Notice2022-23323
Meeting; National Assessment Governing Board
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October 26, 2022
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This notice sets forth the agenda, time, and instructions to access or participate in the National Assessment Governing Board (hereafter referred to as Governing Board or Board) meetings scheduled for November 16-18, 2022 in Washington DC. 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 Section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA).
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 206 (Wednesday, October 26, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64780-64782]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-23323]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
National Assessment Governing Board
Meeting; National Assessment Governing Board
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 or participate in the National Assessment Governing Board
(hereafter referred to as Governing Board or Board) meetings scheduled
for November 16-18, 2022 in Washington DC. 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 Section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act
(FACA).
ADDRESSES: The Mayflower Hotel, 1127 Connecticut Ave. NW, Washington,
DC 20036.
DATES: November 16-18, 2022.
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: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#5e132b30372c3f7013293f3237332b1e3b3a70393128"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="2b665e4542594a05665c4a4742465e6b4e4f054c445d">[email protected]</span></a>.
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 (20 U.S.C. 9621).
Information on the Governing Board and its work can be found at
<a href="http://www.nagb.gov">www.nagb.gov</a>. 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.''
Orientation Meeting and Standing Committee Meetings
The Governing Board's standing committees will meet to conduct
regularly scheduled work planned for the quarterly board meeting and
any items undertaken by standing committees for consideration by the
full Governing Board. (Please see committee meeting minutes for
previous meetings, available at <a href="https://www.nagb.gov/governing-board/quarterly-board-meetings.html">https://www.nagb.gov/governing-board/quarterly-board-meetings.html</a>). Standing committee meeting agendas and
meeting materials will be posted on the Governing Board's website,
<a href="http://www.nagb.gov">www.nagb.gov</a>, no later than five business days prior to the meetings.
Standing Committee Meetings
Wednesday, November 16, 2022
New Member Orientation Meeting (Closed Session)
12:30 p.m.-5:15 p.m.
A new member orientation meeting will convene in closed session on
November 16, 2022, from 12:30 p.m. to 5:15 p.m. The meeting agenda will
cover topics related to member onboarding and include presentations
from the Governing Board and the National Center for Education
Statistics (NCES). These discussions pertain solely to internal
personnel rules and practices of an agency. As such, the discussions
are protected by exemption 2 of the Government Sunshine Act, 5 U.S.C.
552b(c).
Thursday, November 17, 2022
Executive Committee Meeting
8:00 a.m.-8:35 a.m. (Open Session)
8:35 a.m.-9:30 a.m. (Closed Session)
The Executive Committee will meet in closed session on November 17,
2022, from 8:35 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. to receive two briefings. The first
briefing will be led by Lesley Muldoon, the Governing Board Executive
Director, on the Governing Board's budget. The second briefing will be
led by Peggy Carr, Commissioner, National Center for Education
Statistics (NCES) on the NAEP Budget and Assessment Schedule. These
discussions must be kept confidential to maintain the integrity of the
federal budgeting and acquisition processes. Public disclosure of this
confidential information would
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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).
Thursday, November 17, 2022
Reporting and Dissemination Committee (R&D)
3:30 p.m.-5:30 p.m. (Open Session)
Thursday, November 17, 2022
Assessment Development Committee
3:30 p.m.-5:00 p.m. (Open Session)
5:00 p.m.-5:30 p.m. (Closed Session)
The Assessment Development Committee will meet in closed session on
November 17, 2022, to preview initial results from pretesting of NAEP
Mathematics and Reading Items assessment items. 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).
Thursday, November 17, 2022
Committee on Standards, Design and Methodology
3:30 p.m.-5:00 p.m. (Open Session)
5:00 p.m.-5:30 p.m. (Closed Session)
The Committee on Standards, Design and Methodology will meet in
closed session on November 17, 2022, to receive an update on the
Achievement Level Description Review Pilot Study for U.S. History,
Civics, and Science. This session is closed because preliminary study
data will be shared from a pilot study intended to inform an
operational study. Results are not public; they are to inform the
Committee on study procedures to include panelists' preparation to for
understanding the secure data and performing assigned tasks. 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).
Friday, November 18, 2022
Nominations Committee Meeting (Closed Session)
7:30 a.m.-8:45 a.m.
