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Quarterly Board Meeting
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Education.
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Assessment Development Committee:
Closed Session: 9:00 a.m.–3:30 p.m.
Assessment Literacy Work Group:
Open Session: 12:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m.
Executive Committee: Open Session:
4:30 p.m.–5:00 p.m.; Closed Session:
5:00 p.m.–6:00 p.m.
November 21: Full Board and
Committee Meetings
This notice sets forth the
agenda for the November 20–22, 2014
Quarterly Meeting of the National
Assessment Governing Board (hereafter
referred to as Governing Board). This
notice provides information to members
of the public who may be interested in
attending the meeting or providing
SUMMARY:
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written comments on the meeting. The
notice of this meeting is required under
Section 10(a)2) of the Federal Advisory
Committee Act (FACA).
DATES: The Quarterly Board meeting
will be held on the following dates:
November 20, 2014 from 9:00 a.m. to
6:00 p.m.; November 21, 2014 from 8:30
a.m. to 5:00 p.m.; November 22, 2014
from 7:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
ADDRESSES: The Fairfax at Embassy
Row, 2100 Massachusetts Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Munira Mwalimu, Executive Officer,
800 North Capitol Street NW., Suite 825,
Washington, DC 20002, telephone: (202)
357–6938, fax: (202) 357–6945.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Statutory Authority and Function:
The National Assessment Governing
Board is established under Title III—
National Assessment of Educational
Progress Authorization Act, Public Law
107–279. Information on the Board and
its work can be found at www.nagb.gov.
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, improving
the form and use of NAEP, developing
guidelines for reporting and
disseminating results, and releasing
initial NAEP results to the public.
Full Board: Open Session: 8:30 a.m.–
9:45 a.m.; Closed Session 12:45 p.m.–
1:45 p.m.; Open Session 2:00 p.m.–2:30
p.m.; Closed Session 2:45 p.m.–4:15
p.m. Board Member Ethics Training:
4:30 p.m.–5:00 p.m.
Committee Meetings
Reporting and Dissemination
Committee (R&D): Open Session: 10:00
a.m.–12:30 p.m.
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Committee on Standards, Design and
Methodology (COSDAM): Open Session:
10:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
Assessment Development Committee
(ADC): Open Session: 10:00 a.m.–11:45
p.m.; Closed Session: 11:45 p.m.–12:30
p.m.
November 22: Full Board and
Committee Meetings
Nominations Committee: Closed
Session: 7:30 a.m.–8:15 a.m.
Full Board: Closed Session: 8:30 a.m.–
9:30 a.m. Open Session 9:30 a.m.–12:00
p.m.
On November 20, 2014, from 9:00
a.m. to 3:30 p.m. the Assessment
Development Committee will meet in
closed session to review assessment
items for the NAEP transition to
technology-based assessments (TBA).
The briefing will include secure items
in reading and mathematics at grades 4
and 8. These secure materials are paperand-pencil items in reading and
mathematics that are being transformed
into technology-based assessment items
for the 2016 pilot, in preparation for the
2017 operational assessment. Following
the TBA briefing, the ADC will review
secure mathematics materials for
scenario-based tasks that are being
developed for grades 4 and 8 for the
2016 pilot, in preparation for the 2017
operational assessment. The
Committee’s reviews and discussions on
secure test items cannot be discussed in
an open meeting to protect the
confidentiality of the secure assessment
materials. Premature disclosure of these
results would significantly impede
implementation of the NAEP assessment
program, and is therefore protected by
exemption 9(B) of section 552b(c) of
Title 5 United States Code.
The Board’s Assessment Literacy
Work Group will meet in open session
on November 20, 2014, from 12:00 p.m.
to 4:00 p.m. The Work Group will
discuss assessment literacy strategies
and timelines related to their work on
supporting a better understanding of
educational tests among parents and
members of the general public.
The Board’s Executive Committee will
convene in open session on November
20, 2014 from 4:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. to
review and discuss the November 21–
22, 2014 Board meeting agenda, receive
updates on the NAEP budget,
assessment schedule, and
reauthorization, and discuss Board
Committee issues and challenges to be
addressed by the respective Board
Committees.
