[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 36 (Wednesday, February 23, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10183-10184]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-03774]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

National Assessment Governing Board


National Assessment Governing Board; Meeting

AGENCY: National Assessment Governing Board, Department of Education.

ACTION: Notice of open and closed hybrid meetings.

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SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the agenda for the National Assessment 
Governing Board (hereafter referred to as Governing Board) meeting 
scheduled for March 3-4, 2022. This notice provides information about 
the meeting to members of the public who may be interested in attending 
and/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). This notice is being published less than 15 days 
prior to the meeting due to an unforeseeable delay in finalizing the 
meeting agenda. The Governing Board was awaiting a decision on the 
release of a report by the National Academies which was scheduled to be 
discussed by the Governing Board at this quarterly meeting. However, 
release of the report is now delayed, and this agenda topic is now 
postponed to a future meeting of the Governing Board.

ADDRESSES: Hybrid meetings; virtual meeting attendance for open 
sessions of the Board meeting will be available to members of the 
public who pre-register in accordance with the instructions in the 
``Supplementary Information'' section of this notice. In-person 
attendance is limited to Governing Board members and staff. The meeting 
for Governing Board members and staff will be held at Convene DC, 600 
14th Street NW, Washington, DC 20005.

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) 357-6906, 
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 formulates policy for the National Assessment 
of Educational Progress (NAEP) administered by the National Center for 
Education Statistics (NCES). The Governing Board's responsibilities 
include: (1) Selecting subject areas to be assessed; (2) developing 
assessment frameworks and specifications; (3) developing appropriate 
student achievement levels for each grade and subject tested; (4) 
developing standards and procedures for interstate and national 
comparisons; (5) improving the form and use of NAEP; (6) developing 
guidelines for reporting and disseminating results; and (7) releasing 
initial NAEP results to the public.

Standing Committee Meetings

    The Governing Board's standing committees will meet to conduct 
regularly scheduled work planned for this Quarterly Board Meeting and 
any items undertaken by committees for consideration by the full 
Governing Board. (Please see committee meeting minutes for previous 
meetings, available at https://www.nagb.gov/governing-board/quarterly-board-meetings.html). Committee meeting agendas will be posted on the 
Governing Board's website www.nagb.gov five business days prior to the 
meetings. Online registration for virtual access to the open sessions 
of the Governing Board and committee meetings will also be posted at 
www.nagb.gov five working days prior to each meeting.

Committee Meetings

Wednesday, February 23, 2022

Reporting and Dissemination Committee (R&D)
1:00 p.m.-2:30 p.m. (Open Session)

Monday, February 28, 2022

Assessment Development Committee (ADC)
2:30 p.m.-4:00 p.m. (Closed Session)
4:00 p.m.-4:30 p.m. (Open Session)

Monday, February 28, 2022

Nominations Committee
5:30 p.m.-6:30 p.m. (Closed Session)

Thursday, March 3, 2022

Executive Committee Meeting
10:00 a.m.-10:30 a.m.: (Open Session)
10:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m.: (Closed Session)

Tuesday, March 8, 2022

Joint ADC and R&D Meeting
2:30 p.m.-4:30 p.m. (Open Session)

Tuesday, March 15, 2022

Committee on Standards, Design and Methodology
2:00 p.m.-2:40 p.m. (Closed Session)
2:45 p.m.-4:00 p.m. (Open Session)

Quarterly Governing Board Meeting

    The plenary sessions of the March 3-4, 2022 quarterly meeting of 
the Governing Board will be held on the following dates and times:
    Thursday, March 3, 2022: Open Meeting: 11:45 p.m.-3:15 p.m.; Closed 
Meeting: 3:25 p.m.-3:50 p.m.; Open Meeting: 3:55 p.m.-4:00 p.m.
    Friday, March 4, 2022: Closed Meeting: 9:30 a.m.-11:00 a.m.; Open 
Meeting: 12:30 p.m.-3:30 p.m.

