[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 228 (Friday, November 27, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65615-65616]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-31581]
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NATIONAL EDUCATION GOALS PANEL
Notice of Meeting/Press Conference/Teleconference
AGENCY: National Education Goals Panel.
ACTION: Notice of Meeting/Press Conference/Teleconference.
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SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the date and location of a forthcoming
meeting of the National Education Goals Panel. This notice also
describes the functions of the Panel.
DATE AND TIME: Thursday, December 10, 1998, 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
ADDRESSES: National Press Club, 529 14th Street, NW, Washington, DC
20045. (Task Force on the Future of the Goals, 8:30 a.m.-10:30 a.m.,
Holeman Lounge; National Education Goals Panel Meeting, 10:30 a.m. to
11:00 a.m., Holeman Lounge; Press Conference, 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.,
Ballroom; Teleconference, 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m., Ballroom.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Ken Nelson, Executive Director, 1255 22nd Street, NW, Suite 502,
Washington, DC 20037. Telephone: (202) 724-0015.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The National Education Goals Panel was
established to monitor, measure and report state and national progress
toward achieving the eight National Education Goals, and report to the
states and the Nation on the progress.
Agenda Items
The meeting of the Panel is open to the public. The National
Education Goals Panel will convene a series of events on December 10 at
the National Press Club. From 8:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. a Task Force and
the Panel will discuss the future of the Goals and the Panel. From
11:00 to 12:00 there will be a press conference announcing the release
of four new reports, Building a Nation of Learners, 1998; Data Volume
for the National Education Goals, 1998; Promising Practices: Progress
Toward the Goals, 1998 and Talking About Tests: An Idea Book for State
Leaders. This year's Goals Report will recognize those states that have
made significant improvement over time and those states which are
highest performing and most improved on the Goals and Indicators. The
Data Volume will provide detailed information about each state's
performance towards attaining the National Education Goals. Promising
Practices: Progress Toward the Goals 1998, identifies top performing
and improving states on one indicator per Goal and tells the story of
how these states have made progress toward the Goal. It characterizes
the policies and programs which have enabled North Carolina and Texas
to make rapid achievement on multiple indicators. Talking About Tests:
An Idea Book for State Leaders, offers state and district examples on
how to simplify the complicated messages of standards and
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assessments and make tests results more meaningful to parents. The
teleconference (which will be held from 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.) is an
effort to bring education policy makers together with governors, their
education aides, state legislators, presidents of state boards of
education and representatives of the business community to talk about
education reform initiatives.
Dated: November 20, 1998.
Ken Nelson,
Executive Director, National Education Goals Panel.
[FR Doc. 98-31581 Filed 11-25-98; 8:45 am]
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