[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 90 (Wednesday, May 9, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21280-21282]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-09831]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION


National Assessment Governing Board

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 May 17-19, 2018 
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. Notice of this meeting is required under Sec.  
10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA). This meeting 
notice is late due to a technical issue with the publication of the 
notice.

DATES: The Quarterly Board Meeting will be held on the following dates:
     May 17, 2018 from 3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
     May 18, 2018 from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
     May 19, 2018 from 7:30 a.m. to 10:45 a.m.

ADDRESSES: Embassy Suites Montgomery Hotel and Conference Center, 300 
Tallapoosa Street, Montgomery, Alabama 36104.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Munira Mwalimu, Executive Officer/

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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. Written comments 
may be submitted electronically or in hard copy to the attention of the 
Executive Officer/Designated Federal Official (see contact information 
noted above). 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.

May 17-19, 2018 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 https://www.nagb.gov/governing-board/quarterly-board-meetings.html.

Detailed Meeting Agenda: May 17-19, 2018

May 17: Committee Meetings

    Ad Hoc Committee on Measures of Postsecondary Preparedness: Open 
Session: 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
    Executive Committee: Open Session: 5:15 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.

May 18: Full Governing Board and Committee Meetings

    Full Governing Board: Open Session: 8:30 a.m. to 10:15 a.m.; 1:15 
p.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Committee Meetings

    Assessment Development Committee (ADC): Open Session: 10:30 a.m. to 
1:00 p.m.
    Reporting and Dissemination (R&D): Open Session 10:30 a.m. to 12:00 
p.m.
    Committee on Standards, Design and Methodology (COSDAM): Open 
Session: 10:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.;
    Joint Session--R&D and COSDAM: Open Session: 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 
p.m.

May 19: 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 10:30 a.m.
    Ad Hoc Screening Committee on Executive Director Search: Closed 
Session 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
    On Thursday, May 17, 2018, the Ad Hoc Committee on Measures of 
Postsecondary Preparedness will meet in open session from 3:00 p.m. to 
5:00 p.m. Thereafter, the Executive Committee will convene in open 
session from 5:15 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
    On Friday, May 18, 2018, the Governing Board will meet in open 
session from 8:30 a.m. to 10:15 a.m. From 8:30 a.m. to 8:45 a.m., the 
Governing Board will review and approve the May 17-19, 2018 Governing 
Board meeting agenda and meeting minutes from the March 2018 Quarterly 
Board Meeting. Thereafter, from 8:45 a.m. to 9:15 a.m. the Governing 
Board will receive welcome remarks from Alabama leaders to include John 
Merrill, Secretary of State. From 9:15 a.m. to 10:15 a.m., a panel of 
state leaders and educators will provide a briefing on Pre-K education 
issues and share information about Alabama's programs. At 10:15 a.m., 
the Governing Board will recess for a 15 minute break and convene for 
standing committee meetings which will take place from 10:30 a.m. to 
1:00 p.m.
    ADC will meet in open session from 10:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. The 
committee will receive a briefing and have a panel discussion related 
to the NAEP Mathematics Framework. R&D will meet in open session from 
10:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. to discuss recent NAEP release activities, 
core contextual variables, and the Long-Term Trend Assessment. From 
10:30 a.m. to 11:45 a.m., COSDAM will discuss a draft revised policy 
for achievement level setting.
    Following a short break, COSDAM will convene in a joint open 
session with R&D to discuss issues related to communication and 
interpretation of the NAEP achievement levels from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 
p.m.
    On Friday, May 18, 2018, the Board will meet in open session from 
1:15 p.m. to 2:25 p.m. to receive a briefing on how state mathematics 
curricula relate to NAEP mathematics. Thereafter, the Board will 
discuss implementing NAEP assessment schedule priorities from 2:30 p.m. 
to 3:00 p.m. Following this session, the Board will convene in small 
breakout discussion groups at 3:15 p.m. to discuss implementing NAEP 
assessment schedule priorities. The breakout sessions will conclude at 
4:15 p.m. Following a short break, the Board will reconvene from 4:30 
p.m. to 5:00 p.m. to summarize and reflect on the breakout discussion 
groups. The May 18, 2018 session of the Governing Board meeting will 
adjourn at 5:00 p.m.
    On Saturday, May 19, 2018, the Nominations Committee will meet in 
closed session from 7:30 a.m. to 8:15 a.m. The Committee will discuss 
nominees for Governing Board vacancies for terms beginning October 1, 
2018. 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.
    On May 19, 2018, the Governing Board will convene in open session 
from 8:30 a.m. to 9:15 a.m. to receive an update from the Ad Hoc 
Committee on Post-Secondary Preparedness. The Governing Board will then 
receive reports from its standing committees from 9:15 a.m. to 9:45 
a.m. From 9:45 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. the Governing Board will meet in 
closed session to receive a briefing on results Connecting NAEP to 
State and Local as it relates to results for the State Mapping Report 
and the Stanford Education Data Archive project. This briefing must be 
in closed session because data for this study has not been released to 
the public. 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 Sec.  552b of 
Title 5 U.S.C.
    The Governing Board's Ad Hoc Screening Committee--established by 
the Chair after consultation with the Governing Board--will meet in 
closed session from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. to review applications for 
the Executive Director vacancy. 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 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.
    Access to Records of the Meeting: Pursuant to FACA requirements, 
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public may also inspect the meeting materials at www.nagb.gov beginning 
on Thursday, May 17, 2018, by 10:00 a.m. EST. 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: May 3, 2018.
Munira Mwalimu,
Executive Officer, delegated authority as Designated Federal Official, 
National Assessment Governing Board (NAGB), U.S. Department of 
Education.
[FR Doc. 2018-09831 Filed 5-8-18; 8:45 am]
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