[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 5 (Monday, January 9, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 2383]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 94-375]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
National Assessment Governing Board; Meetings
AGENCY: National Assessment Governing Board; Education.
ACTION: Notice of 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 7, 1995.
TIME: 4:00 P.M. (et).
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).
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 7, 1995 from 4:00 P.M. until 5:00 P.M. Because this
is a teleconference meeting, facilities will be provided so the public
will have access to the Committee's deliberations. The Committees will
meet to conduct the following business: review and approve the March 3-
4, 1995 meeting agenda; hear a report from the NAEP Planning Committee;
and to hold preliminary discussions on plans for the evaluations of the
NAEP Achievement Levels and the State NAEP programs.
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: Jan 3, 1995.
Roy Truby,
Executive Director, National Assessment Governing Board.
[FR Doc. 94-375 Filed 1-6-94; 8:45 am]
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