[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 2 (Friday, January 3, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 400-401]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-55]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
National Assessment Governing Board; Meeting
AGENCY: National Assessment Governing Board; Education.
ACTION: Notice of partially closed teleconference meeting.
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SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the schedule and proposed agenda of a
forthcoming partially closed teleconference meeting of the Executive
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.
This document is intended to notify the general public of their
opportunity to attend.
Date: February 13, 1997.
Time: 1:00-2:00 p.m., (closed); 2:00-3:00 p.m., (open).
Location: National Assessment Governing Board, Suite 825, 800 North
Capitol Street, N.W., Washington, D.C.
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 13, 1997, the Executive Committee will meet via
teleconference in partially closed session. The Committee will meet in
closed session from 1:00-2:00 p.m. to review and discuss the
recommendation from the Achievement Levels Committee regarding the
proposed achievement levels for the 1996 science assessment. This
portion of the 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.
Beginning at 2:00 p.m. until adjournment, 3:00 p.m., the Committee
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will meet in open session to review and approve the agenda for the
Governing Board meeting scheduled for March 6-8, 1997.
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. 97-55 Filed 1-2-97; 8:45 am]
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