[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 209 (Tuesday, October 31, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 74479-74481]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-23987]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

National Assessment Governing Board


Committee and Quarterly Board Meetings

AGENCY: National Assessment Governing Board, Department of Education.

ACTION: Notice of open and closed meetings.

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SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the agenda, time, and instructions to 
access the National Assessment Governing Board's (hereafter referred to 
as Governing Board or Board) standing committee meetings and quarterly 
Board meeting. This notice provides information about the meetings to 
members of the public who may be interested in attending the meetings 
and/or providing written comments related to the work of the Governing 
Board. Notice of the meetings is required under the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act. The meetings will be held either in person and/or 
virtually, as noted below. Members of the public must register in 
advance to attend the virtual meetings. A registration link will be 
posted on www.nagb.gov five business days prior to each meeting.

DATES: The Quarterly Board Meeting will be held on the following dates:

 November 16, 2023, from 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m., EDT
 November 17, 2023, from 7:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., EDT

ADDRESSES: Westin Arlington Gateway, 801 North Glebe Rd., Arlington, VA 
22203.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Munira Mwalimu, Executive Officer/
Designated Federal Official (DFO) 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, (20 U.S.C. 9621). 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 the subject areas to be assessed; (2) developing 
appropriate student achievement levels; (3) developing assessment 
objectives and testing specifications that produce an assessment that 
is valid and reliable, and are based on relevant widely accepted 
professional standards; (4) developing a process for review of the 
assessment which includes the active participation of teachers, 
curriculum specialists, local school administrators, parents, and 
concerned members of the public; (5) designing the methodology of the 
assessment to ensure that assessment items are valid and reliable, in 
consultation with appropriate technical experts in measurement and 
assessment, content and subject matter, sampling, and other technical 
experts who engage in large scale surveys; (6) measuring student 
academic achievement in grades 4, 8, and 12 in the authorized academic 
subjects; (7) developing guidelines for reporting and disseminating 
results; (8) developing standards and procedures for regional and 
national comparisons; (9) taking appropriate actions needed to improve 
the form, content use, and reporting of results of an assessment; and 
(10) planning and executing the initial public release of NAEP reports.

Standing Committee Meetings

    The Governing Board's standing committees will meet to conduct 
regularly scheduled work. Standing

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committee meeting agendas and meeting materials will be posted on the 
Governing Board's website, www.nagb.gov, no later than five business 
days prior to the meetings. For the virtual standing committee 
meetings, a registration link will be posted on www.nagb.gov five 
business days prior to the meetings. Registration is required to join 
the meetings virtually. Minutes of prior standing committee meetings 
are available at https://www.nagb.gov/governing-board/quarterly-board-meetings.html.

Standing Committee Meetings

Tuesday, October 31, 2023

Executive Committee (Virtual)
2 p.m.-4 p.m. (EDT) Closed Session

    The Executive Committee will meet in closed session on Tuesday, 
October 31, 2023, from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. to receive a briefing on the 
NAEP Assessment Schedule and Budget. The briefing and Governing Board 
discussions may impact current and future NAEP contracts and budgets 
and must be kept confidential to maintain the integrity of the federal 
acquisition process. Public disclosure of this confidential information 
would significantly impede implementation of the NAEP assessment 
program if conducted in open session. Such matters are protected by 
exemption 9(B) of section 552b(c) of title 5 of the United States Code.

Thursday, November 16, 2023

Assessment Development Committee (In-Person Meeting)
4 p.m.-4:15 p.m. (EDT), Open Session
4:15 p.m.-6 p.m. (EDT), Closed Session

    The Assessment Development Committee will meet in open session on 
Thursday, November 16, 2023, from 4 p.m. to 4:15 p.m., to discuss the 
action on the 2028 Science Assessment Framework. From 4:15 p.m. to 4:35 
p.m. the committee will meet in closed session to receive an update on 
potential members of the Social Studies Content Advisory Group. These 
discussions pertain solely to 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 the Government 
Sunshine Act, 5 U.S.C. 552b(c). From 4:35 p.m. to 6 p.m. the committee 
will meet in closed session to review the 2028 NAEP Reading concept 
passages and sketches. These items have not been released to the 
public. Public disclosure of this confidential information would 
significantly impede implementation of the NAEP assessment program if 
conducted in open session. Such matters are protected by exemption 9(B) 
of the Government Sunshine Act, 5 U.S.C. 552b(c).
Committee on Standards, Design and Methodology (In-Person Meeting)
4 p.m.-4:55 p.m. (EDT), Open Session
4:55 p.m.-6 p.m. (EDT), Closed Session

    The Committee on Standards, Design and Methodology will meet in 
open session on Thursday, November 16, 2023, from 4 p.m. to 4:55 p.m. 
to discuss the automated scoring contest and shadow scoring for NAEP 
Mathematics. From 4:55 p.m. to 6 p.m., the committee will meet in 
closed session to discuss NAEP modernization plans to move towards a 
device agnostic administration. The session will be closed because it 
will include presentations of item displays across device-types 
including operational test items that have not been released to the 
public. Public disclosure of this confidential information would 
significantly impede implementation of the NAEP assessment program if 
conducted in open session. Such matters are protected by exemption 9(B) 
of section 552b(c) of title 5 of the United States Code.
Reporting and Dissemination Committee (In-Person Meeting)
4 p.m. to 6 p.m. (EDT) Open Session

    The Reporting and Dissemination Committee will meet in open session 
on Thursday, November 16, 2023, from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. The committee 
will open with remarks by the new committee leadership, followed by a 
discussion of the new strategic communications plan which will cover 
the next 16 months of work, and effective ways of interpreting NAEP 
scores.

