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project period, you must submit a final
performance report, including financial
information, as directed by the
Secretary. The Secretary may also
require more frequent performance
reports under 34 CFR 75.720(c). For
specific requirements on reporting,
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4. Performance Measures: In response
to the Government Performance and
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Department developed three measures
for evaluating the overall effectiveness
of the Improving Literacy Through
School Libraries program. These
measures gauge improvement in student
achievement and resources in the
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by assessing: (1) The percentage of
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reading; (2) the number of books and
media resources purchased per student,
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resources) between schools participating
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School Libraries program and the
national average. The Department will
collect data for these measures from
grantees’ final performance reports and
other data sources.
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
National Assessment Governing
Board; Meeting
AGENCY: Department of Education,
National Assessment Governing Board.
ACTION: Notice of open meeting and
partially closed sessions.
SUMMARY: The notice sets forth the
schedule and proposed agenda of a
forthcoming meeting of the National
Assessment Governing Board. This
notice also describes the functions of
the Board. Notice of this meeting is
required under Section 10(a)(2) of the
Federal Advisory Committee Act. This
document is intended to notify members
of the general public of their
opportunity to attend. Individuals who
will need special accommodations in
order to attend the meeting (e.g.,
interpreting services, assistive listening
devices, materials in alternative format)
should notify Munira Mwalimu at 202–
357–6938 or at
Munira.Mwalimu@ed.gov no later than
February 19, 2010. We will attempt to
meet requests after this date, but cannot
guarantee availability of the requested
accommodation. The meeting site is
accessible to individuals with
disabilities.
DATES:
March 4–6, 2010.
Times
March 4: Committee Meetings
Assessment Development Committee:
Closed Session—8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Ad Hoc Committee on NAEP Testing
and Reporting on Students with
Disabilities and English Language
Learners: Open Session—2:00 p.m. to
4:00 p.m.
Executive Committee: Open Session—
4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.; Closed Session—
5:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
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March 5
Full Board: Open Session—8:30 a.m.
to 9:30 a.m.; Closed Session—12:30 p.m.
to 1:30 p.m.; Open Session—1:30 p.m.
to 5:00 p.m.
Committee Meetings
Assessment Development Committee:
Open Session—9:30 a.m. to 11:15 a.m.;
Closed Session—11:15 a.m. to 12:15
p.m.
Committee on Standards, Design and
Methodology: Open Session—9:30 a.m.
to 11:30 a.m.; Closed Session 11:30 a.m.
to 12:15 p.m.
Reporting and Dissemination
Committee: Open Session—9:30 a.m. to
12:15 p.m.
March 6
Nominations Committee: Closed
Session—7:30 a.m. to 8:15 a.m.
Full Board: Closed Session—8:30 a.m.
to 9:00 a.m.; Open Session—9:30 a.m. to
12:00 p.m.
Location: Park Hyatt Washington, DC,
24th and M Street, NW., Washington,
DC 20037.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Munira Mwalimu, Operations Officer,
National Assessment Governing Board,
800 North Capitol Street, NW., Suite
825, Washington, DC, 20002–4233,
Telephone: (202) 357–6938.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
National Assessment Governing Board
is established under section 412 of the
National Education Statistics Act of
1994, as amended.
The Board is established to formulate
policy guidelines for the National
Assessment of Educational Progress
(NAEP). The Board’s responsibilities
include selecting subject areas to be
assessed, developing assessment
specifications and frameworks,
developing appropriate student
achievement levels for each grade and
subject tested, developing standards and
procedures for interstate and national
comparisons, developing guidelines for
reporting and disseminating results, and
releasing initial NAEP results to the
public.
On March 4, from 8:30 a.m. to 1:30
p.m., the Assessment Development
Committee will meet in closed session
to review test items in reading
operational blocks for grades 4 and 8.
The Board will be provided with
embargoed test items that cannot be
discussed in an open meeting.
Premature disclosure of data would
significantly impede implementation of
the NAEP assessments in the subjects,
and is therefore protected by exemption
9(B) of section 552b(c) of Title 5 U.S.C.
On March 4, the Ad Hoc Committee
on NAEP Testing and Reporting on
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Students with Disabilities (SD) and
English Language Learners (ELL) will
meet in open session from 2:00 p.m. to
4:00 p.m. Thereafter, the Executive
Committee will meet in open session
from 4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. and in
closed session from 5:30 p.m. to 6:00
p.m. During the closed session on
March 4, the Executive Committee will
receive a briefing from the National
Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
on options for NAEP contracts covering
the 2010–2012 assessment years, based
on funding for Fiscal Year 2010–2011.
