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Congress on program implementation 

and performance outcomes, the MSAP 

APR collects the raw data from grantees 

in a consistent format to calculate these 

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Dated: February 9, 2015. 

Tomakie Washington, 

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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. 

SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the 

agenda for the March 5–7, 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: 

March 5, 2015 from 11:30 a.m. to 6:00 

p.m.; March 6, 2015 from 8:30 a.m. to 

5:00 p.m.; March 7, 2015 from 7:30 a.m. 

to 12:00 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The Westin Crystal City, 

1800 Jefferson Davis Highway, 

Arlington, VA 22202. 

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: March 5– 

March 7, 2015 

March 5: Committee Meetings 

Assessment Literacy Work Group: Open 

Session: 11:30 a.m.—4:00 p.m. 

Executive Committee: Open Session: 

4:30 p.m.–5:00 p.m.; Closed Session: 

5:00 p.m.–5:55 p.m.; Open Session: 

5:55 p.m.–6:00 p.m. 

March 6: 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.– 

3:30 p.m.; Closed Session 3:45 p.m.– 

4:45 p.m.; Open Session 4:45 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.– 

11:30 p.m.; Closed Session: 11:30 

a.m.–12:30 p.m. 

March 7: 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.– 

12:00 p.m. 

On March 5, 2015, from 11:30 a.m. to 

4:00 p.m., the Assessment Literacy 

Work Group will meet in open session 

to discuss assessment literacy strategies 

and timelines related to their work on 

supporting a better understanding of 

educational tests among parents, 

students, policy makers, and members 

of the general public. 

The Board’s Executive Committee will 

convene in open session on March 5, 

2015 from 4:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. to 

review and discuss the March 6–7, 2015 

Board meeting agenda, receive updates 

on the Executive Director recruitment 

process, NAEP budget, and 

reauthorization. 

Following this session, the Executive 

Committee will meet in closed session 

from 5:00 p.m. to 5:55 p.m. to receive 

and discuss cost estimates on various 

options for implementing NAEP for 

2014–2024 based on the President’s FY 

2016 budget request. 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 section 552b of Title 

5 U.S.C. 

The Executive Committee will then 

meet in open session from 5:55 p.m. to 

6:00 p.m. to take action on the NAEP 

Schedule of Assessments. 

On March 6, 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 March 6–7, 2015 Board 

meeting agenda and meeting minutes 

from the November 21–22, 2014 

Quarterly Board meeting. This session 

will be followed by the Chairman’s 

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 work and policy matters. 

The Assessment Development 

Committee will meet in open session 

from 10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. to discuss 

ongoing work and in closed session 

from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. During the 

closed session, the Committee will 

receive a briefing on transitioning NAEP 

to digital based assessments. The 

briefing will be in-depth, with 

discussion of secure NAEP U.S. history, 

civics, and geography test questions at 

grades 8 and 12 and how those 

questions will be transitioned from a 

paper-and-pencil format to a digitalbased platform for the 2018 NAEP 

operational assessment. This part of the 

meeting must be conducted in closed 

session because the items are to be used 

in NAEP assessments; public disclosure 


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of secure test items 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. 

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 and discuss the NAEP 

2012 grade 8 civics, geography, and U.S. 

history report cards. This part of the 

meeting must be conducted in closed 

session because results of these NAEP 

assessments have been embargoed and 

are not ready for public release. Public 

disclosure of this information would 

likely have an adverse technical and 

financial impact on the NAEP program. 

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 March 6, 2015 from 2:00 p.m. to 

3:30 p.m., the Board will meet in open 

session to receive a briefing and discuss 

the NAEP Assessment of English 

Language Learners. 

Thereafter, the Board will meet in 

closed session from 3:45 p.m. to 4:45 

p.m. to review and discuss independent 

government costs estimates for subjects 

to be assessed under the proposed 

NAEP Schedule of Assessments. 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 digitalbased assessments, which will impact 

the NAEP schedule from 2016–2024. 

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 § 552b of 

Title 5 U.S.C. 

Following this closed session, from 

4:45 p.m. to 5:00 p.m., the Board will 

meet in open session to take action on 

the NAEP Schedule of Assessments. The 

March 6, 2015 session will adjourn at 

5:00 p.m. 

On March 7, 2015, 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 § 552b(c) of Title 

5 of the United States Code. 

On March 7, 2015, the Board will 

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

8:50 a.m. to receive a briefing from the 

Nominations Committee on proposed 

candidates for Board vacancies for the 

October 1, 2015 Board term. These 

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 § 552b(c) of Title 5 of the 

United States Code. 

From 8:50 a.m. to 9:00 a.m., the Board 

will take action on the proposed 2015 

slate of finalists for the eight Board 

positions. 

From 9:15 a.m. to 10:30 a.m., the 

Board will discuss a strategic planning 

initiative in open session. Following 

this session, from 10:45 a.m. to 12:00 

p.m. the Board will receive reports from 

the standing committees and the 

Assessment Literacy Work Group. The 

Board will take action on committee 

recommendations to include action on a 

proposed release plan for the 2014 

NAEP Report Cards in civics, 

geography, and U.S. history. 

From 11:45 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., the 

Board will preview plans for the 

upcoming May 2015 quarterly Board 

meeting. The March 7, 2015 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, 

March 6, 2015 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. 

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Authority: Public Law 107–279, Title III— 

National Assessment of Educational Progress 

§ 301. 

Dated: February 9, 2015. 

Munira Mwalimu, 

Executive Officer, National Assessment 

Governing Board (NAGB), U.S. Department 

of Education. 

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BILLING CODE P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Extension of Public Comment Period, 

Draft Environmental Impact Statement 

for the Plains & Eastern Clean Line 

Transmission Project 

AGENCY: Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Extension of public comment 

period. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Energy (DOE) published a notice of 

availability and public hearing on 

December 17, 2014 and a correction on 

December 29, 2014 that provided for a 

comment period ending March 19, 2015. 

DOE is extending the public comment 

period for the Draft Environmental 

Impact Statement for the Plains & 

Eastern Clean Line Transmission Project 

(DOE/EIS–0486) to April 20, 2015. 

DATES: DOE extends the public 

comment period to April 20, 2015. 

Comments submitted to DOE 

concerning the Plains & Eastern EIS 

prior to this announcement do not need 

to be resubmitted as a result of this 

extension of the comment period. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments on the 

Draft EIS may be provided on the EIS 


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