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student achievement at grades 4, 8, and
12 in various subject areas, such as
mathematics, reading, writing, science,
U.S. history, civics, geography,
economics, technology and engineering
literacy, and the arts. The National
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Title III, section 303) requires the
assessment to collect data on specified
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including information organized by
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status, disability, and limited English
proficiency. It requires fair and accurate
presentation of achievement data and
permits the collection of background,
noncognitive, or descriptive information
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intent of the law is to provide
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achievement for the nation, the states,
and subpopulations of students and to
monitor progress over time. The nature
of NAEP is that burden alternates from
a relatively low burden in national-level
administration years to a substantial
burden increase in state-level
administration years when the sample
has to allow for estimates for individual
states and some of the large urban
districts. Consequently, the estimated
respondent burden is substantially
lower for the 2014 and 2016 versus the
2015 administration of NAEP. The
NAEP results will be reported to the
public through the Nations Report Card
as well as other online NAEP tools.
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U.S. Department of Education,
National Assessment Governing Board.
ACTION: Notice of open and closed
meeting sessions.
AGENCY:
This notice sets forth the
schedule and proposed agenda for the
upcoming meeting of the National
Assessment Governing Board (Board)
and also describes the specific functions
of the Board. Notice of this meeting is
required under Section 10(a)(2) of the
Federal Advisory Committee Act. This
notice is issued to provide members of
the general public with an opportunity
to attend and/or provide comments.
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
November 19, 2012. We will attempt to
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November 29–December 1, 2012.
Times:
November 29: Committee Meetings:
Ad Hoc Committee on NAEP
Background Information: 2:00 p.m.–4:00
p.m.
Executive Committee: Open Session:
4:30 p.m.–5:30 p.m.; Closed Session:
5:30 p.m.–6:00 p.m.
November 30: Full Board and
Committee Meetings:
Full Board: Open Session: 8:30 a.m.–
9:20 a.m.; Closed Session: 12:15 p.m.–
1:45 p.m.; Open Session: 2:00 p.m.–4:15
p.m.
Committee Meetings:
Assessment Development Committee
(ADC): Open Session: 9:30 a.m.–10:40
a.m.; Closed Session: 10:40 a.m.–12:00
p.m.
Reporting and Dissemination
Committee (R&D): Open Session: 9:30
a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Committee on Standards, Design and
Methodology (COSDAM): Open Session:
9:30 a.m. –10:45 a.m.; Closed Session:
10:45 a.m.–11:50 p.m.; Open Session:
11:50 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
December 1: Full Board and
Committee Meetings:
Nominations Committee: Closed
Session: 7:15 a.m.–8:15 a.m.
Full Board: Closed Session: 8:30 a.m.–
10:00 a.m.; Open Session: 10:15 a.m.–
12:00 p.m.
Location: St. Regis Hotel, 923 16th
and K Streets NW., Washington, DC
20006.
DATES:
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Munira Mwalimu, Executive 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
(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 the following: selecting subject
areas to be assessed, developing
assessment frameworks and
specifications, 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 November 29, 2012, the Ad Hoc
Committee on Background Information
will meet in open session from 2:00
p.m. to 4:00 p.m. The Executive
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Committee will convene in open session
from 4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. and
thereafter in closed session from 5:30
p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
During the closed session, the
Executive Committee will receive and
discuss the current procurement plans
and independent government cost
estimates from the National Center for
Education Statistics (NCES) staff for
proposed item development, data
collection, scoring and analysis, and
reporting of National Assessment of
Educational Progress (NAEP) results for
2013–2017, and their implications on
future NAEP activities. The discussion
of independent government cost
estimates for the NAEP 2013–2017
contracts is necessary for ensuring that
NAEP contracts meet congressionally
mandated goals and adhere to Board
policies on NAEP Assessments available
at www.nagb.org/policies.html. This
part of the meeting must be conducted
in closed session because public
disclosure of this information would
likely have an adverse financial effect
on the NAEP program by providing
contractors attending an unfair
advantage in procurement and contract
negotiations for NAEP. Discussion of
this information would be likely to
significantly impede implementation of
a proposed agency action if conducted
in open session. Such matters are
protected by exemption 9(B) of section
552b(c) of Title 5 U.S.C.
On November 30, 2012, the full Board
will meet in open session from 8:30 a.m.
to 9:20 a.m., followed by a closed
session from 12:15 p.m. to 1:45 p.m.,
and an open session from 2:00 p.m. to
4:15 p.m.
