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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]
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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
Department of Education (ED),
Institute of Education Sciences (IES).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

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.
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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.

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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

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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.
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
National Assessment Governing
Board; Meeting
U.S. Department of Education,
National Assessment Governing Board.
ACTION: Notice of open and closed
meeting sessions.
AGENCY:

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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