69814 Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 225 / Wednesday, November 21, 2012 / Notices 

Abstract: Technical Assistance and 

Continuing Education Centers are 

required to conduct needs assessments 

of state vocational rehabilitation 

agencies and their partners in their 

regions, create workplans to address the 

needs they identify, and evaluate the 

technical assistance and continuing 

education provided to address those 

needs. This guide establishes the 

requirements for, and information to be 

reported about, those activities. 

Dated: November 16, 2012. 

Darrin A. King, 

Director, Information Collection Clearance 

Division, Privacy, Information and Records 

Management Services, Office of Management. 

[FR Doc. 2012–28331 Filed 11–20–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

[Docket No.: ED–2012–ICCD–0057] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Comment Request; National 

Assessment of Educational Progress 

(NAEP) 2014–16 System Clearance 

AGENCY: Department of Education (ED), 

Institute of Education Sciences (IES). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

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

proposing an extension of an existing 

information collection. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before January 

22, 2013. 

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–2012–ICCD–0057 

or via postal mail, commercial delivery, 

or hand delivery. Please note that 

comments submitted by fax or email 

and those submitted after the comment 

period will not be accepted. 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, Room 

2E117, Washington, DC 20202–4537. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Electronically mail 

ICDocketMgr@ed.gov. Please do not 

send comments here. 

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: National 

Assessment of Educational Progress 

(NAEP) 2014–16 System Clearance. 

OMB Control Number: 1850–0790. 

Type of Review: Revision of an 

existing information collection. 

Respondents/Affected Public: State, 

Local, or Tribal Governments. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 1,609,126. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 758,329. 

Abstract: The National Center for 

Education Statistics is requesting a three 

year generic system clearance for the 

National Assessment of Education 

Progress (NAEP) to be administered in 

the 2014–2016 timeframe. The primary 

reason for the system clearance request 

is that it enables NAEP to meet its large 

and complex assessment reporting 

schedules and deliverables through a 

more efficient clearance process. NAEP 

is a federally authorized survey of 

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 

Assessment of Educational Progress 

Authorization Act (Pub. L. 107–279 

Title III, section 303) requires the 

assessment to collect data on specified 

student groups and characteristics, 

including information organized by 

race/ethnicity, gender, socio-economic 

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 

that is related to academic achievement 

and aids in fair reporting of results. The 

intent of the law is to provide 

representative sample data on student 

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. 

Dated: November 16, 2012. 

Darrin A. King, 

Director, Information Collection Clearance 

Division, Privacy, Information and Records 

Management Services, Office of Management. 

[FR Doc. 2012–28332 Filed 11–20–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

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. 

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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