From 8:30 a.m. to 9:20 a.m. on
November 30, the Board will review and
approve the November 29–December 1,
2012 meeting agenda and meeting
minutes from the August 2012 Board
meeting. Thereafter, the Chairman will
introduce new Board members followed
by remarks from the new members and
the Chairman.
On November 30, 2012 from 8:50 a.m.
to 9:20 a.m., the Executive Director of
the Governing Board will provide a
report to the Board, followed by updates
from the Commissioner of the National
Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
and the Director of the Institute of
Education Sciences (IES). Following
these sessions, the Board will recess for
Committee meetings from 9:30 a.m. to
12:00 p.m. The Reporting and
Dissemination Committee will meet in
open session and the Assessment
Development Committee and the
Committee on Standards, Design and
Methodology will meet in open and
closed sessions as described below.
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On November 30, 2012, the
Assessment Development Committee
will meet in open session from 9:30 a.m.
to 10:40 a.m. and in closed session from
10:40 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. During the
closed session, ADC members will
review secure science interactive
computer tasks (ICTs) and test items for
the 2014 pilot test in preparation for the
2015 NAEP science assessment. The
review of secure ICTs for grades 4, 8,
and 12 must be conducted in closed
session because the ADC members will
be provided with secure items and
materials which are not yet available for
release to the general public. Premature
disclosure of the secure test items and
materials would compromise the
integrity and substantially impede
implementation of the secure NAEP
assessments and is therefore protected
by exemption 9(B) of section 552b(c) of
Title 5 of the United States Code.
The Committee on Standards, Design
and Methodology (COSDAM) will meet
in open session from 9:30 a.m. to 10:45
a.m. and thereafter in closed session
from 10:45 a.m. to 11:50 a.m., followed
by an open session from 11:50 a.m. to
12:00 p.m. During the closed session,
COSDAM members will receive an
embargoed technical briefing on
preliminary results of the linking study
at grade 8 in mathematics and science.
The linking study was conducted in
2012 between NAEP and the Trends in
International Mathematics and Science
(TIMSS) assessments. These data have
not yet been released and therefore
cannot be disclosed to the general
public at this time. Premature disclosure
of these secure data would significantly
impede implementation of the NAEP
and TIMSS assessments and reporting,
and is therefore protected by exemption
9(B) of section 552b(c) of Title 5 U.S.C.
Following the Committee meetings,
on November 30, 2012 from 12:15 p.m.
to 1:45 p.m. the full Board will meet in
closed session to receive two briefings—
a linking study of NAEP and TIMSS,
and results of the Mathematics
Curriculum Study. For the NAEP/
TIMSS linking study, the Board will
receive an embargoed briefing on
preliminary results. For the
mathematics curriculum study, the
Board will receive an embargoed
briefing on the results from the 2005
High School Transcript Mathematics
Curriculum Study of 12th graders. The
briefings will include secure test items,
embargoed assessment data, and results
that cannot be discussed in an open
meeting prior to their official release.
Premature disclosure of these results
would significantly impede
implementation of the NAEP and
TIMSS assessment program, and is
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therefore protected by exemption 9(B) of
section 552b(c) of Title 5 United States
Code.
After the November 30 closed general
session, the Board will meet in open
session. From 2:00 p.m. to 2:45 p.m., the
Board will receive the annual briefing
on the Governing Board and Council of
Chief State School Officers (CCSSO)
Policy Task Force. From 2:45 p.m. to
3:30 p.m., the Board will receive a
demonstration of the online Grade 12
Preparedness Technical Report and a
briefing on plans for future research
studies. Thereafter, from 3:45 p.m. to
4:15 p.m., Board members will receive
their annual ethics briefing from the
Office of General Counsel. The
November 30, 2012 Board meeting is
scheduled to adjourn at 4:15 p.m.
On December 1, 2012, the
Nominations Committee will meet in
closed session from 7:15 a.m. to 8:15
a.m. to discuss potential candidates for
Board terms beginning October 1, 2013.
The Committee discussions pertain
solely to internal personnel rules and
practices of an agency and 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 of the United States Code.
On December 1, 2012 from 8:30 a.m.
to 10:00 a.m. the full Board will receive
a demonstration of computer-based
tasks and test materials for the NAEP
2014 Technology and Engineering
Literacy (TEL) Assessment at grade 8.
During this closed session, Board
members will be provided with specific
test materials for review which are not
yet available for release to the general
public. Premature disclosure of these
secure test items and materials would
compromise the integrity and
substantially impede implementation of
the NAEP assessment and is therefore
protected by exemption 9(B) of section
552b(c) of Title 5 of the United States
Code.