March 3, 2022 Meeting

    On Thursday, March 3, 2022, the Governing Board will meet in open 
session from 11:45 a.m. to 3:15 p.m. From 11:45 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. 
Chair Beverly Perdue will welcome members, review, and approve the 
March 3-4, 2022 quarterly Governing Board meeting agenda and minutes 
from the November

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18-19, 2021 quarterly Governing Board meeting.
    Thereafter, from 12:00 p.m. to 12:30 p.m. Lesley Muldoon, Executive 
Director of the Governing Board, will update members on ongoing work. 
From 12:30 p.m. to 2:00 p.m., Peggy Carr, Commissioner, National Center 
for Education Statistics, will provide an update on the NAEP 2022 
Administration. From 2:15 p.m. to 2:45 p.m. committee chairs will 
provide an update on the standing committees' work. From 2:45 to 3:15 
p.m. the Governing Board will discuss and take action on the Governing 
Board Policy on Developing NAEP Assessment Frameworks.
    Following a 15 minute break, the Governing Board will meet in 
closed session from 3:25 p.m. to 3:50 p.m. to receive a briefing from 
the Nominations Committee on its recommendations for candidates to fill 
board vacancies. The Governing Board will review the recommendations 
for the final slate of candidates for submission to the Secretary of 
Education for appointments that begin October 1, 2022. 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. The Governing Board will take a 
short break to transition to the open session from 3:55 p.m. to 4:00 
p.m. in order to take action on the 2022 Slate of Governing Board 
Nominees.
    The March 3, 2022 session of the Board meeting will adjourn at 4:00 
p.m.

March 4, 2022 Meeting

    On Friday, March 4, 2022, the Governing Board meeting will convene 
in closed session from 9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. to receive a briefing 
from Lesley Muldoon and Peggy Carr, Commissioner of NCES on the NAEP 
Budget and Assessment Schedule. The budget briefing and Governing Board 
discussions may affect current and future NAEP contracts and must be 
kept confidential to maintain the integrity of the federal acquisition 
process. Public disclosure of this confidential information would 
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 a short break, the Governing Board will convene in open 
session from 11:15 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. to hear a panel discussion on 
possibilities and priorities for the NAEP Science Assessment Framework. 
From 12:30 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. members will meet in small groups to 
discuss the NAEP Science Framework priorities. Members will reconvene 
in the plenary session from 2:15 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. to provide group 
debriefs on the discussions.
    Governing Board members will engage in open discussion from 3:00 
p.m. to 3:30 p.m. The March 4 session of the Governing Board meeting 
will adjourn at 3:30 p.m.
    The Quarterly Board meeting and committee meeting agendas, together 
with meeting materials, will be posted on the Governing Board's website 
at www.nagb.gov no later than five working days prior to each meeting.
    Virtual attendance for all open sessions will be accessible to 
members of the public via online registration only at www.nagb.gov five 
business days prior to each meeting.
    Access to Records of the Meeting: Pursuant to FACA requirements, 
the public may also inspect the meeting materials at www.nagb.gov five 
business days prior to each meeting. The official verbatim transcripts 
of the public meeting sessions will be available for public inspection 
no later than 30 calendar days following each meeting.
    Reasonable Accommodations: The meeting 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 ten working days 
prior to each meeting.
    Written Comment: 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).
    Public Participation: Members of the public may virtually attend 
all open sessions of the standing committees and full Governing Board 
meetings via advance registration. A link to the registration page will 
be posted on www.nagb.gov five business days prior to each meeting 
date.
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    Authority: Pub. L. 107-279, title III--National Assessment of 
Educational Progress Sec.  301.

Lesley Muldoon,
Executive Director, National Assessment Governing Board (NAGB), U.S. 
Department of Education.
[FR Doc. 2022-03774 Filed 2-22-22; 8:45 am]
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