Following this session, the Executive
Committee will meet in closed session
from 5:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. to receive
and discuss cost estimates on various
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options for implementing NAEP for
2014–2018. The implications of the cost
estimates and funds in support of the
NAEP Assessment Schedule and future
NAEP activities will also be discussed.
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 confidential cost details and
proprietary contract costs of current
contractors to the public. 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 of Title 5 U.S.C.
On November 21, 2014, the full Board
will meet in open session from 8:30 a.m.
to 9:30 a.m. The Board will review and
approve the November 21–22, 2014
Board meeting agenda and meeting
minutes from the July 31–August 2,
2014 Quarterly Board meeting. This
session will be followed by the
Chairman’s remarks. The Chairman will
then introduce the new Governing
Board members who will provide
remarks. Thereafter, the Executive
Director of the Governing Board will
provide a report, followed by an update
on the Institute of Education Sciences
(IES) from the Acting Director and an
update on NCES from the Acting
Commissioner. The Board will recess for
Committee meetings from 10:00 a.m. to
12:30 p.m.
The Reporting and Dissemination
Committee and the Committee on
Standards, Design and Methodology
(COSDAM) will meet in open sessions
from 10:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. to discuss
their ongoing policy issues. The
Assessment Development Committee
will meet in open session from 10:00
a.m. to 11:45 a.m. to discuss ongoing
work and in closed session from 11:45
a.m. to 12:30 p.m. During the closed
session, the Committee will receive a
briefing on the 2011 NAEP Writing
assessment which will include secure
NAEP writing prompts in grades 4, 8,
and 12 which were administered in
2011. These prompts will be readministered in 2017 to report on trends
in student writing achievement at
grades 4, 8, and 12. The Committee’s
reviews and discussions on secure
writing prompts cannot be discussed in
an open meeting to protect the
confidentiality of the secure assessment
materials. Premature disclosure of these
results would significantly impede
implementation of the NAEP assessment
program, and is therefore protected by
exemption 9(B) of section 552b(c) of
Title 5 United States Code.
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Following the Committee meetings,
the Board will convene in closed
session from 12:45 p.m. to 1:45 p.m. to
receive a briefing on a NAEP report
titled, Mapping State Proficiency
Standards onto NAEP Scales: 2011–
2013. The Board will receive an
embargoed briefing on preliminary
results, which will include assessment
data and results that cannot be
discussed in an open meeting prior to
their official approval and release in
early 2015 by the National Assessment
Governing Board. Premature disclosure
of these results would significantly
impede implementation of the NAEP
assessment program, and is therefore
protected by exemption 9(B) of section
552b(c) of Title 5 United States Code.
On November 21, 2014 from 2:00 p.m.
to 2:30 p.m., the Board will meet in
open session. The Secretary of
Education, Arne Duncan, will
administer the Oath of Office to new
members and make remarks to the
Board.
From 2:45 p.m. to 4:15 p.m., the
Board will meet in closed session to
discuss the NAEP Schedule of
Assessments and NAEP budget. This
session will be an in-depth briefing and
discussion to examine specific costs for
assessing NAEP subjects, including cost
projections for moving NAEP to
technology-based assessments, which
will impact the NAEP schedule from
2015–2024. This detailed briefing will
also allow new Board members to
become thoroughly familiar with NAEP
budget details in preparation for future
action on the NAEP Schedule of
Assessments in upcoming 2015 Board
meetings. 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 the
Board meeting 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 of Title 5 U.S.C.
Following this closed session, Board
members will receive their annual
ethics briefing from the U.S. Department
of Education, Office of General Counsel
from 4:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. The
November 21, 2014 session will adjourn
at 5:00 p.m.
On November 22, 2014, the
Nominations Committee will meet in
closed session from 7:30 a.m. to 8:15
a.m. to discuss candidates for the eight
Board vacancies for terms beginning on
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October 1, 2015. The Committee’s
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 November 22, 2014, the Board will
meet in closed session from 8:30 a.m. to
9:30 a.m. to receive a briefing and
discuss the 2013 NAEP Puerto Rico
Mathematics Report. This is an
embargoed briefing on preliminary
results, which will include assessment
data and results that cannot be
discussed in an open meeting prior to
their official approval and release in
December 2014 by the National
Assessment Governing Board.
