[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 2 (Friday, January 3, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 400]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-54]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
National Assessment Governing Board; Meeting
AGENCY: National Assessment Governing Board; Education.
ACTION: Notice of closed meeting.
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SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the schedule and proposed agenda of a
forthcoming meeting of the Achievement Levels Committee of the National
Assessment Governing Board. This notice also describes the functions of
the Board. Notice of this meeting is required under Section 10(a)(2) of
the Federal Advisory Committee Act.
DATES: February 10, 1997.
TIME: 7:00 a.m.-2:30 p.m.
LOCATION: The Brown Palace Hotel, 321 Seventeenth Street, Denver,
Colorado.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mary Ann Wilmer, Operations Officer, National Assessment Governing
Board, Suite 825, 800 North Capitol Street, N.W., Washington, D.C.,
20002-4233, Telephone: (202) 357-6938.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The National Assessment Governing Board is
established under section 412 of the National Education Statistics Act
of 1994 (Title IV of the Improving America's Schools Act of 1994),
(Pub. L. 103-382).
The Board is established to formulate policy guidelines for the
National Assessment of Educational Progress. The Board is responsible
for selecting subject areas to be assessed, developing assessment
objectives, identifying appropriate achievement goals for each grade
and subject tested, and establishing standards and procedures for
interstate and national comparisons.
On February 10, 1997, between the hours of 7:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m.
there will be a closed meeting of the Achievement Levels Committee. The
Committee will be reviewing the final data and national consensus
information on the proposed 1996 science achievement levels to prepare
its final recommendations to present to the Executive Committee.
This meeting must be conducted in closed session because premature
disclosure of the information presented for review might significantly
frustrate implementation of a proposed agency action. Such matters are
protected by exemption 9(B) of Section 552b(c) of Title 5 U.S.C.
A summary of the activities of the meeting and related matters,
which are informative to the public, consistent with the policy of 5
U.S.C., 552b, will be available to the public within fourteen days
after the meeting.
Records are kept of all Board proceedings and are available for
public inspection at the U.S. Department of Education, National
Assessment Governing Board, Suite 825, 800 North Capitol Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C., from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Dated: December 30, 1996.
Roy Truby,
Executive Director, National Assessment Governing Board.
[FR Doc. 97-54 Filed 1-2-97; 8:45 am]
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