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Delegation of Authority: The Secretary 

of Education has delegated authority to 

Jamienne S. Studley, Deputy Under 

Secretary, to perform the functions and 

duties of the Assistant Secretary for 

Postsecondary Education. 

Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1011c. 

Jamienne S. Studley, 

Deputy Under Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2015–09978 Filed 4–28–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

[Docket No.: ED–2015–ICCD–0018] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget for Review 

and Approval; Comment Request; 

Middle Grades Longitudinal Study of 

2016–2017 (MGLS: 2017) Recruitment 

for Item Validation and Operational 

Field Tests 

AGENCY: Institute of Education Sciences/ 

National Center for Education Statistics 

(IES), Department of Education (ED). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. chapter 3501 et seq.), ED is 

proposing a reinstatement of a 

previously approved information 

collection. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before May 29, 

2015. 

ADDRESSES: Comments submitted in 

response to this notice should be 

submitted electronically through the 

Federal eRulemaking Portal at http://

www.regulations.gov by selecting 

Docket ID number ED–2015–ICCD–0018 

or via postal mail, commercial delivery, 

or hand delivery. If the regulations.gov 

site is not available to the public for any 

reason, ED will temporarily accept 

comments at ICDocketMgr@ed.gov. 

Please note that comments submitted by 

fax or email and those submitted after 

the comment period will not be 

accepted; ED will ONLY accept 

comments during the comment period 

in this mailbox when the regulations.gov 

site is not available. Written requests for 

information or comments submitted by 

postal mail or delivery should be 

addressed to the Director of the 

Information Collection Clearance 

Division, U.S. Department of Education, 

400 Maryland Avenue SW., LBJ, 

Mailstop L–OM–2–2E319, Room 2E105, 

Washington, DC 20202. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

specific questions related to collection 

activities, please contact Kashka 

Kubzdela, 202–502–7411. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Department of Education (ED), in 

accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) (44 U.S.C. 

3506(c)(2)(A)), provides the general 

public and Federal agencies with an 

opportunity to comment on proposed, 

revised, and continuing collections of 

information. This helps the Department 

assess the impact of its information 

collection requirements and minimize 

the public’s reporting burden. It also 

helps the public understand the 

Department’s information collection 

requirements and provide the requested 

data in the desired format. ED is 

soliciting comments on the proposed 

information collection request (ICR) that 

is described below. The Department of 

Education is especially interested in 

public comment addressing the 

following issues: (1) Is this collection 

necessary to the proper functions of the 

Department; (2) will this information be 

processed and used in a timely manner; 

(3) is the estimate of burden accurate; 

(4) how might the Department enhance 

the quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and (5) how 

might the Department minimize the 

burden of this collection on the 

respondents, including through the use 

of information technology. Please note 

that written comments received in 

response to this notice will be 

considered public records. 

Title of Collection: Middle Grades 

Longitudinal Study of 2016–2017 

(MGLS: 2017) Recruitment for Item 

Validation and Operational Field Tests. 

OMB Control Number: 1850–0911. 

Type of Review: A reinstatement of a 

previously approved information 

collection. 

Respondents/Affected Public: 

Individuals or Households. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 8,128. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 1,794. 

Abstract: The Middle Grades 

Longitudinal Study of 2016–2017 

(MGLS:2017) is the first study 

sponsored by the National Center for 

Education Statistics (NCES), within the 

Institute of Education Sciences (IES) of 

the U.S. Department of Education (ED), 

to follow a nationally-representative 

sample of students as they enter and 

move through the middle grades (grades 

6–8). The data collected through 

repeated measures of key constructs will 

provide a rich descriptive picture of the 

academic experiences and development 

of students during these critical years 

and will allow researchers to examine 

associations between contextual factors 

and student outcomes. The study will 

focus on student achievement in 

mathematics and literacy along with 

measures of student socioemotional 

wellbeing and other outcomes. The 

study will also include a special sample 

of students with different types of 

disabilities that will provide descriptive 

information on their outcomes, 

educational experiences, and special 

education services. Baseline data for the 

MGLS:2017 will be collected from a 

nationally-representative sample of 6th 

grade students in winter of 2017 with 

annual follow-ups in winter 2018 and 

winter 2019 when most of the students 

in the sample will be in grades 7 and 8, 

respectively. This request is to contact 

and recruit public school districts and 

public and private schools to participate 

in the winter 2016 concurrent item 

validation and operational field tests for 

the MGLS: 2017. The primary purpose 

of the Item Validation Field Test is to 

determine the psychometric properties 

of items and the predictive potential of 

assessment and survey items so that 

valid, reliable, and useful assessment 

and survey instruments can be 

composed for the main study. The 

primary purposes of the Operational 

Field Test are to obtain information on 

recruiting, particularly for the targeted 

disability groups; on obtaining a 

tracking sample that can be used to 

study mobility patterns in subsequent 

years; and on administrative 

procedures. 