Premature disclosure of these results
would significantly impede
implementation of the NAEP assessment
program, and is therefore protected by
exemption 9(B) of section 552b(c) of
Title 5 United States Code.
From 9:30 a.m. to 10:15 a.m. the
Board will receive a briefing on an
Inside NAEP series—Recent NAEP
Reports and Outreach. Following this
session, from 10:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
the Board will receive reports from the
standing Committees and the
Assessment Literacy Work Group, and
take action on Committee
recommendations. The November 22,
2014 meeting is scheduled to adjourn at
12:00 p.m.
Access to Records of the Meeting:
Pursuant to FACA requirements, the
public may also inspect the meeting
materials at www.nagb.gov on Friday,
November 21, 2014 by 9:00 a.m. ET. The
official verbatim transcripts of the
public meeting sessions will be
available for public inspection no later
than 30 calendar days following the
meeting.
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it.
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Authority: Pub. L. 107–279, Title III—
National Assessment of Educational Progress
§ 301.
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Orders Granting Authority to Import
and Export Natural Gas, and to Import
and Export Liquefied Natural Gas
During January 2014
Dated: October 31, 2014.
Cornelia S. Orr,
Executive Director, National Assessment
Governing Board (NAGB), U.S. Department
of Education.
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ENCANA NATURAL GAS INC. ...........................................................................................................................................................
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Office of Fossil Energy,
Department of Energy.
ACTION: Notice of orders.
AGENCY:
The Office of Fossil Energy
(FE) of the Department of Energy gives
notice that during January 2014, it
issued orders granting authority to
import and export natural gas, and to
import and export liquefied natural gas
(LNG). These orders are summarized in
the attached appendix and may be
SUMMARY:
found on the FE Web site at https://www.
fossil.energy.gov/programs/gas
regulation/authorizations/Orders2014.html. They are also available for
inspection and copying in the Office of
Fossil Energy, Office of Oil and Gas
Global Security and Supply, Docket
Room 3E–033, Forrestal Building, 1000
Independence Avenue SW.,
Washington, DC 20585, (202) 586–9478.
The Docket Room is open between the
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14–07–NG
14–10–NG
hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.,
Monday through Friday, except Federal
holidays.
Issued in Washington, DC, on October 27,
2014.
John A. Anderson,
Director, Division of Natural Gas Regulatory
Activities, Office of Oil and Gas Global
Security and Supply, Office of Oil and
Natural Gas.
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Order granting blanket authority to import/export LNG from/to
Canada/Mexico by truck, rail, barge, and non-barge waterborne vessels.
Order granting blanket authority to import LNG from various
international sources by vessel.
Order granting blanket authority to import/export natural gas
from/to Canada/Mexico.
Order granting blanket authority to import/export natural gas
from/to Canada.
Order granting blanket authority to import/export natural gas
from/to Canada.
Order granting blanket authority to export natural gas to Mexico.
Order granting long-term, multi-contract authority to export LNG
by vessel from the Sabine Pass LNG Terminal to Free Trade
Agreement Nations.
Order granting blanket authority to import/export natural gas
from/to Canada.
Order granting blanket authority to import/export LNG from/to
Canada/Mexico by truck.
Order granting blanket authority to import/export natural gas
from/to Canada/Mexico.
Order granting blanket authority to export natural gas to Mexico.
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
National Assessment Governing Board Quarterly Board Meeting
AGENCY: National Assessment Governing Board, U.S. Department of
Education.
ACTION: Announcement of open and closed meetings.
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SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the agenda for the November 20-22, 2014
Quarterly Meeting of the National Assessment Governing Board (hereafter
referred to as Governing Board). This notice provides information to
members of the public who may be interested in attending the meeting or
providing written comments on the meeting. The notice of this meeting
is required under Section 10(a)2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act
(FACA).
DATES: The Quarterly Board meeting will be held on the following dates:
November 20, 2014 from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.; November 21, 2014 from
8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.; November 22, 2014 from 7:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
ADDRESSES: The Fairfax at Embassy Row, 2100 Massachusetts Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Munira Mwalimu, Executive Officer, 800
North Capitol Street NW., Suite 825, Washington, DC 20002, telephone:
(202) 357-6938, fax: (202) 357-6945.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Statutory Authority and Function: The National Assessment Governing
Board is established under Title III--National Assessment of
Educational Progress Authorization Act, Public Law 107-279. Information
on the Board and its work can be found at www.nagb.gov.
