[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 79 (Monday, April 25, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-9903]
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[Federal Register: April 25, 1994]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
National Assessment Governing Board; Partially Closed Meeting
AGENCY: National Assessment Governing Board, Education.
ACTION: Notice of partially closed meeting.
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SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the schedule and proposed agenda of a
forthcoming meeting, partially closed, 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 the open portions of the
meeting.
DATES: May 12-14, 1994.
Time: May 12, 1994--Subject Area Committee #2, 4 p.m.-6 p.m.,
(open); Achievement Levels Committee, 4 p.m.-6 p.m., (open). May 13,
1994--Executive Committee, 7 a.m.-8:30 a.m., (open); Full Board, 8:45
a.m.-10 a.m., (open); Subject Area Committee #1, 10 a.m.-11 a.m.,
(closed), 11 a.m.-11:30 a.m., (open); Design and Analysis Committee, 10
a.m.-11:30 a.m., (open); Joint meeting, Subject Area Committee #1 and
Design and Analysis Committee, 11:30 a.m.-12 Noon, (open); Reporting
and Dissemination Committee, 10 a.m.-12 Noon, (open); Full Board, 12
Noon-1:15 p.m., (closed); 1:15 p.m.-4:45 p.m., (open). May 14, 1994--
Full Board, 9 a.m.-adjournment, approximately 12 Noon, (open).
ADDRESSES: The Washington Marriott Hotel, 1221 22nd Street 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
U.S.C. 1221e-1).
The Board is established to formulate policy guidelines for the
National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). 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 May 12, two committees will be in open session from 4 p.m. until
6 p.m. The Subject Area Committee #2 will be briefed on the test
development work for the NAEP arts education assessment; hear about a
national survey of arts instruction; and review the cognitive item
review schedule.
The Committee will also be provided information on the
International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS). The Achievement
Levels Committee will examine the issues involved in selecting
exemplary items for the achievement levels, and be briefed on the
progress of the 1994 level setting activities in geography and history.
The committee will also be briefed on the plans for ``reinvesting'' the
1992 reading achievement levels to be used to report NAEP results in
1994 at the 4, 8, and 12 grade national levels and state grade 4 level.
On May 13, the Executive Committee will meet in open session from 7
a.m. until 8:30 a.m. The proposed agenda includes review and discussion
of the principles governing the NAEP subject area assessment
scheduling, and briefing on the status of NAEP reauthorization.
Also on May 13, the full Board will convene in open session at 8:45
a.m. The morning session of the full Board meeting, to 10 a.m.,
includes approval of the meeting agenda, and a panel presentation on
NAEP equity/inclusion issues. Panelists will be the Department of
Education's Assistant Secretaries for the Offices of Civil Rights,
Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, and Educational Research
and Improvement. Three committees will be in session from 10 a.m. until
12 Noon. Two of the three committees will meet in open session: the
Reporting and Dissemination Committee, and the Design and Analysis
Committee. The Reporting and Dissemination Committee will consider
plans for the release of future NAEP reports. The Design and Analysis
Committee will hear a presentation on feasibility studies for reporting
NAEP data below the state level; and discuss score scaling issues.
One committee will meet in partially closed session: Subject Area
Committee #1. From 10 a.m. to 11 a.m., the Committee will meet in
closed session to hear and discuss the plans for the NAEP U.S. History
Special Study. This meeting must be closed to the public because the
Committee will discuss information about NAEP cognitive items.
Premature disclosure of information presented for review might
significantly frustrate a proposed agency action. Such matters are
protected by exemption 9(B) of Section 552b(c) of Title 5 U.S.C. The
Committee will meet in open session from 11 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. to
discuss the NAEP Civics procurement and the national standards project
timelines.
Beginning at 11:30 a.m. the Subject Area Committee #1 and the
Design and Analysis Committee will meet jointly to hear a presentation
from Educational Testing Service on assessment accommodations for
individualized educational program (IEP) and limited English proficient
(LEP) students.
The full Board will reconvene in closed session from 12 Noon to
1:15 p.m. During this portion of the meeting a report, Effective
Schools and Instruction in Mathematics, will be presented for
discussion by staff of the NAEP contractor, Educational Testing
Service. The discussion will include references to specific items from
the assessment, the disclosure of which might significantly frustrate
implementation of 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 reopen to the public at 1:15 p.m. and
continue until 4:45 p.m. This session of the meeting will be primarily
devoted to a panel presentation by the State Testing Program Directors
for California, Connecticut, Kentucky, Maryland, and North Carolina.
The panelists will discuss the processes utilized, in their respective
states, for setting performance standards. The session will conclude
with an update on NAEP activities presented by the Department of
Education's Commissioner of the National Center for Educational
Statistics.
On May 14, the full Board will be in open session from 9 a.m. until
approximately 12 Noon. The agenda for this session includes a
continuation of the presentation on NAEP equity/inclusion issues,
followd by Board committee reports. 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, D.C., from 8:30 a.m. to
5 p.m.
A summary of the activities at the closed sessions and related
matters which 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 each closed session.
Dated: April 20, 1994.
Roy Truby,
Executive Director, National Assessment Governing Board.
[FR Doc. 94-9903 Filed 4-22-94; 8:45 am]
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