Following this closed session, the full
Board will meet in open session to
discuss its ongoing work on Making a
Difference Initiatives which includes
plans for the 2013 Education Summit
for Parent Leaders. From 10:45 a.m. to
12:00 p.m. the Board will receive
Committee reports and take action on
Committee recommendations. The
December 1, 2012 meeting is scheduled
to adjourn at 12:00 p.m.
A verbatim transcript 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
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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
Time, Monday through Friday.
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Dated: November 16, 2012.
Cornelia Orr,
Executive Director, National Assessment
Governing Board (NAGB), U. S. Department
of Education.
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
National Assessment Governing Board; Meeting
AGENCY: U.S. Department of Education, National Assessment Governing
Board.
ACTION: Notice of open and closed meeting sessions.
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SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the schedule and proposed agenda for
the upcoming meeting of the National Assessment Governing Board (Board)
and also describes the specific functions of the Board. Notice of this
meeting is required under Section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory
Committee Act. This notice is issued to provide members of the general
public with an opportunity to attend and/or provide comments.
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 November 19, 2012.
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.
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DATES: November 29-December 1, 2012.
Times:
November 29: Committee Meetings:
Ad Hoc Committee on NAEP Background Information: 2:00 p.m.-4:00
p.m.
Executive Committee: Open Session: 4:30 p.m.-5:30 p.m.; Closed
Session: 5:30 p.m.-6:00 p.m.
November 30: Full Board and Committee Meetings:
Full Board: Open Session: 8:30 a.m.-9:20 a.m.; Closed Session:
12:15 p.m.-1:45 p.m.; Open Session: 2:00 p.m.-4:15 p.m.
Committee Meetings:
Assessment Development Committee (ADC): Open Session: 9:30 a.m.-
10:40 a.m.; Closed Session: 10:40 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
Reporting and Dissemination Committee (R&D): Open Session: 9:30
a.m.-12:00 p.m.
Committee on Standards, Design and Methodology (COSDAM): Open
Session: 9:30 a.m. -10:45 a.m.; Closed Session: 10:45 a.m.-11:50 p.m.;
Open Session: 11:50 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
December 1: Full Board and Committee Meetings:
Nominations Committee: Closed Session: 7:15 a.m.-8:15 a.m.
Full Board: Closed Session: 8:30 a.m.-10:00 a.m.; Open Session:
10:15 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
Location: St. Regis Hotel, 923 16th and K Streets NW., Washington,
DC 20006.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Munira Mwalimu, Executive 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
(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 the following: selecting subject areas to be
assessed, developing assessment frameworks and specifications,
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 November 29, 2012, the Ad Hoc Committee on Background
Information will meet in open session from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. The
Executive Committee will convene in open session from 4:30 p.m. to 5:30
p.m. and thereafter in closed session from 5:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
During the closed session, the Executive Committee will receive and
discuss the current procurement plans and independent government cost
estimates from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
staff for proposed item development, data collection, scoring and
analysis, and reporting of National Assessment of Educational Progress
(NAEP) results for 2013-2017, and their implications on future NAEP
activities. The discussion of independent government cost estimates for
the NAEP 2013-2017 contracts is necessary for ensuring that NAEP
contracts meet congressionally mandated goals and adhere to Board
policies on NAEP Assessments available at www.nagb.org/policies.html.
This part of the meeting must be conducted in closed session because
public disclosure of this information would likely have an adverse
financial effect on the NAEP program by providing contractors attending
an unfair advantage in procurement and contract negotiations for NAEP.
Discussion of this information would be likely to significantly impede
implementation of a proposed agency action if conducted in open
session. Such matters are protected by exemption 9(B) of section
552b(c) of Title 5 U.S.C.
On November 30, 2012, the full Board will meet in open session from
8:30 a.m. to 9:20 a.m., followed by a closed session from 12:15 p.m. to
1:45 p.m., and an open session from 2:00 p.m. to 4:15 p.m.
From 8:30 a.m. to 9:20 a.m. on November 30, the Board will review
and approve the November 29-December 1, 2012 meeting agenda and meeting
minutes from the August 2012 Board meeting. Thereafter, the Chairman
will introduce new Board members followed by remarks from the new
members and the Chairman.
