[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 135 (Monday, July 15, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33760-33762]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-14904]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

National Assessment Governing Board


Notice of Meetings

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 1-3, 2019 
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 the Federal 
Advisory Committee Act (FACA).

DATES: The Quarterly Board Meeting will be held on the following dates:
     August 1, 2019 from 12:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
     August 2, 2019 from 8:30 a.m. to 5:45 p.m.
     August 3, 2019 from 7:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.

ADDRESSES: The Little America Hotel, 2800 West Lincolnway, Cheyenne, WY 
82009.

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) administered by the 
National Center for Education Statistics (NCES). The Governing Board's 
responsibilities include the following: Selecting subject areas to be 
assessed, developing assessment frameworks and

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

August 1-3, 2019 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: August 1-3, 2019

August 1: Committee Meetings

    Assessment Development Committee (ADC): Open Session: 12:30 p.m. to 
12:45 p.m.; Closed Session: 12:45 p.m. to 1:45 p.m.; Open Session: 1:45 
p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
    Executive Committee: Open Session: 4:30 p.m. to 5:25 p.m.; Closed 
Session 5:25 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.

August 2: Full Governing Board and Committee Meetings

    Full Governing Board: Open Session: 8:30 a.m. to 10:50 a.m. Closed 
Session: 1:15 p.m. to 2:45 p.m. Open Session: 3:00 p.m. to 5:45 p.m.
    Committee Meetings: 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
    ADC: Open Session: 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Closed Session: 12:00 
p.m. to 1:00 p.m.
    Committee on Standards, Design and Methodology (COSDAM): Open 
Session: 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.; Joint Open Session with the 
Reporting and Dissemination Committee (R&D): 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m.
    R&D: Open Session: 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.; Joint Open Session 
with COSDAM: 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m.

August 3: Full Governing Board and Committee Meetings

    Nominations Committee: Open Session: 7:30 a.m. to 8:15 a.m.
    Full Governing Board: Open Session: 8:30 a.m. to 8:40 a.m.; Closed 
Session: 8:40 a.m. to 9:30 a.m.; Open Session: 9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.
    On Thursday, August 1, 2019, ADC will begin in open session from 
12:30 p.m. to 12:45 p.m., and then meet in closed session to discuss 
secure item information from the NAEP Mathematics Assessment from 12:45 
p.m. to 1:45 p.m. This meeting must be conducted in closed session 
because the secure items have not been released 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 ADC will conclude their meeting in open session 
from 1:45 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
    On Thursday, August 1, 2019, the Executive Committee will convene 
in open session from 4:30 p.m. to 5:25 p.m. and thereafter in closed 
session from 5:25 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. During the closed session, the 
Executive Committee will receive and discuss the NAEP Assessment 
Schedule and budget implications for future NAEP assessments based on 
the approved NAEP Assessment Schedule and independent government cost 
estimates. 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 detailed proprietary 
contract costs of current NAEP contractors to the public and disclose 
independent government cost estimates for future NAEP assessments. 
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 Friday, August 2, 2019, the Governing Board will meet in open 
session from 8:30 a.m. to 10:50 a.m.
    From 8:30 a.m. to 8:45 a.m. the Governing Board will review and 
approve the August 1-3, 2019 Quarterly Board Meeting agenda and the 
meeting minutes from the May 2019 Quarterly Board meeting. The 
Governing Board will be welcomed by leaders in Wyoming, following which 
the Governing Board Chair, Beverly Perdue will provide remarks. 
Thereafter, from 8:45 a.m. to 9:10 a.m., the Governing Board's 
Executive Director Lesley Muldoon and the Director of Institute of 
Education Sciences, Mark Schneider will provide remarks.
    From 9:10 a.m. to 10:40 a.m., the Governing Board will receive a 
briefing and discuss the 2025 NAEP Mathematics Framework. From 10:40 
a.m. to 10:50 a.m., standing committee chairs will provide a preview of 
committee meeting agendas. At 10:50 a.m., the Governing Board will 
recess for a 10-minute break and meet thereafter in committee meetings 
from 11:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m.
    On Friday, August 2, ADC, will meet in open session from 11:00 a.m. 
to 12:00 p.m. followed by a closed session meeting from 12:00 p.m. to 
1:00 p.m. to discuss secure item information for the NAEP Reading 
Assessment. This meeting must be conducted in closed session because 
the secure items have not been released 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.
    R&D and COSDAM will meet in open sessions from 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 
p.m. and thereafter in a joint open session from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 
p.m.
    Following the committee meetings, on Friday, August 2, 2019, the 
Governing Board will take a 15 minutes break and convene in closed 
session from 1:15 p.m. to 2:45 p.m. During this session, the Governing 
Board will receive a briefing and discuss results for the 2019 NAEP 
Reading and Mathematics assessments for Grades 4 and 8. This meeting 
must be conducted in closed session as results from the 2019 NAEP 
Reading and Mathematics assessments have 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(c) 
of Title 5 of the United States Code.
    The Governing Board will take a 15-minute break and reconvene in 
open session from 3:00 p.m. to 4:15 p.m. to receive a briefing on 
Postsecondary Preparedness from a panel of Wyoming stakeholders. 
Following a 15 minutes break, this session will continue with open 
dialogue with Governing Board members and stakeholders which will be 
held from 4:30 p.m. to 5:45 p.m.
    The August 2, 2019 session of the Governing Board meeting will 
adjourn at 5:45 p.m.
    On Saturday, August 3, 2019, the Nominations Committee will meet 
from 7:30 a.m. to 8:15 a.m. in open session to discuss plans for 
launching the 2020 nominations cycle for Governing Board appointments 
by the Secretary fort terms that would begin October 1, 2020.
    On August 3, 2019 from 8:30 a.m. to 8:40 a.m. the NCES Commissioner 
Lynn Woodworth will provide remarks on the

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NAEP graduate student interns' work. Following this session, the 
Governing Board will receive a closed session briefing from 8:40 a.m. 
to 9:30 a.m. from Lesley Muldoon and Peggy Carr, Deputy Commissioner, 
NCES, on recently awarded contracts and contract costs based on the 
Independent Government Cost Estimates and long-term implications for 
the NAEP Assessment Schedule and Budget. The discussions will involve a 
briefing on confidential contract costs via-a-vis independent 
government cost estimates for assessing NAEP subjects on the recently 
approved NAEP Assessment Schedule. Public disclosure of independent 
government cost estimates, proprietary contract costs, and internal 
NAEP budget decisions 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 closed session, the Governing Board will meet in open 
session from 9:30 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. to receive reports from its 
standing committees and take action on the nomination of the Vice Chair 
for the term that will begin October 1, 2019 to September 30, 2020.
    From 10:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. the Governing Board has set aside 
time for an open discussion on Governing Board priorities and topics 
that members will bring up for future discussions. Departing Governing 
Board members Dale Nowlin, Fielding Rolston, Cary Schneider and Ken 
Wagner will provide remarks from 10:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. The August 3, 
2019 session of the Governing Board meeting will adjourn at 11:00 a.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 August 13, 2019, 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: Public Law 107-279, Title III--National Assessment of 
Educational Progress Sec.  301.

Lisa Stooksberry,
Deputy Executive Director, National Assessment Governing Board (NAGB), 
U.S. Department of Education.
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