[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 249 (Friday, December 29, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 90174-90175]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-28789]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

National Assessment Governing Board


Assessment Development Committee Meeting

AGENCY: National Assessment Governing Board, Department of Education.

ACTION: Notice of open meeting.

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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) special meeting of the Assessment 
Development Committee. This notice provides information about the 
meeting to members of the public who may be interested in attending the 
meeting and/or providing written comments related to the work of the 
Governing Board. The meeting will be held virtually, as noted below. 
Members of the public must request registration information by sending 
an email to [email protected] no later than two business days prior to the 
meeting.

DATES: The Assessment Development Committee meeting will be held on the 
following date:

 January 26, 2024, from 3-3:15 p.m., EDT

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Angela Scott, Designated Federal 
Official (DFO) for the Governing Board, 800 North Capitol Street NW, 
Suite 825, Washington, DC 20002, telephone: (202) 357-7502, 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. 
Notice of the meeting is required under section 1009(a)(2) of 5 U.S.C. 
chapter 10 (Federal Advisory Committees).
    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.

Assessment Development Committee Meeting

    The Assessment Development Committee will meet virtually on January 
26th from 3-3:15 p.m. ET to take action on the Assessment and Item 
Specifications for the 2028 NAEP Science Assessment Framework.
    Governing Board policy articulates the Board's commitment to a 
comprehensive, inclusive, and deliberative process to determine and 
update the content and format of all NAEP assessments. For each NAEP 
assessment, this process results in a NAEP framework, outlining what is 
to be measured and how it will be measured. Periodically, the Governing 
Board reviews existing NAEP frameworks to determine if changes are 
warranted. Each NAEP framework development and update process considers 
a wide set of factors, including but not limited to reviews of recent 
research on teaching and learning, changes in state and local standards 
and assessments, and the latest perspectives on the nation's future 
needs and desirable levels of achievement.
    In 2021, the Board initiated a preliminary review of the NAEP 
Science Framework, which included an initial public comment on whether 
and how the framework should be updated as well as expert commentary to 
determine the type of updates needed. In May 2022, the Governing Board 
formally decided to initiate an update to the NAEP Science Framework 
and issued a Board Charge providing guidance to the panels of experts 
who were tasked with developing the framework recommendations. Public 
comment on draft framework recommendations was sought in March-April 
2023 and feedback was incorporated. The Governing Board adopted the 
2028 NAEP Science Assessment Framework during its November 2023 
quarterly meeting.
    The Science Assessment and Item Specifications document provides 
additional technical and operational details for implementing the 
framework. During the November 2023 quarterly Board meeting, the 
Governing Board delegated authority for adopting the Science Assessment 
and Item Specifications to the Assessment Development Committee.

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    Minutes of prior Governing Board and Assessment Development 
Committee meetings are available at https://www.nagb.gov/governing-board/quarterly-board-meetings.html.
    Instructions for Accessing and Attending the Meetings: 
Registration: Members of the public may attend the January 26 
Assessment Development Committee meeting virtually. A request for 
registration information should be sent to [email protected] no later than 
January 24.
    Public Comment: Written comments related to the work of the 
Governing Board and its standing committees may be submitted to the 
attention of the 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.
    Access to Records of the Meeting: Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 1009, the 
public may inspect the meeting materials, which will be made available 
upon request 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.
    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 DFO 
listed in this notice no later than ten working days prior to each 
meeting date.
    Electronic Access to this Document: The official version of this 
document is the document published in the Federal Register. Internet 
access to the official edition of the Federal Register and the Code of 
Federal Regulations is available via the Federal Digital System at: 
www.gpo.gov/fdsys. At this site you can view this document, as well as 
all other documents of this Department published in the Federal 
Register, in text or Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF). To use PDF, 
you must have Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is available free at the 
Adobe website. You may also access documents of the Department 
published in the Federal Register by using the article search feature 
at: www.federalregister.gov. Specifically, through the advanced search 
feature at this site, you can limit your search to documents published 
by the Department.
    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. 2023-28789 Filed 12-28-23; 8:45 am]
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