[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 20 (Tuesday, January 30, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3011-3012]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-1727]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
National Assessment Governing Board
AGENCY: National Assessment Governing Board; Education.
ACTION: Notice of Teleconference meeting.
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SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the schedule and proposed agenda of a
forthcoming 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.
DATES: February 2, 1996.
TIME: 1:00 p.m.-2:30 p.m. (e.s.t.).
LOCATION: 800 North Capitol Street, NW, Suite 825, 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).
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.
The Executive Committee of the National Assessment Governing Board
will meet February 2, 1996 from 1:00
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p.m. until 2:30 p.m. Because this is a teleconference meeting,
facilities will be provided so the public will have access to the
Committee's deliberations. The Committee will review and approve the
agenda for the March meeting of the Board; review progress of Planning
Initiative; discuss priorities for 1997 and 1998 assessments, and plans
for the release of the 1996 math report.
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: January 25, 1996.
Roy Truby,
Executive Director, National Assessment Governing Board.
[FR Doc. 96-1727 Filed 1-29-96; 8:45 am]
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