The Nominations Committee will meet in closed session on November
18, 2022, from 7:30 a.m. to 8:45 a.m. to review applications for Board
vacancies for the 2023-2024 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 2022
quarterly meeting will be held on the following dates and times:
Thursday, November 17, 2022
Open Meeting: 9:45 a.m.-3:30 p.m.
Friday, November 18, 2022
Open Meeting: 9:00 a.m.-3:30 p.m.
November 17, 2022, Meeting:
On Thursday, November 17, 2022, the plenary session of the
Governing Board meeting will convene in open session from 9:45 a.m. to
3:30 p.m. The meeting will start with welcome remarks from Beverly
Perdue, Chair of the Governing Board, followed by a motion to approve
the November 17-18, 2022, quarterly Governing Board meeting agenda and
minutes from the August 4-5, 2022, quarterly Governing Board meeting.
Thereafter, from 10:00 a.m. to 10:15 a.m., Secretary Cardona will
administer the Oath of Office to three new members and a reappointed
member and provide remarks. From 10:15 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. new members
and the reappointed member will introduce themselves and provide
remarks.
Lesley Muldoon, Executive Director of the Governing Board, will
update members on ongoing work from 11:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. followed
by an update from Peggy Carr, Commissioner, NCES, on NAEP activities
from 11:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
From 12:00 p.m. to 12:30 p.m., members will engage in a discussion
on the Governing Board's multi-pronged strategy to communicate key
results from the 2022 Nation's Report Card for Grades 4 and 8 in
reading and mathematics, followed by a 15-minute break. From 12:45 p.m.
to 1:45 p.m. members will meet in small groups to discuss most
effective next steps for communicating and disseminating NAEP findings
and promoting the data's utility and value. The members will debrief on
the small group discussions from 2:00 p.m. to 2:45 p.m.
The Institute of Education Sciences (IES) Director, Mark Schneider,
will provide an IES update from 2:45 p.m. to 3:15 p.m. Thereafter
members will convene in standing committee meetings from 3:30 p.m. to
5:30 p.m. The November 17, 2022, session of the Board meeting will
adjourn at 5:30 p.m.
Friday, November 18, 2022
The November 18, 2022, plenary session will begin with a closed
session briefing on the NAEP Budget and Assessment Schedule from 9:00
a.m. to 10:30 a.m. After a 15-minute break, members will receive a
briefing on recommendations from the science assessment framework
steering panel from 10:45 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Members will then take a
15-minute break and hear from a State Panel on NAEP Results from 12:15
p.m. to 2:15 p.m. After a 15-minute break, members will have open
discussion time from 2:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. The final session of the
November 18, 2022, meeting will take place from 3:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
to receive briefings from committee meetings. The Board will take
action on the selection of the TUDA District after the committee
briefings. The November 18, 2022, session of the Governing Board
meeting will adjourn at 3:30 p.m.
The quarterly board meeting and standing committee meeting agendas,
along with the meeting materials, will be posted on the Governing
Board's website at <a href="http://www.nagb.gov">www.nagb.gov</a> no later than five working days prior
to each meeting.
Instructions for Participating in the Meetings
Registration: Members of the public may attend in-person to all
open sessions of the Governing Board's November 17-18, 2022 meetings. A
link to register for virtual attendance for the open sessions and
instructions for how to register will be posted on the Governing
Board's website at <a href="http://www.nagb.gov">www.nagb.gov</a> no later than 5 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 committees may be submitted electronically or
in hard copy to the attention of the Executive Officer/Designated
Federal Official (DFO) via email at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#317c445f5843501f7c46505d585c447154551f565e47"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="81ccf4efe8f3e0afccf6e0ede8ecf4c1e4e5afe6eef7">[email protected]</span></a> no later than
10 business days prior to the meeting. Written comments should be
directed to the DFO as they relate to committee and Board meeting work
and should reference the relevant agenda item.
Access to Records of the Meeting: Pursuant to the FACA
requirements, the public may inspect the meeting
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materials at <a href="http://www.nagb.gov">www.nagb.gov</a>, which will be made available no later than
five business days prior to each meeting. The public may also inspect
the meeting materials 800 North Capitol Street NW, Suite 825,
Washington, DC 20002, by emailing <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#59142c37302b3877142e383530342c193c3d773e362f"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="d499a1babda6b5fa99a3b5b8bdb9a194b1b0fab3bba2">[email protected]</span></a> 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 noted above.
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, Sec. 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. 2022-23323 Filed 10-25-22; 8:45 am]
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