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, improving the form and use of NAEP, developing
guidelines for reporting and disseminating results, and releasing
initial NAEP results to the public.
Detailed Meeting Agenda: November 20-November 22, 2014
November 20: Committee Meetings
Assessment Development Committee: Closed Session: 9:00 a.m.-3:30
p.m.
Assessment Literacy Work Group: Open Session: 12:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m.
Executive Committee: Open Session: 4:30 p.m.-5:00 p.m.; Closed
Session: 5:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m.
November 21: Full Board and Committee Meetings
Full Board: Open Session: 8:30 a.m.-9:45 a.m.; Closed Session 12:45
p.m.-1:45 p.m.; Open Session 2:00 p.m.-2:30 p.m.; Closed Session 2:45
p.m.-4:15 p.m. Board Member Ethics Training: 4:30 p.m.-5:00 p.m.
Committee Meetings
Reporting and Dissemination Committee (R&D): Open Session: 10:00
a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Committee on Standards, Design and Methodology (COSDAM): Open
Session: 10:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Assessment Development Committee (ADC): Open Session: 10:00 a.m.-
11:45 p.m.; Closed Session: 11:45 p.m.-12:30 p.m.
November 22: Full Board and Committee Meetings
Nominations Committee: Closed Session: 7:30 a.m.-8:15 a.m.
Full Board: Closed Session: 8:30 a.m.-9:30 a.m. Open Session 9:30
a.m.-12:00 p.m.
On November 20, 2014, from 9:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. the Assessment
Development Committee will meet in closed session to review assessment
items for the NAEP transition to technology-based assessments (TBA).
The briefing will include secure items in reading and mathematics at
grades 4 and 8. These secure materials are paper-and-pencil items in
reading and mathematics that are being transformed into technology-
based assessment items for the 2016 pilot, in preparation for the 2017
operational assessment. Following the TBA briefing, the ADC will review
secure mathematics materials for scenario-based tasks that are being
developed for grades 4 and 8 for the 2016 pilot, in preparation for the
2017 operational assessment. The Committee's reviews and discussions on
secure test items cannot be discussed in an open meeting to protect the
confidentiality of the secure assessment materials. Premature
disclosure of these results would significantly impede implementation
of the NAEP assessment program, and is therefore protected by exemption
9(B) of section 552b(c) of Title 5 United States Code.
The Board's Assessment Literacy Work Group will meet in open
session on November 20, 2014, from 12:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. The Work
Group will discuss assessment literacy strategies and timelines related
to their work on supporting a better understanding of educational tests
among parents and members of the general public.
The Board's Executive Committee will convene in open session on
November 20, 2014 from 4:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. to review and discuss the
November 21-22, 2014 Board meeting agenda, receive updates on the NAEP
budget, assessment schedule, and reauthorization, and discuss Board
Committee issues and challenges to be addressed by the respective Board
Committees.
Following this session, the Executive Committee will meet in closed
session from 5:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. to receive and discuss cost
estimates on various
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options for implementing NAEP for 2014-2018. The implications of the
cost estimates and funds in support of the NAEP Assessment Schedule and
future NAEP activities will also be discussed. 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 confidential cost details and proprietary contract
costs of current contractors to the public. 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 of Title 5 U.S.C.
On November 21, 2014, the full Board will meet in open session from
8:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. The Board will review and approve the November
21-22, 2014 Board meeting agenda and meeting minutes from the July 31-
August 2, 2014 Quarterly Board meeting. This session will be followed
by the Chairman's remarks. The Chairman will then introduce the new
Governing Board members who will provide remarks. Thereafter, the
Executive Director of the Governing Board will provide a report,
followed by an update on the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) from
the Acting Director and an update on NCES from the Acting Commissioner.
The Board will recess for Committee meetings from 10:00 a.m. to 12:30
p.m.
The Reporting and Dissemination Committee and the Committee on
Standards, Design and Methodology (COSDAM) will meet in open sessions
from 10:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. to discuss their ongoing policy issues.