Friday, November 17, 2023

Nominations Committee (In-Person Meeting)
7:30 a.m.-8:45 a.m. (EDT) Closed Session

    The Nominations Committee will meet in closed session on Friday, 
November 17, 2023, from 7:30 a.m. to 8:45 a.m., to review applications 
for Board vacancies for the 2024-2025 term and discuss the rating 
process and member assignments for the ratings. 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 the Government 
Sunshine Act, 5 U.S.C. 552b(c).

Quarterly Governing Board Meeting

    The plenary sessions of the Governing Board's November 2023 
quarterly meeting will be held on the following dates and times:

Thursday, November 16, 2023

Open Meeting: 8:30 a.m.-2:45 p.m. (Hybrid Meeting)
Closed Meeting: 2:45 p.m.-3:45 p.m. (Hybrid Meeting)
    On Thursday, November 16, 2023, the plenary session of the 
Governing Board meeting will convene in open session. From 8:30 a.m. to 
8:35 a.m. Beverly Perdue, Chair of the Governing Board, will welcome 
members, followed by a motion to approve the November 16-17, 2023, 
quarterly Governing Board meeting agenda and minutes from the August 3-
4, 2023, Governing Board meeting. From 8:35 a.m. to 9:45 a.m., new and 
reappointed members will take the oath of office, followed by remarks. 
From 9:45 a.m. to 10:15 a.m., Lesley Muldoon, Executive Director of the 
Governing Board, will provide updates on the Board's work, followed by 
an update from NCES Commissioner, Peggy Carr from 10:15 a.m.-10:45 a.m.
    From 10:45 a.m. to 12:15 p.m., the Board will receive updates from 
and discuss priorities for the NAEP Assessment Schedule with the 
Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) State Policy Task Force 
and the Trial Urban District Assessment (TUDA) Task Force. The Board 
will discuss and take action on the NAEP Assessment Schedule from 
12:15-2:30 p.m.
    Following a fifteen-minute break, the Board will convene in a 
closed session from 2:45 p.m. to 3:45 p.m. to receive a briefing on the 
NAEP Budget and planned contract actions. This session must be closed 
to maintain the integrity of the federal budgeting and acquisition 
processes. Public disclosure of this confidential information would 
significantly impede implementation of the NAEP assessment program if 
conducted in open session. Such matters are protected by exemption 9(B) 
of the Government Sunshine Act, 5 U.S.C. 552b(c).
    Following a transitional break, the Board will meet in standing 
committees from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. A schedule of the standing committee 
meetings is listed above. The November 16, 2023, session of the 
Governing Board meeting will adjourn at 6 p.m.

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Friday, November 17, 2023

Open Meeting: 9:00 a.m.-2:30 p.m. (Hybrid Meeting)
    On Friday, November 17, 2023, the Board will convene in open 
session from 9:00 a.m. to 9:45 a.m. to discuss and take action on the 
2028 NAEP Science Assessment Framework. From 9:45 a.m. to 10:30 a.m., 
the Board will engage in open discussion. The Board will continue 
discussions and take action on the NAEP Assessment Schedule from 10:30 
a.m. to 1 p.m. followed by a fifteen-minute break from 1 p.m.-1:15 p.m. 
From 1:15 p.m. to 2:30 p.m., the Board will receive an update on 
Artificial Intelligence and NAEP. The November 17, 2023, session of the 
Governing Board meeting will adjourn at 2:30 p.m.

Instructions for Accessing and Attending the Meetings

    Registration: Members of the public may attend the November 16 and 
November 17, 2023, meetings of the full Governing Board either in 
person or virtually. A link to the final meeting agenda and information 
on how to register for virtual attendance for the open sessions will be 
posted on the Governing Board's website at www.nagb.gov no later than 
five business days prior to the meeting. Registration is required to 
join the meeting virtually.
    Public Comment: Written comments related to the work of the 
Governing Board and its standing committees may be submitted to the 
attention of the Executive Officer/DFO no later than 10 business days 
prior to the meeting. Written comments may be submitted either via 
email to [email protected] or in hard copy to the address listed 
above. Written comments should reference the relevant agenda item.
    Access to Records of the Meeting: Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 1009, the 
public may inspect the meeting materials at www.nagb.gov, which will be 
posted no later than five business days prior to each meeting. The 
public may also inspect the meeting materials and other Governing Board 
records at 800 North Capitol Street NW, Suite 825, Washington, DC 
20002, by emailing [email protected] to schedule an appointment. 
The official verbatim transcripts of the open meeting sessions will be 
available for public inspection no later than 30 calendar days 
following each meeting and will be posted on the Governing Board's 
website. Requests for the verbatim transcriptions may be made via email 
to the DFO.
    Reasonable Accommodations: The meeting location 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 DFO listed in this notice no later than ten working days 
prior to each meeting date.
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    Authority: Pub. L. 107-279, title III, section 301--National 
Assessment of Educational Progress Authorization Act (20 U.S.C. 9621).

Lesley Muldoon,
Executive Director, National Assessment Governing Board (NAGB), U.S. 
Department of Education.
[FR Doc. 2023-23987 Filed 10-30-23; 8:45 am]
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