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National Assessment Governing Board
Quarterly Board Meeting
National Assessment
Governing Board, U.S. Department of
Education.
ACTION: Announcement of open and
closed meetings.
AGENCY:
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March 3–5, 2016 Committee Meetings
The Board’s standing committees will
meet to conduct regularly scheduled
work, based on agenda items planned
for this quarterly Board meeting, and
follow-up items as reported in the
Board’s committee meeting minutes
available at https://nagb.gov/what-we-do/
board-committee-reports-andagendas.html.
Detailed Meeting Agenda: March 3–5,
2016
This notice sets forth the
agenda for the March 3–5, 2016
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:
• March 3, 2016 from 2:30 p.m. to
6:00 p.m.
• March 4, 2016 from 8:30 a.m. to
5:00 p.m.
• March 5, 2016 from 7:30 a.m. to
12:00 p.m.
ADDRESSES: Hilton Arlington, 950
Stafford Street, Arlington, VA 22203.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Munira Mwalimu, Executive Officer/
Designated Federal Official, 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
SUMMARY:
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 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.
March 3: Inside NAEP: Taking the
NAEP Technology and Engineering
Literacy Assessment: Closed Session:
2:30 p.m.–4:00 p.m.
March 3: Executive Committee:
Closed Session: 4:30 p.m.–5:20 p.m.;
Open Session: 5:20 p.m.–6:00 p.m.
March 4: Full Board Meeting
Full Board: Open Session: 8:30 a.m.–
10:00 a.m.; Closed Session: 1:00 p.m.–
2:30 p.m.; Open Session 3:00 p.m.–5:00
p.m.
March 4: Committee Meetings
Reporting and Dissemination
Committee (R&D): Open Session 10:15
a.m.–12:00 p.m.; Closed Session 12:05
p.m.–12:35 p.m.; Open Session 12:35
p.m. –12:45 p.m.
Assessment Development Committee
(ADC): Open Session: 10:15 a.m.–10:50
a.m.; Closed Session: 10:50 a.m.–12:45
p.m.
Committee on Standards, Design and
Methodology (COSDAM): Open Session:
10:15 a.m.–11:20 a.m.; Closed Session:
11:20 a.m.–12:25 p.m.; Open Session:
12:25 p.m.–12:45 p.m.
March 5: Full Board and Committee
Meetings
Nominations Committee: Closed
Session: 7:30 a.m.–8:15 a.m.
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Full Board: Closed Session: 8:30 a.m.–
8:50 a.m.; Open Session: 8:50 a.m.–
10:45 a.m.; Closed Session: 11:00 a.m.–
12:00 p.m.
On March 3, 2016, the Board will
meet in closed session from 2:30 p.m.–
4:00 p.m. to take the 2014 NAEP
Technology and Engineering Literacy
(TEL) assessment for grade 8. Board
members will access secure NAEP TEL
items used in the 2014 TEL assessment.
This part of the meeting must be
conducted in closed session because the
test items are secure and have not been
released to the public. Public disclosure
of the secure TEL items would
significantly impede implementation of
the NAEP assessment program if
conducted in open session. Such
matters are protected by exemption 9(B)
of section 552b of title 5 U.S.C.
Thereafter, the Executive Committee
will convene in closed session from 4:30
p.m. to 5:20 p.m., and in open session
to conduct regularly scheduled work
from 5:20 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. During the
closed session, the Executive Committee
will receive and discuss cost estimates
and implications for implementing
NAEP’s Assessment Schedule through
2024. This 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 March 4, 2016, the Full Board will
meet in open session from 8:30 a.m. to
10:00 a.m. The Board will review and
approve the March 3–5, 2016 Board
meeting agenda and meeting minutes
from the November 2015 Quarterly
Board meeting. This session will be
followed by new Board member
introductions and administration of the
Oath of Office for new members. The
Chairman will then deliver remarks on
the Salzburg Global Seminar. Thereafter
the Executive Director of the Governing
Board, William Bushaw, will provide
his report, followed by an update on the
work of IES provided by Ruth Neild,
Deputy Director for Policy and
Research, IES. The NCES update will be
provided by the Acting Commissioner of
NCES, Peggy Carr. The Board will recess
for committee meetings at 10:00 a.m.
which are scheduled to take place from
10:15 a.m. to 12:45 p.m.
