[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 18 (Tuesday, January 28, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 4082]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-1988]
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NATIONAL EDUCATION GOALS PANEL
Meeting
AGENCY: The National Education Goals Panel.
ACTION: Notice of Meeting.
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SUMMARY: The National Education Goals Panel was established by a Joint
Statement between the President and the Nation's governors dated July
31, 1990. The Panel will determine how to measure and monitor progress
toward achieving the National Education Goals and report to the nation
on the progress toward the Goals.
TENTATIVE AGENDA ITEMS: The agenda for the meeting includes an update
on past, current and prospective Goals Panel work related to early
childhood and the achievement of Goal 1, including presentations of
recent research findings on brain development. It also includes a
report on US and international student achievement in mathematics and
science and their implications as suggested by the recent Third
International Mathematics and Science Study. Speakers will include
Hollywood actor and director Rob Reiner, Harvard Nobel laureate David
Hubel (invited), Chicago Tribune writer Ron Kotulak, Yale's Bush Center
Lynn Kagan, U.S. TIMSS director William Schmidt, and Harvard CPRE co-
director Richard Elmore.
DATES: The National Education Goals Panel meeting is scheduled for
Tuesday, February 4, 1997, 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
ADDRESSES: The J.W. Marriott Hotel, 1331 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW.,
Salon F, Washington, DC 20004.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
The National Education Goals Panel at (202) 632-0952.
Dated: January 23, 1997.
Ken Nelson,
Executive Director.
[FR Doc. 97-1988 Filed 1-27-97; 8:45 am]
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