[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 32 (Wednesday, February 16, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-3563]
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[Federal Register: February 16, 1994]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
AGENCY:
National Assessment Governing Board; Education.
ACTION: Notice of closed and partially closed meetings.
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SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the schedule and proposed agenda of
forthcoming meetings of the National Assessment Governing Board and its
committees. This notice also describes the functions of the Board.
Notice of these meetings 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 the open portions of the
meetings.
DATES: March 3-5, 1994.
TIME: March 3, 1994--Subject Area Committee #2, 4 p.m.-6 p.m. (open);
Achievement Levels Committee, 4 p.m.-6 p.m. (open). March 4, 1994--
Executive Committee, 7 a.m.-8:45 a.m. (open); Full Board, 9 a.m.-10
a.m. (open); Reporting and Dissemination Committee, 10 a.m.-12 noon
(open); Subject Area Committee #1, 10 a.m.-12 noon (open); Design and
Analysis Committee, 10 a.m.-12 noon (open); Full Board, 12 noon-1:15
p.m. (closed); 1:15 p.m.-5 p.m. (open); Nominations Committee 4 p.m.-5
p.m. (closed). March 5, 1994--Full Board, 9 a. m.--11:30 a.m. (open);
11:30 a.m.-approximately 12 noon, (closed).
LOCATION: Madison Hotel, 15th and M Streets, NW., Washington, DC
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mary Ann Wilmer, Operations Officer,
National Assessment Governing Board , suite 825, 800 North Capitol
Street, NW., Washington, DC 20002-4233, Telephone (202) 357-6938.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The National Assessment Governing Board is
established under Section 406(i) of the General Education Provisions
Act (GEPA) as amended by Section 3403 of the National Assessment of
Educational Progress Improvement Act (NAEP Improvement Act), Title III-
C of the Augustus F. Hawkins--Robert T. Stafford Elementary and
Secondary School Improvement Amendments of 1988 (Pub. L. 100-297), (20
USC 1221e-1).
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 March 3, two committees will be in open session from 4 p.m.
until 6 p.m. The Subject Areas Committee #2 will meet to review and
make final approval of the 1996 NAEP Arts Consensus Project for
submission to the full Board. The Achievement Levels Committee will
meet to hear an update of the achievement levels setting process, and
to review the final draft of the achievement levels policy.
On March 4, the Executive Committee will meet in open session from
7 a.m. until 8:45 a.m. Agenda items for this meeting include an update
on NAEP/NAGB as related to the reauthorization of the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act, and a report on the planning for the joint-
conference sponsored by NAGB and NCES on standard setting.
The full Board will convene at 9 a.m. The morning session of the
full Board meeting, 9 a.m. until 10 a.m., will include approval of the
meeting agenda, the Executive Director's report, and an update on NAEP.
From 10 a.m. until 12 noon, there will be open meetings of the
Reporting and Dissemination Committee, the Design and Analysis
Committee, and the Subject Area Committee #1. The full Board will
reconvene in partially closed session from 12 noon to 1:15 p.m. During
this partially closed session the NAEP 1992 Trends in Academic Progress
will be presented. The discussion will include references to specific
items from the assessment, the disclosure of which might significantly
frustrate implementation of the NAEP. This session must be closed to
the public because reference may be made to data which may be
misinterpreted, incorrect, or incomplete. Premature disclosure of this
data 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.
The full Board meeting will open to the public at 1:15 p.m. and
continue to 5 p.m. Agenda items include a final report form Subject
Area Committee #1 on the 1996 NAEP Arts Education Assessment Framework
and Specifications; a presentation on NAEP Dissemination Strategy, GED
Spanish Testing Equating Project, and an Ethics Briefing for new Board
members.
Also, on March 4, the Nominations Committee will meet in closed
session from 4 p.m.--5 p.m. The Committee will review and discuss the
qualifications of nominees for vacancies in the membership of the
National Assessment Governing Board and formulate recommendations for
the Board. The review and subsequent discussions of this information
relate solely to the internal personnel rules and practices of an
agency and will disclose information of a personal nature where
disclosure would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal
privacy if conducted in open session. Such matters are protected by
exemptions (2) and (6) of Section 552b(c) of Title 5 U.S.C.
On March 5, from 9 a.m. until 11:30 a.m., the full Board will
reconvene. The agenda for this session includes a presentation on the
analysis of NAEP results by socio-economic and ``opportunity to learn''
factors, and to hear reports from the subcommittees. Beginning at 11:30
a.m. and concluding at approximately 12 noon, the meeting will be
closed to the public to permit the Board to hear the Nominations
Committee recommendations of candidates for Board membership. The
review and subsequent discussions of this information relate solely to
the internal personnel rules and practices of an agency and will
disclose information of a personal nature where disclosure would
constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy if
conducted in open session. Such matters are protected by exemptions (2)
and (6) of Section 552b(c) of Title 5 U.S.C.
This meeting of the National Assessment Governing Board will be
adjourned at approximately 12 noon.
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, NW.,
Washington, DC, from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. A summary of the activities at
each closed portion of these meetings, including related matters that
are informative to the public, consistent with the policy of Title 5
U.S.C. 552b(c), will be available to the public within fourteen days of
the closed and partially closed meetings.
Roy Truby,
Executive Director, National Assessment Governing Board.
[FR Doc. 94-3563 Filed 2-15-94; 8:45 am]
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