The discussion of contract options and
costs will address the implications for
congressionally mandated goals and
adherence to Board policies on NAEP
assessments. This part of the meeting
must be conducted in closed session
because public discussion of this
information would disclose
independent government cost estimates
and contracting options, adversely
impacting the confidentiality of the
contracting process. Public disclosure of
information discussed would
significantly impede implementation of
the NAEP contracts, and is therefore
protected by exemption 9(B) of section
552b(c) of Title 5 U.S.C.
On March 5, the full Board will meet
in open session from 8:30 a.m. to 9:15
a.m. The Board will review and approve
the meeting agenda and meeting
minutes from the November 2009 Board
meeting. This session will be followed
by a report from the Governing Board’s
Executive Director and an update from
the Deputy Commissioner of Education
Statistics on the work of the National
Center for Education Statistics (NCES).
Thereafter the Board will recess for
Committee meetings from 9:30 a.m. to
12:15 p.m.
From 9:30 a.m. to 11:15 p.m. on
March 5, the Assessment Development
Committee will meet in open session,
followed by a closed session from 11:15
a.m. to 12:15 p.m. During the closed
session, the Committee will receive
briefings on NAEP assessment
development topics related to science
interactive computer tasks at grades 4, 8,
and 12, reading vocabulary items at
grades 4, 8, and 12, and the writing
computer-based assessment at grades 8
and 12. The Board will be provided
with embargoed test items data that
cannot be discussed in an open meeting
prior to their official release. Premature
disclosure of data would significantly
impede implementation of the NAEP
assessments in the subjects, and is
therefore protected by exemption 9(B) of
section 552b(c) of Title 5 U.S.C.
On March 5, the Committee on
Standards, Design and Methodology
will meet in closed session from 11:30
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a.m. to 12:15 p.m. to receive and discuss
results of the science achievement levels
setting process implemented on January
28–31, 2010. The Board will be
provided with embargoed achievement
level data that have not yet been
released to the public and therefore
cannot be discussed in an open meeting.
Premature disclosure of data would
significantly impede implementation of
the NAEP assessment program, and is
therefore protected by exemption 9(B) of
section 552b(c) of Title 5 U.S.C.
The Reporting and Dissemination
Committee will meet in open session on
March 5 from 9:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.
Thereafter, the full Board will meet in
closed session from 12:30 p.m. to 1:30
p.m. to receive a briefing on the 2009
NAEP Reading Report Card for Grades 4
and 8. The Board will be provided with
embargoed results that cannot be
discussed in an open meeting prior to
their official release. Premature
disclosure of data would significantly
impede implementation of the NAEP
assessments in the subjects, and is
therefore protected by exemption 9(B) of
section 552b(c) of Title 5 U.S.C.
Following this closed session, the full
Board will meet in open session from
1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. to receive a
briefing on the NAEP evaluation on
achievement levels and reporting NAEP
results. From 2:45 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. the
Board will discuss recommended Board
actions on the following items:
(1) Modification of NAEP Reading
Achievement Level Descriptions.
(2) Governing Board Policy on Testing
and Reporting on Students with
Disabilities and English Language
Learners.
(3) NAEP Technological Literacy
Framework.
The March 5, 2010 Board meeting is
scheduled to conclude at 5:00 p.m.
On March 6, the Nominations
Committee will meet in closed session
from 7:30 a.m. to 8:15 a.m. to discuss
final candidates being proposed to the
Board for appointment terms beginning
October 1, 2010. From 8:30 a.m. to 9:00
a.m. the full Board will meet in closed
session to take action on the final slate
of candidates proposed by the
Nominations Committee for submission
to Secretary Arne Duncan. These
discussions pertain solely to internal
personnel rules and practices of an
agency and will disclose information of
a personal nature where disclosure
would constitute an unwarranted
invasion of personal privacy. As such,
the discussions are protected by
exemptions 2 and 6 of section 552b(c)
of Title 5 U.S.C.
The full Board will meet in open
session on March 6 from 9:00 a.m. to
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10:00 a.m. to receive a briefing on NAEP
quality assurance. From 10:00 a.m. to
noon, the Board will receive Committee
reports and take action on Committee
recommendations.
The March 6, 2010 session of the
Board meeting is scheduled to adjourn
at 12:00 p.m.
Detailed minutes of the meeting,
including summaries of the activities of
the closed sessions and related matters
that are informative to the public and
consistent with the policy of section 5
U.S.C. 552b(c) will be available to the
public within 14 days of the meeting.
Records are kept of all Board
proceedings and are available for public
inspection at the U.S. Department of
Education, National Assessment
Governing Board, Suite #825, 800 North
Capitol Street, NW., Washington, DC,
from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Eastern
Standard Time, Monday through Friday.