The Assessment Development Committee will meet in open session from
10:00 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. to discuss ongoing work and in closed session
from 11:45 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. During the closed session, the Committee
will receive a briefing on the 2011 NAEP Writing assessment which will
include secure NAEP writing prompts in grades 4, 8, and 12 which were
administered in 2011. These prompts will be re-administered in 2017 to
report on trends in student writing achievement at grades 4, 8, and 12.
The Committee's reviews and discussions on secure writing prompts
cannot be discussed in an open meeting to protect the confidentiality
of the secure assessment materials. Premature disclosure of these
results would significantly impede implementation of the NAEP
assessment program, and is therefore protected by exemption 9(B) of
section 552b(c) of Title 5 United States Code.
Following the Committee meetings, the Board will convene in closed
session from 12:45 p.m. to 1:45 p.m. to receive a briefing on a NAEP
report titled, Mapping State Proficiency Standards onto NAEP Scales:
2011-2013. The Board will receive an embargoed briefing on preliminary
results, which will include assessment data and results that cannot be
discussed in an open meeting prior to their official approval and
release in early 2015 by the National Assessment Governing Board.
Premature disclosure of these results would significantly impede
implementation of the NAEP assessment program, and is therefore
protected by exemption 9(B) of section 552b(c) of Title 5 United States
Code.
On November 21, 2014 from 2:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m., the Board will
meet in open session. The Secretary of Education, Arne Duncan, will
administer the Oath of Office to new members and make remarks to the
Board.
From 2:45 p.m. to 4:15 p.m., the Board will meet in closed session
to discuss the NAEP Schedule of Assessments and NAEP budget. This
session will be an in-depth briefing and discussion to examine specific
costs for assessing NAEP subjects, including cost projections for
moving NAEP to technology-based assessments, which will impact the NAEP
schedule from 2015-2024. This detailed briefing will also allow new
Board members to become thoroughly familiar with NAEP budget details in
preparation for future action on the NAEP Schedule of Assessments in
upcoming 2015 Board meetings. 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 the Board meeting 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
of Title 5 U.S.C.
Following this closed session, Board members will receive their
annual ethics briefing from the U.S. Department of Education, Office of
General Counsel from 4:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. The November 21, 2014
session will adjourn at 5:00 p.m.
On November 22, 2014, the Nominations Committee will meet in closed
session from 7:30 a.m. to 8:15 a.m. to discuss candidates for the eight
Board vacancies for terms beginning on October 1, 2015. The Committee's
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 November 22, 2014, the Board will meet in closed session from
8:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. to receive a briefing and discuss the 2013 NAEP
Puerto Rico Mathematics Report. This is an embargoed briefing on
preliminary results, which will include assessment data and results
that cannot be discussed in an open meeting prior to their official
approval and release in December 2014 by the National Assessment
Governing Board. Premature disclosure of these results would
significantly impede implementation of the NAEP assessment program, and
is therefore protected by exemption 9(B) of section 552b(c) of Title 5
United States Code.
From 9:30 a.m. to 10:15 a.m. the Board will receive a briefing on
an Inside NAEP series--Recent NAEP Reports and Outreach. Following this
session, from 10:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. the Board will receive reports
from the standing Committees and the Assessment Literacy Work Group,
and take action on Committee recommendations. The November 22, 2014
meeting is scheduled to adjourn at 12:00 p.m.
Access to Records of the Meeting: Pursuant to FACA requirements,
the public may also inspect the meeting materials at www.nagb.gov on
Friday, November 21, 2014 by 9:00 a.m. ET. The official verbatim
transcripts of the public meeting sessions will be available for public
inspection no later than 30 calendar days following the meeting.
Reasonable Accommodations: The meeting site 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 contact person listed in this notice at least two weeks
before the scheduled meeting date. Although we will attempt to meet a
request received after that date, we may not be able to make available
the requested auxiliary aid or service because of insufficient time to
arrange it.
Electronic Access to this Document: The official version of this
document is the document published in the Federal Register. Free
Internet access to the
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you must have Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is available free at the
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by the Department.
Authority: Pub. L. 107-279, Title III--National Assessment of
Educational Progress Sec. 301.
Dated: October 31, 2014.
Cornelia S. Orr,
Executive Director, National Assessment Governing Board (NAGB), U.S.
Department of Education.
[FR Doc. 2014-26249 Filed 11-4-14; 8:45 am]
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