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Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 82 / Wednesday, April 29, 2015 / Notices 23791 

Dated: April 23, 2015. 

Stephanie Valentine, 

Acting Director, Information Collection 

Clearance Division, Office of the Chief Privacy 

Officer, Office of Management. 

[FR Doc. 2015–09946 Filed 4–28–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01P 

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. 

SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the 

agenda for the May 14–16, 2015 

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: 

• May 14, 2015 from 11:30 a.m. to 5:45 

p.m. 

• May 15, 2015 from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 

p.m. 

• May 16, 2015 from 7:30 a.m. to 11:00 

a.m. 

ADDRESSES: 

May 14: Assessment Development 

Committee—Hotel Indigo: 400 Brown 

Street, Columbus, Indiana 

May 14: Executive Committee— 

Columbus Visitor’s Center, 501 5th 

Street, Columbus, Indiana 

May 15: Full Board: The Commons, 300 

Washington Street, Columbus, 

Indiana. 

Committee Meetings: 

May 15: Assessment Development 

Committee—The Commons 

May 15: Committee on Standards, 

Design and Methodology: Zaharakos, 

329 Washington Street, Columbus, 

Indiana. 

May 15: Reporting and Dissemination 

Committee—Columbus Visitors 

Center 

May 16: Nominations Committee—The 

Commons 

May 16: Full Board—The Commons 

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 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: May 14–16, 

2015 

May 14: Committee Meetings 

Assessment Development Committee: 

Open Session: 11:30 a.m.–3:00 p.m. 

Executive Committee: Open Session: 

4:30 p.m.–5:00 p.m.; Closed Session: 

5:00 p.m.–5:45 p.m. 

May 15: Full Board and Committee 

Meetings 

Full Board: Open Session: 8:30 a.m.– 

9:45 a.m.; Open Session 1:00 p.m.– 

5:00 p.m. 

Committee Meetings 

Assessment Development Committee 

(ADC): Open Session: 10:15 a.m.– 

12:30 p.m. 

Reporting and Dissemination Committee 

(R&D): Open Session: 10:15 a.m.– 

12:30 p.m. 

Committee on Standards, Design and 

Methodology (COSDAM): Open 

Session: 10:15 a.m.–11:30 a.m.; 

Closed Session: 11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. 

May 16: 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.– 

9:45 a.m. Open Session 10:00 a.m.– 

11:00 a.m. 

On May 14, 2015, from 11:30 a.m. to 

3:00 p.m., the Assessment Development 

Committee will meet in open session to 

review NAEP contextual variables. The 

Executive Committee will convene in 

open session on May 14, 2015 from 4:30 

p.m. to 5:00 p.m. and thereafter in 

closed session from 5:00 p.m. to 5:45 

p.m. During the closed session, the 

Executive Committee will receive and 

discuss cost estimates on various 

options for implementing NAEP’s 

Assessment Schedule for 2014–2024 

and will discuss NAEP’s budgetary 

needs for the President’s FY 2017 

budget. The implications of the cost 

estimates and funds in support of the 

NAEP Assessment Schedule and future 

NAEP activities will also be discussed. 

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 § 552b of Title 5 

U.S.C. 

On May 15, 2015, the full Board will 

meet in open session from 8:30 a.m. to 

9:45 a.m. The Board will review and 

approve the May 15–16, 2015 Board 

meeting agenda and meeting minutes 

from the March 2015 Quarterly Board 

meeting. This session will be followed 

by the Chairman’s remarks and welcome 

remarks from Dale Nowlin, Governing 

Board member and Glenda Ritz, Indiana 

Superintendent of Public Instruction. 

Thereafter, the full Board will receive 

update reports from the Deputy 

Executive Director of the Governing 

Board, the Acting Director of the 

Institute of Education Sciences, and the 

Acting Commissioner of the National 

Center for Education Statistics. The 

Board will recess for Committee 

meetings from 10:15 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. 

The Assessment Development 

Committee and the Reporting and 

Dissemination Committee will meet in 

open sessions from 10:15 a.m. to 12:30 

p.m. The Committee on Standards, 

Design and Methodology (COSDAM) 

will meet in open session from 10:15 

a.m. to 11:30 a.m. and thereafter in 

closed session from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 

p.m. During the closed session 

COSDAM will discuss information 

regarding analyses of the 2014 grade 8 

Technology and Engineering Literacy 

(TEL) assessment, and discuss secure 

NAEP TEL data. This part of the 

meeting must be conducted in closed 

session because the analysis involves 

the use of secure data for the NAEP TEL 

assessment. 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 § 552b of Title 5 

U.S.C. 

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