Mapping Study session, and other plenary sessions scheduled for Thursday, August 6, 2026, and Friday, August 7, 2026.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Angela Scott, (202) 245-6234.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Correction
Notice of the hybrid meeting was published in
Federal Register
on Friday, July 10, 2026, in FR Doc. 2026-13951, at 90 FR 42724. The meeting notice is being amended to update the summary and supplementary information sections.
On page 42724, in the 2nd column, change the meeting time for the Nominations committee from 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m., and add the meeting location: Washington Plaza Hotel, 10 Thomas Circle NW, Washington, DC 20005.
On page 42725, the Nominations Committee will now meet in closed session on Friday, August 7, 2026, from 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. Following welcome remarks by the chair, from 7:05 a.m. to 7:15 a.m., the committee will receive an update on the 2026 appointments. From 7:15 a.m. to 8:15 a.m., the committee will review the Grade 4 and 8 teacher slates of nominees and take action on the slate from 8:15 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. From 8:30 a.m. to 8:55 a.m., the committee will discuss the outreach strategy for the 2027 Nominations Campaign, followed by next steps from 8:55 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. These 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 privacy. As such the discussions are protected by exemptions 2 and 6 of the Government Sunshine Act (GSA).
See5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(2) and (6).
On page 42725, in the 2nd column, the meeting times for the Quarterly Governing Board meeting on Thursday, August 6, 2026, are revised. The hybrid plenary session originally scheduled to meet from 9:30 a.m. to 3:35 p.m. will now meet from 9:30 a.m. to 3:40 p.m. The open session originally scheduled from 11:30 a.m. to 3:35 p.m. will instead meet from 11:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
On page 42725, in the 3rd column, the briefing on the NAEP State Mapping Study originally scheduled as an open session on Friday from 10:45 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. will now meet in closed session on Thursday, August 6, 2026, from 3:00 p.m. to 3:40 p.m. This session must be closed because it includes preliminary data that are not ready for public release, and disclosure would significantly impede implementation of the assessment and compromise its integrity. These matters are protected from public disclosure under exemption 3 of the GSA.
See5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(3). The plenary session on Thursday, August 6, 2026, will adjourn at 3:40 p.m.
Also on page 42725, in the 3rd column, the schedule for the plenary session on Friday, August 7, 2026, is corrected. The plenary session originally scheduled to be closed from 9:15 a.m. to 10:45 a.m., and open from 10:45 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., will now meet in closed session from 9:15 a.m. to 11:25 a.m. and in open session from 11:25 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. From 9:15 a.m. to 10:45 a.m., the Board will meet in closed session to discuss the participation rates of students with disabilities in NAEP. This session must be closed because the presentation and discussion will include embargoed information regarding participation and exclusion rates for the 2026 NAEP assessment administration, which must remain confidential. Public disclosure of this data would significantly impede the implementation of the assessment and compromise its integrity. These matters are protected from public disclosure under the GSA's exemption 3.
See5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(3).
The Board will continue in closed session from 10:45 a.m. to 11:25 a.m., to discuss the 2026 appointments. At 11:25 a.m., the Board will transition briefly to open session until 11:30 a.m. to take action on the slate of candidates whose terms will begin on October 1, 2026. This discussion concerns internal personnel rules and practices of an agency and information of a personal nature where disclosure would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of privacy. As such the discussions are protected by exemptions 2 and 6 of the GSA.
See5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(2) and (6). Outgoing members will deliver farewell remarks from 11:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. The August 2026 Governing Board meeting will adjourn at 12:00 p.m.
Lesley Muldoon,
Executive Director, National Assessment Governing Board (NAGB), U.S. Department of Education.