Electronic Access to This Document:
You may view this document, as well as
all other documents of this Department
published in the Federal Register, in
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Format (PDF) on the Internet at the
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fedregister/. To use PDF you
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Register. Free Internet access to the official
edition of the Federal Register and the Code
of Federal Regulations is available on GPO
Access at: www.gpoaccess.gov/nara/
index.html.
Dated: February 16, 2010.
Cornelia S. Orr,
Executive Director, National Assessment
Governing Board, U.S. Department of
Education.
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
National Assessment Governing Board; Meeting
AGENCY: Department of Education, National Assessment Governing Board.
ACTION: Notice of open meeting and partially closed sessions.
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SUMMARY: The notice sets forth the schedule and proposed agenda of a
forthcoming meeting of the National Assessment Governing Board. This
notice also describes the functions of the Board. Notice of this
meeting is required under Section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory
Committee Act. This document is intended to notify members of the
general public of their opportunity to attend. Individuals who will
need special accommodations in order to attend the meeting (e.g.,
interpreting services, assistive listening devices, materials in
alternative format) should notify Munira Mwalimu at 202-357-6938 or at
Munira.Mwalimu@ed.gov no later than February 19, 2010. We will attempt
to meet requests after this date, but cannot guarantee availability of
the requested accommodation. The meeting site is accessible to
individuals with disabilities.
DATES: March 4-6, 2010.
Times
March 4: Committee Meetings
Assessment Development Committee: Closed Session--8:30 a.m. to 1:30
p.m.
Ad Hoc Committee on NAEP Testing and Reporting on Students with
Disabilities and English Language Learners: Open Session--2:00 p.m. to
4:00 p.m.
Executive Committee: Open Session--4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.; Closed
Session--5:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
March 5
Full Board: Open Session--8:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m.; Closed Session--
12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.; Open Session--1:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Committee Meetings
Assessment Development Committee: Open Session--9:30 a.m. to 11:15
a.m.; Closed Session--11:15 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.
Committee on Standards, Design and Methodology: Open Session--9:30
a.m. to 11:30 a.m.; Closed Session 11:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.
Reporting and Dissemination Committee: Open Session--9:30 a.m. to
12:15 p.m.
March 6
Nominations Committee: Closed Session--7:30 a.m. to 8:15 a.m.
Full Board: Closed Session--8:30 a.m. to 9:00 a.m.; Open Session--
9:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Location: Park Hyatt Washington, DC, 24th and M Street, NW.,
Washington, DC 20037.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Munira Mwalimu, Operations Officer,
National Assessment Governing Board, 800 North Capitol Street, NW.,
Suite 825, Washington, DC, 20002-4233, Telephone: (202) 357-6938.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The National Assessment Governing Board is
established under section 412 of the National Education Statistics Act
of 1994, as amended.
The Board is established to formulate policy guidelines for the
National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). The Board's
responsibilities include selecting subject areas to be assessed,
developing assessment specifications and frameworks, developing
appropriate student achievement levels for each grade and subject
tested, developing standards and procedures for interstate and national
comparisons, developing guidelines for reporting and disseminating
results, and releasing initial NAEP results to the public.
On March 4, from 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., the Assessment Development
Committee will meet in closed session to review test items in reading
operational blocks for grades 4 and 8. The Board will be provided with
embargoed test items that cannot be discussed in an open meeting.
Premature disclosure of data would significantly impede implementation
of the NAEP assessments in the subjects, and is therefore protected by
exemption 9(B) of section 552b(c) of Title 5 U.S.C.
On March 4, the Ad Hoc Committee on NAEP Testing and Reporting on
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Students with Disabilities (SD) and English Language Learners (ELL)
will meet in open session from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Thereafter, the
Executive Committee will meet in open session from 4:30 p.m. to 5:30
p.m. and in closed session from 5:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. During the
closed session on March 4, the Executive Committee will receive a
briefing from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) on
options for NAEP contracts covering the 2010-2012 assessment years,
based on funding for Fiscal Year 2010-2011. The discussion of contract
options and costs will address the implications for congressionally
mandated goals and adherence to Board policies on NAEP assessments.
This part of the meeting must be conducted in closed session because
public discussion of this information would disclose independent
government cost estimates and contracting options, adversely impacting
the confidentiality of the contracting process. Public disclosure of
information discussed would significantly impede implementation of the
NAEP contracts, and is therefore protected by exemption 9(B) of section
552b(c) of Title 5 U.S.C.