The Reporting and Dissemination
(R&D) Committee will meet in open
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session from 10:15 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
and in closed session from 12:05 p.m. to
12:35 p.m. and thereafter in open
session from 12:35 p.m. to 12:45 p.m.
During the closed session, the
Committee will preview and discuss a
prototype of the Web site that will host
results of the 12th grade NAEP reading
and mathematics assessments. The data
from these assessments have not been
released and will not be released until
a month after the Board meeting. This
session must be closed because the Web
site will display secure data that have
not been released to the public and
members will discuss the secure data.
Disclosure of the secure data would
significantly impede implementation of
the NAEP assessment program if
conducted in open session. Such
matters are protected by exemption 9(B)
of section 552b of title 5 U.S.C.
The Assessment Development
Committee (ADC) will meet open
session from 10:15 a.m. to 10:50 a.m.,
and in two closed sessions from 10:50
a.m. to 12:45 p.m. During the first
closed session, scheduled from 10:50
a.m. to 12:00 p.m., the ADC will review
secure NAEP test questions in grades 4
and 8 for the 2019 Mathematics pilot
assessment. These test questions have
not been released to the public.
Disclosure of the secure data would
significantly impede implementation of
the NAEP assessment program if
conducted in open session. Such
matters are protected by exemption 9(B)
of section 552b of title 5 U.S.C.
During the second closed session
scheduled from 12:00 p.m. to 12:45 p.m.
ADC will receive an embargoed briefing
on NAEP’s transition to digital-based
assessment (DBA). The briefing will
include secure data from the 2015 DBA
pilot in Reading and Mathematics,
which have not been publicly released.
The briefing will also include secure
NAEP test questions in Reading and
Mathematics at grades 4 and 8. This
meeting is being conducted in closed
session because the data have not been
released to the public. Public disclosure
of the secure data would significantly
impede implementation of the NAEP
assessment program if conducted in
open session. Such matters are
protected by exemption 9(B) of section
552b of title 5 U.S.C.
On Friday March 4, 2016, the
Committee on Standards, Design and
Methodology (COSDAM) will meet in
open session from 10:15 a.m. to 11:20
a.m. in closed session from 11:20 a.m.
to 12:25 p.m. and in open session from
12:25 p.m. to 12:45 p.m. During the first
part of the closed session (11:20 a.m. to
12:05 p.m.), COSDAM will discuss
information regarding analyses of the
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2015 bridge studies for paper-and-pencil
and digital-based assessments, and
discuss secure NAEP Reading and
Mathematics data. This part of the
meeting must be conducted in closed
session because the analysis involves
the use of secure data for the NAEP
Reading and Mathematics assessments
on digital-based platforms. Public
disclosure of secure data would
significantly impede implementation of
the NAEP assessment program if
conducted in open session. Such
matters are protected by exemption 9(B)
of section 552b of title 5 U.S.C.
During the second part of the closed
session from 12:05 p.m. to 12:25 p.m.,
COSDAM will discuss requirements for
an upcoming procurement to set
achievement levels on the 2017 grade 4
Writing assessment. Public disclosure of
procurement sensitive data would
provide an unfair advantage to potential
offerors, and significantly impede
implementation of the NAEP assessment
program if conducted in open session.