On November 30, 2012 from 8:50 a.m. to 9:20 a.m., the Executive
Director of the Governing Board will provide a report to the Board,
followed by updates from the Commissioner of the National Center for
Education Statistics (NCES) and the Director of the Institute of
Education Sciences (IES). Following these sessions, the Board will
recess for Committee meetings from 9:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. The
Reporting and Dissemination Committee will meet in open session and the
Assessment Development Committee and the Committee on Standards, Design
and Methodology will meet in open and closed sessions as described
below.
On November 30, 2012, the Assessment Development Committee will
meet in open session from 9:30 a.m. to 10:40 a.m. and in closed session
from 10:40 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. During the closed session, ADC members
will review secure science interactive computer tasks (ICTs) and test
items for the 2014 pilot test in preparation for the 2015 NAEP science
assessment. The review of secure ICTs for grades 4, 8, and 12 must be
conducted in closed session because the ADC members will be provided
with secure items and materials which are not yet available for release
to the general public. Premature disclosure of the secure test items
and materials would compromise the integrity and substantially impede
implementation of the secure NAEP assessments and is therefore
protected by exemption 9(B) of section 552b(c) of Title 5 of the United
States Code.
The Committee on Standards, Design and Methodology (COSDAM) will
meet in open session from 9:30 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. and thereafter in
closed session from 10:45 a.m. to 11:50 a.m., followed by an open
session from 11:50 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. During the closed session, COSDAM
members will receive an embargoed technical briefing on preliminary
results of the linking study at grade 8 in mathematics and science. The
linking study was conducted in 2012 between NAEP and the Trends in
International Mathematics and Science (TIMSS) assessments. These data
have not yet been released and therefore cannot be disclosed to the
general public at this time. Premature disclosure of these secure data
would significantly impede implementation of the NAEP and TIMSS
assessments and reporting, and is therefore protected by exemption 9(B)
of section 552b(c) of Title 5 U.S.C.
Following the Committee meetings, on November 30, 2012 from 12:15
p.m. to 1:45 p.m. the full Board will meet in closed session to receive
two briefings--a linking study of NAEP and TIMSS, and results of the
Mathematics Curriculum Study. For the NAEP/TIMSS linking study, the
Board will receive an embargoed briefing on preliminary results. For
the mathematics curriculum study, the Board will receive an embargoed
briefing on the results from the 2005 High School Transcript
Mathematics Curriculum Study of 12th graders. The briefings will
include secure test items, embargoed assessment data, and results that
cannot be discussed in an open meeting prior to their official release.
Premature disclosure of these results would significantly impede
implementation of the NAEP and TIMSS assessment program, and is
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therefore protected by exemption 9(B) of section 552b(c) of Title 5
United States Code.
After the November 30 closed general session, the Board will meet
in open session. From 2:00 p.m. to 2:45 p.m., the Board will receive
the annual briefing on the Governing Board and Council of Chief State
School Officers (CCSSO) Policy Task Force. From 2:45 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.,
the Board will receive a demonstration of the online Grade 12
Preparedness Technical Report and a briefing on plans for future
research studies. Thereafter, from 3:45 p.m. to 4:15 p.m., Board
members will receive their annual ethics briefing from the Office of
General Counsel. The November 30, 2012 Board meeting is scheduled to
adjourn at 4:15 p.m.
On December 1, 2012, the Nominations Committee will meet in closed
session from 7:15 a.m. to 8:15 a.m. to discuss potential candidates for
Board terms beginning October 1, 2013. The Committee discussions
pertain solely to internal personnel rules and practices of an agency
and 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 of
the United States Code.
On December 1, 2012 from 8:30 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. the full Board
will receive a demonstration of computer-based tasks and test materials
for the NAEP 2014 Technology and Engineering Literacy (TEL) Assessment
at grade 8. During this closed session, Board members will be provided
with specific test materials for review which are not yet available for
release to the general public. Premature disclosure of these secure
test items and materials would compromise the integrity and
substantially impede implementation of the NAEP assessment and is
therefore protected by exemption 9(B) of section 552b(c) of Title 5 of
the United States Code.
Following this closed session, the full Board will meet in open
session to discuss its ongoing work on Making a Difference Initiatives
which includes plans for the 2013 Education Summit for Parent Leaders.
From 10:45 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. the Board will receive Committee reports
and take action on Committee recommendations. The December 1, 2012
meeting is scheduled to adjourn at 12:00 p.m.
A verbatim transcript 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 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
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1800; or in the Washington, DC, area at (202) 512-0000. 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: November 16, 2012.
Cornelia Orr,
Executive Director, National Assessment Governing Board (NAGB), U. S.
Department of Education.
[FR Doc. 2012-28314 Filed 11-20-12; 8:45 am]
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