On March 5, the full Board will meet in open session from 8:30 a.m.
to 9:15 a.m. The Board will review and approve the meeting agenda and
meeting minutes from the November 2009 Board meeting. This session will
be followed by a report from the Governing Board's Executive Director
and an update from the Deputy Commissioner of Education Statistics on
the work of the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES).
Thereafter the Board will recess for Committee meetings from 9:30 a.m.
to 12:15 p.m.
From 9:30 a.m. to 11:15 p.m. on March 5, the Assessment Development
Committee will meet in open session, followed by a closed session from
11:15 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. During the closed session, the Committee will
receive briefings on NAEP assessment development topics related to
science interactive computer tasks at grades 4, 8, and 12, reading
vocabulary items at grades 4, 8, and 12, and the writing computer-based
assessment at grades 8 and 12. The Board will be provided with
embargoed test items data that cannot be discussed in an open meeting
prior to their official release. Premature disclosure of data would
significantly impede implementation of the NAEP assessments in the
subjects, and is therefore protected by exemption 9(B) of section
552b(c) of Title 5 U.S.C.
On March 5, the Committee on Standards, Design and Methodology will
meet in closed session from 11:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. to receive and
discuss results of the science achievement levels setting process
implemented on January 28-31, 2010. The Board will be provided with
embargoed achievement level data that have not yet been released to the
public and therefore cannot be discussed in an open meeting. Premature
disclosure of data would significantly impede implementation of the
NAEP assessment program, and is therefore protected by exemption 9(B)
of section 552b(c) of Title 5 U.S.C.
The Reporting and Dissemination Committee will meet in open session
on March 5 from 9:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. Thereafter, the full Board will
meet in closed session from 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. to receive a
briefing on the 2009 NAEP Reading Report Card for Grades 4 and 8. The
Board will be provided with embargoed results that cannot be discussed
in an open meeting prior to their official release. Premature
disclosure of data would significantly impede implementation of the
NAEP assessments in the subjects, and is therefore protected by
exemption 9(B) of section 552b(c) of Title 5 U.S.C.
Following this closed session, the full Board will meet in open
session from 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. to receive a briefing on the NAEP
evaluation on achievement levels and reporting NAEP results. From 2:45
p.m. to 5:00 p.m. the Board will discuss recommended Board actions on
the following items:
(1) Modification of NAEP Reading Achievement Level Descriptions.
(2) Governing Board Policy on Testing and Reporting on Students
with Disabilities and English Language Learners.
(3) NAEP Technological Literacy Framework.
The March 5, 2010 Board meeting is scheduled to conclude at 5:00
p.m.
On March 6, the Nominations Committee will meet in closed session
from 7:30 a.m. to 8:15 a.m. to discuss final candidates being proposed
to the Board for appointment terms beginning October 1, 2010. From 8:30
a.m. to 9:00 a.m. the full Board will meet in closed session to take
action on the final slate of candidates proposed by the Nominations
Committee for submission to Secretary Arne Duncan. These discussions
pertain solely to internal personnel rules and practices of an agency
and will disclose information of a personal nature where disclosure
would constitute an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy. As such,
the discussions are protected by exemptions 2 and 6 of section 552b(c)
of Title 5 U.S.C.
The full Board will meet in open session on March 6 from 9:00 a.m.
to 10:00 a.m. to receive a briefing on NAEP quality assurance. From
10:00 a.m. to noon, the Board will receive Committee reports and take
action on Committee recommendations.
The March 6, 2010 session of the Board meeting is scheduled to
adjourn at 12:00 p.m.
Detailed minutes of the meeting, including summaries of the
activities of the closed sessions and related matters that are
informative to the public and consistent with the policy of section 5
U.S.C. 552b(c) will be available to the public within 14 days of the
meeting. Records are kept of all Board proceedings and are available
for public inspection at the U.S. Department of Education, National
Assessment Governing Board, Suite 825, 800 North Capitol
Street, NW., Washington, DC, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Eastern
Standard Time, Monday through Friday.
Electronic Access to This Document: You may 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) on the
Internet at the following site: https://www.ed.gov/news/fedregister/. To use PDF you must have Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is
available free at this site. If you have questions about using PDF,
call the U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO), toll free at 1-888-293-
6498; or in the Washington, DC area at (202) 512-1530.
Note: The official version of this document is the document
published in the Federal Register. Free Internet access to the
official edition of the Federal Register and the Code of Federal
Regulations is available on GPO Access at: www.gpoaccess.gov/nara/.
Dated: February 16, 2010.
Cornelia S. Orr,
Executive Director, National Assessment Governing Board, U.S.
Department of Education.
[FR Doc. 2010-3244 Filed 2-18-10; 8:45 am]
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