Such matters are protected by
exemption 9(B) of section 552b of title
5 U.S.C.
Following the committee meetings, on
March 4, the full Board will meet in
closed session from 1:00 p.m. to 2:30
p.m. to receive a briefing and discuss
the 2014 NAEP Technology and
Engineering Literacy (TEL) Report Card
for Grade 8. Results of the TEL
assessment have not been released to
the public. Premature disclosure of the
results would significantly impede
implementation of the NAEP assessment
program if conducted in open session.
Such matters are protected by
exemption 9(B) of 552b of title 5 U.S.C.
On March 4, 2016, from 3:00 p.m. to
4:00 p.m., the Board will meet in open
session to receive a briefing on STEM
perspectives from the Frameworks
Institute. This session will then be
followed by a briefing and discussion
with Hill staff on legislative matters as
they pertain to education policy issues
and NAEP. The March 4, 2016 session
of the Board meeting will adjourn at
5:00 p.m.
On March 5, 2016, the Nominations
Committee will meet in closed session
from 7:30 a.m. to 8:15 a.m. to discuss
the final slate of candidates for Board
vacancies for terms beginning on
October 1, 2016. The Nominations
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.
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On March 5, 2016, the full Board will
meet in closed session from 8:30 a.m. to
8:50 a.m. to discuss the final slate of
candidates for Board vacancies for terms
beginning October 1, 2016. The Board’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.
Following this closed session, the full
Board will meet in open session from
8:50 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. to take action on
the slate of candidates for the 2016
Board vacancies. From 9:15 a.m. to 9:45
a.m. the Board will receive committee
reports and take action on the New Trial
Urban Districts for 2017 and on the TEL
Release Plan for Grade 8. Thereafter,
from 9:45 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. the Board
will receive an update and discuss the
Governing Board’s Strategic Planning
Initiative.
The Board will meet in closed session
on March 5, 2016 from 11:00 a.m. to
12:00 p.m. to receive a briefing and
discuss the 2015 NAEP Reading and
Mathematics Report Cards for Grade 12.
This meeting must be conducted in
closed session because results of this
assessment have not been released to
the public. Public disclosure of test
results would significantly impede
implementation of the NAEP assessment
program if conducted in open session.
Such matters are protected by
exemption 9(B) of section 552b of title
5 U.S.C.
The March 5, 2016 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 Thursday,
March 4, 2016 by 7:00 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.
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Authority: Pub. L. 107–279, Title III—
National Assessment of Educational Progress
section 301.
Dated: February 11, 2016.
William J. Bushaw,
Executive Director, National Assessment
Governing Board, U.S. Department of
Education.
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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 March 3-5, 2016
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:
March 3, 2016 from 2:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
March 4, 2016 from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
March 5, 2016 from 7:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
ADDRESSES: Hilton Arlington, 950 Stafford Street, Arlington, VA 22203.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Munira Mwalimu, Executive Officer/
Designated Federal Official, 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 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.
March 3-5, 2016 Committee Meetings
The Board's standing committees will meet to conduct regularly
scheduled work, based on agenda items planned for this quarterly Board
meeting, and follow-up items as reported in the Board's committee
meeting minutes available at https://nagb.gov/what-we-do/board-committee-reports-and-agendas.html.
Detailed Meeting Agenda: March 3-5, 2016
March 3: Inside NAEP: Taking the NAEP Technology and Engineering
Literacy Assessment: Closed Session: 2:30 p.m.-4:00 p.m.
March 3: Executive Committee: Closed Session: 4:30 p.m.-5:20 p.m.;
Open Session: 5:20 p.m.-6:00 p.m.
March 4: Full Board Meeting
Full Board: Open Session: 8:30 a.m.-10:00 a.m.; Closed Session:
1:00 p.m.-2:30 p.m.; Open Session 3:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m.
March 4: Committee Meetings
Reporting and Dissemination Committee (R&D): Open Session 10:15
a.m.-12:00 p.m.; Closed Session 12:05 p.m.-12:35 p.m.; Open Session
12:35 p.m. -12:45 p.m.
