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as required by 35 U.S.C. 156(d)(5)(B). 

Because the regulatory review period 

will continue beyond the extended 

expiration date of the patent, March 27, 

2021, interim extension of the patent 

term under 35 U.S.C. 156(d)(5) is 

appropriate. 

An interim extension under 35 U.S.C. 

156(d)(5) of the term of U.S. Patent No. 

8,858,612 is granted for a period of one 

year from the extended expiration date 

of the patent. 

Robert Bahr, 

Deputy Commissioner for Patents, United 

States Patent and Trademark Office. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–16–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

National Assessment Governing Board 

Meeting 

AGENCY: National Assessment 

Governing Board, Department of 

Education. 

ACTION: Notice of open and closed 

virtual meetings. 

SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the 

agenda for National Assessment 

Governing Board (hereafter referred to 

as Governing Board) meetings 

scheduled on multiple dates starting on 

March 1, 2021 and ending on March 5, 

2021. This notice provides information 

to members of the public who may be 

interested in accessing the virtual 

meeting and/or providing written 

comments related to the work of the 

Governing Board. Notice of the full 

Board meeting is required under the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(FACA). This notice is being published 

less than 15 days prior to the meeting 

due to delays in finalizing the meeting 

agenda, which was dependent on 

deliberations of the Governing Board’s 

standing committees. This notice is 

being published less than 15 days prior 

to the meeting due to delays in 

finalizing the meeting agenda, which 

was dependent on deliberations of the 

Governing Board’s standing committees. 

Due to the COVID–19 pandemic, there 

were significant delays in scheduling 

the standing committee meetings. 

Standing Committee Meetings 

The Governing Board’s standing 

committees will meet to conduct 

regularly scheduled work on various 

dates from March 1–3, 2021 based on 

ongoing committee agenda topics and 

follow-up activities as reported in the 

Governing Board’s committee meeting 

minutes available at https://

www.nagb.gov/governing-board/ 

quarterly-board-meetings.html. 

Four standing committee meetings 

will convene prior to the March 4–5, 

2021 plenary sessions of the Governing 

Board meeting. Meeting agendas will be 

posted at www.nagb.gov no later than 

February 26, 2021. All meetings are 

convened in Eastern Time. 

Monday, March 1, 2021, Reporting & 

Dissemination Committee, 10:00 

a.m.–12:15 p.m. 

Tuesday, March 2, 2021, Committee on 

Standards, Design & Methodology, 

2:00 p.m.–3:50 p.m. 

Wednesday, March 3, 2021, Executive 

Committee, 11:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m. 

Wednesday, March 3, 2021, Assessment 

Development Committee: 5:15 p.m.– 

7:45 p.m. 

The plenary sessions of the March 4– 

5, 2021 quarterly meeting of the 

Governing Board will be held on the 

following dates and times: 

Thursday, March 4, 2021: Open 

Meeting: 12:15–5:30 p.m. (EST) 

Friday, March 5, 2021: Closed Meetings: 

12:00–1:50 p.m. (EST); Open Meeting: 

1:55–5:30 p.m. 

March 4, 2021: Open Meeting: 

On Thursday, March 4, 2021, the 

Governing Board will meet in open 

session from 12:15 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. 

From 12:15 p.m. to 12:30 p.m. Chair 

Haley Barbour will welcome members; 

review and approve the March 4–5, 

2021 quarterly Governing Board meeting 

agenda and approve minutes from the 

November 19–20, 2020 quarterly 

Governing Board meeting. The 

Governing Board will then take action 

on a release plan for the 2019 National 

Assessment of Educational Progress 

(NAEP) Science Report Card. 

From 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. two 

updates on ongoing work will be 

provided. Mark Schneider, Director of 

the Institute of Education Sciences, will 

provide an update and Lesley Muldoon, 

Executive Director of the Governing 

Board, will update the Governing Board 

ongoing work. 

From 1:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. the 

Governing Board will discuss if and 

how NAEP can play a role in national 

conversations and actions to create more 

equitable outcomes for students. This 

discussion will be led by a panel of 

experts who will reflect on 

recommendations developed by a 

Committee convened by the National 

Academies of Sciences, Engineering, 

and Medicine on Developing Indicators 

of Educational Equity. 

After a 15-minute break, from 3:15 

p.m. to 5:30 p.m. the Governing Board 

will convene a symposium on Reading 

Comprehension in Large-Scale 

Assessment. The symposium will be 

moderated by Patrick Kelly, Governing 

Board member, and include the 

participation of several reading experts. 

The March 4, 2021 session of the 

Governing Board meeting will adjourn 

at 5:30 p.m. 

March 5, 2021: Closed Meetings: 

On Friday, March 5, 2021, the 

Governing Board meeting will convene 

in two closed sessions from 12:00 p.m. 

to 1:50 p.m. Eastern Time. 

During the first closed session 

convened from 12:00 p.m. to 12:30 p.m. 

the Governing Board will receive a 

briefing from the Nominations 

Committee on its recommendations for 

candidates to fill board vacancies. The 

Governing Board will review the 

recommendations for the final slate of 

candidates for submission to the 

Secretary of Education for appointments 

that begin October 1, 2021. These 

discussions pertain solely to internal 

personnel rules and practices of an 

agency and information of a personal 

nature where disclosure would 

constitute a clearly unwarranted 

invasion of personal privacy. As such, 

the discussions are protected by 

exemptions 2 and 6 of § 552b(c) of Title 

5 of the United States Code. The 

Governing Board will take a short break 

to transition to the next closed session. 