Assessment Development Committee (ADC): Open Session: 10:15 a.m.-
10:50 a.m.; Closed Session: 10:50 a.m.-12:45 p.m.
Committee on Standards, Design and Methodology (COSDAM): Open
Session: 10:15 a.m.-11:20 a.m.; Closed Session: 11:20 a.m.-12:25 p.m.;
Open Session: 12:25 p.m.-12:45 p.m.
March 5: 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.-8:50 a.m.; Open Session: 8:50
a.m.-10:45 a.m.; Closed Session: 11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
On March 3, 2016, the Board will meet in closed session from 2:30
p.m.-4:00 p.m. to take the 2014 NAEP Technology and Engineering
Literacy (TEL) assessment for grade 8. Board members will access secure
NAEP TEL items used in the 2014 TEL assessment. This part of the
meeting must be conducted in closed session because the test items are
secure and have not been released to the public. Public disclosure of
the secure TEL items would significantly impede implementation of the
NAEP assessment program if conducted in open session. Such matters are
protected by exemption 9(B) of section 552b of title 5 U.S.C.
Thereafter, the Executive Committee will convene in closed session
from 4:30 p.m. to 5:20 p.m., and in open session to conduct regularly
scheduled work from 5:20 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. During the closed session,
the Executive Committee will receive and discuss cost estimates and
implications for implementing NAEP's Assessment Schedule through 2024.
This 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 March 4, 2016, the Full Board will meet in open session from
8:30 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. The Board will review and approve the March 3-
5, 2016 Board meeting agenda and meeting minutes from the November 2015
Quarterly Board meeting. This session will be followed by new Board
member introductions and administration of the Oath of Office for new
members. The Chairman will then deliver remarks on the Salzburg Global
Seminar. Thereafter the Executive Director of the Governing Board,
William Bushaw, will provide his report, followed by an update on the
work of IES provided by Ruth Neild, Deputy Director for Policy and
Research, IES. The NCES update will be provided by the Acting
Commissioner of NCES, Peggy Carr. The Board will recess for committee
meetings at 10:00 a.m. which are scheduled to take place from 10:15
a.m. to 12:45 p.m.
The Reporting and Dissemination (R&D) Committee will meet in open
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session from 10:15 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and in closed session from 12:05
p.m. to 12:35 p.m. and thereafter in open session from 12:35 p.m. to
12:45 p.m. During the closed session, the Committee will preview and
discuss a prototype of the Web site that will host results of the 12th
grade NAEP reading and mathematics assessments. The data from these
assessments have not been released and will not be released until a
month after the Board meeting. This session must be closed because the
Web site will display secure data that have not been released to the
public and members will discuss the secure data. Disclosure of the
secure data would significantly impede implementation of the NAEP
assessment program if conducted in open session. Such matters are
protected by exemption 9(B) of section 552b of title 5 U.S.C.
The Assessment Development Committee (ADC) will meet open session
from 10:15 a.m. to 10:50 a.m., and in two closed sessions from 10:50
a.m. to 12:45 p.m. During the first closed session, scheduled from
10:50 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., the ADC will review secure NAEP test
questions in grades 4 and 8 for the 2019 Mathematics pilot assessment.
These test questions have not been released to the public. Disclosure
of the secure data would significantly impede implementation of the
NAEP assessment program if conducted in open session. Such matters are
protected by exemption 9(B) of section 552b of title 5 U.S.C.
During the second closed session scheduled from 12:00 p.m. to 12:45
p.m. ADC will receive an embargoed briefing on NAEP's transition to
digital-based assessment (DBA). The briefing will include secure data
from the 2015 DBA pilot in Reading and Mathematics, which have not been
publicly released. The briefing will also include secure NAEP test
questions in Reading and Mathematics at grades 4 and 8. This meeting is
being conducted in closed session because the data have not been
released to the public. Public disclosure of the secure data would
significantly impede implementation of the NAEP assessment program if
conducted in open session. Such matters are protected by exemption 9(B)
of section 552b of title 5 U.S.C.