On Friday, March 5, 2021, the second 

closed session will take place from 

12:35 p.m. to 1:50 p.m. Peggy Carr, 

Associate Commissioner, National 

Center for Education Statistics, will 

provide a briefing on the NAEP Budget 

and Assessment Schedule. The briefing 

and Governing Board discussions may 

impact current and future NAEP 

contracts and budgets and must be kept 

confidential to maintain the integrity of 

the federal acquisition process. Public 

disclosure of this confidential 

information would significantly impede 

implementation of the NAEP assessment 

program if conducted in open session. 

Such matters are protected by 

exemption 9(B) of § 552b(c) of Title 5 of 

the United States Code. 

The Governing Board will meet in 

open session thereafter, from 1:55 p.m. 

to 5:30 p.m. From 1:55 p.m. to 2:00 

p.m., the Governing Board will discuss 

and take action on two agenda items— 

an updated NAEP Assessment Schedule 

and on finalists for Governing Board 

vacancies for terms that will begin on 

October 1, 2021 for submission to the 

Secretary of Education for consideration 

and appointment. 

From 2:00 p.m. to 3:15 p.m., the 

Governing Board will receive updates 

from two standing Task Forces 

established by the Governing Board— 


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the Council of Chief State School 

Officers State Policy Task Force and the 

Council of Great City Schools Trial 

Urban District Assessment (TUDA) 

Policy Task Force. Following a 15- 

minute break, the Governing Board will 

meet from 3:30 p.m. to 5:25 p.m. to 

receive a briefing on the NAEP Reading 

Framework and engage in policy 

discussions. 

From 5:25 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. the 

Governing Board Chair Haley Barbour 

and Lesley Muldoon, Governing Board 

Executive Director, will discuss next 

steps and provide concluding remarks. 

The March 5, 2021 session of the 

Governing Board meeting will adjourn 

at 5:30 p.m. The Quarterly Board 

meeting and committee meeting 

agendas, together with meeting 

materials shall be posted on the 

Governing Board’s website at 

www.nagb.gov no later than Friday, 

February 26, 2021. Participation in all 

open sessions will be available via 

online registration only at 

www.nagb.gov 5 working days prior to 

each meeting. 

ADDRESSES: Virtual Meetings. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Munira Mwalimu, Executive Officer/ 

Designated Federal Official for the 

Governing Board, 800 North Capitol 

Street NW, Suite 825, Washington, DC 

20002, telephone: (202) 357–6938, fax: 

(202) 357–6945, email: 

Munira.Mwalimu@ed.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Statutory Authority and Function: 

The Governing Board is established 

under the National Assessment of 

Educational Progress Authorization Act, 

Title III of Pub. L. 107–279. Information 

on the Governing Board and its work 

can be found at www.nagb.gov. 

The Governing Board is established to 

formulate policy for the National 

Assessment of Educational Progress 

(NAEP) administered by the National 

Center for Education Statistics (NCES). 

The Governing Board’s responsibilities 

include the following: (1) Selecting 

subject areas to be assessed; (2) 

developing assessment frameworks and 

specifications; (3) developing 

appropriate student achievement levels 

for each grade and subject tested; (4) 

developing standards and procedures 

for interstate and national comparisons; 

(5) improving the form and use of 

NAEP; (6) developing guidelines for 

reporting and disseminating results; and 

(7) releasing initial NAEP results to the 

public. 

Written comments related to the work 

of the Governing Board may be 

submitted electronically or in hard copy 

to the attention of the Executive Officer/ 

Designated Federal Official (see contact 

information noted above). 

Public Participation: The public may 

access and participate in the open 

sessions of the meeting via advance 

registration. A link to the registration 

page will be posted on www.nagb.gov 

five working days prior to each meeting 

date. 

Access to Records of the Meeting: 

Pursuant to FACA requirements, the 

public may also inspect the meeting 

materials at www.nagb.gov five working 

days prior to each meeting. The official 

verbatim transcripts of the public 

meeting sessions will be available for 

public inspection no later than 30 

calendar days following each meeting. 

Reasonable Accommodations: The 

meeting 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 no later than 

ten working days prior to each meeting. 

Electronic Access to this Document: 

The official version of this document is 

the document published in the Federal 

Register. Internet access to the official 

edition of the Federal Register and the 

Code of Federal Regulations is available 

via the Federal Digital System at: 

www.gpo.gov/fdsys. At this site you can 

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). To use PDF, you must 

have Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is 

available free at the Adobe website. You 

may also access documents of the 

Department published in the Federal 

Register by using the article search 

feature at: www.federalregister.gov. 

Specifically, through the advanced 

search feature at this site, you can limit 

your search to documents published by 

the Department. 

Authority: Pub. L. 107–279, Title III— 

National Assessment of Educational Progress 

§ 301. 

Lesley Muldoon, 

Executive Director, National Assessment 

Governing Board (NAGB), U. S. Department 

of Education. 

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BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

[Docket No.: ED–2021–SCC–0028] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget for Review 

and Approval; Comment Request; 

American Indian Tribally Controlled 

Colleges and Universities Program 

AGENCY: Office of Postsecondary 

Education (OPE), Department of 

Education (ED). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ED is 

proposing a reinstatement without 

change of a previously approved 

collection. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before April 1, 

2021. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments and 

recommendations for proposed 

information collection requests should 

be sent within 30 days of publication of 

this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/ 

do/PRAMain. Find this information 

collection request by selecting 

‘‘Department of Education’’ under 

‘‘Currently Under Review,’’ then check 

‘‘Only Show ICR for Public Comment’’ 

checkbox. Comments may also be sent 

to ICDocketmgr@ed.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

specific questions related to collection 

activities, please contact Steve 

Sniegoski, 202–453–7542. 

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 


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