On Friday March 4, 2016, the Committee on Standards, Design and
Methodology (COSDAM) will meet in open session from 10:15 a.m. to 11:20
a.m. in closed session from 11:20 a.m. to 12:25 p.m. and in open
session from 12:25 p.m. to 12:45 p.m. During the first part of the
closed session (11:20 a.m. to 12:05 p.m.), COSDAM will discuss
information regarding analyses of the 2015 bridge studies for paper-
and-pencil and digital-based assessments, and discuss secure NAEP
Reading and Mathematics data. This part of the meeting must be
conducted in closed session because the analysis involves the use of
secure data for the NAEP Reading and Mathematics assessments on
digital-based platforms. Public disclosure of secure data would
significantly impede implementation of the NAEP assessment program if
conducted in open session. Such matters are protected by exemption 9(B)
of section 552b of title 5 U.S.C.
During the second part of the closed session from 12:05 p.m. to
12:25 p.m., COSDAM will discuss requirements for an upcoming
procurement to set achievement levels on the 2017 grade 4 Writing
assessment. Public disclosure of procurement sensitive data would
provide an unfair advantage to potential offerors, and significantly
impede implementation of the NAEP assessment program if conducted in
open session. Such matters are protected by exemption 9(B) of section
552b of title 5 U.S.C.
Following the committee meetings, on March 4, the full Board will
meet in closed session from 1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. to receive a
briefing and discuss the 2014 NAEP Technology and Engineering Literacy
(TEL) Report Card for Grade 8. Results of the TEL assessment have not
been released to the public. Premature disclosure of the results would
significantly impede implementation of the NAEP assessment program if
conducted in open session. Such matters are protected by exemption 9(B)
of 552b of title 5 U.S.C.
On March 4, 2016, from 3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m., the Board will meet
in open session to receive a briefing on STEM perspectives from the
Frameworks Institute. This session will then be followed by a briefing
and discussion with Hill staff on legislative matters as they pertain
to education policy issues and NAEP. The March 4, 2016 session of the
Board meeting will adjourn at 5:00 p.m.
On March 5, 2016, the Nominations Committee will meet in closed
session from 7:30 a.m. to 8:15 a.m. to discuss the final slate of
candidates for Board vacancies for terms beginning on October 1, 2016.
The Nominations 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 March 5, 2016, the full Board will meet in closed session from
8:30 a.m. to 8:50 a.m. to discuss the final slate of candidates for
Board vacancies for terms beginning October 1, 2016. The Board'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.
Following this closed session, the full Board will meet in open
session from 8:50 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. to take action on the slate of
candidates for the 2016 Board vacancies. From 9:15 a.m. to 9:45 a.m.
the Board will receive committee reports and take action on the New
Trial Urban Districts for 2017 and on the TEL Release Plan for Grade 8.
Thereafter, from 9:45 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. the Board will receive an
update and discuss the Governing Board's Strategic Planning Initiative.
The Board will meet in closed session on March 5, 2016 from 11:00
a.m. to 12:00 p.m. to receive a briefing and discuss the 2015 NAEP
Reading and Mathematics Report Cards for Grade 12. This meeting must be
conducted in closed session because results of this assessment have not
been released to the public. Public disclosure of test results would
significantly impede implementation of the NAEP assessment program if
conducted in open session. Such matters are protected by exemption 9(B)
of section 552b of title 5 U.S.C.
The March 5, 2016 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
Thursday, March 4, 2016 by 7:00 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.
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Authority: Pub. L. 107-279, Title III--National Assessment of
Educational Progress section 301.
Dated: February 11, 2016.
William J. Bushaw,
Executive Director, National Assessment Governing Board, U.S.
Department of Education.
[FR Doc. 2016-03343 Filed 2-17-16; 8:45 am]
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