[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 103 (Tuesday, May 30, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 28094]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-13054]
[[Page 28094]]
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
National Assessment Governing Board; Meetings
AGENCY: National Assessment Governing Board; Department of Education.
ACTION: Notice of closed teleconference meetings.
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SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the schedule and proposed agenda of
forthcoming closed teleconference meetings of the Executive and the
Subject Area #2 committees 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.
DATES: June 12, 1995.
TIME: 11:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., Joint Meeting, Executive Committee and
Subject Area Committee #2, (closed); 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., Executive
Committee (closed).
LOCATION: 800 North Capitol Street, N.W., 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(,
(Pub. L. 103-382).
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 June 12, the Executive Committee and the Subject Area Committee
#2 will meet in a joint teleconference from 11:00 a.m. until 11:30 a.m.
The purpose of this meeting is to decide on whether to conduct the
grade 12 arts field test in 1996. This meeting will be closed to the
public to permit the committees to review and discuss confidential
government cost estimates related to the procurement of the arts field
test. The discussion of this information will involve proprietary
information about funding levels for proposed procurements and would be
likely to significantly frustrate implementation of a proposed agency
action if considered in open session. Such matters are protected by
exemption (9(B)) of Section 552(b(c) of Title 5 U.S.C.
At the conclusion of the joint meeting, the Executive Committee
will continue to meet in closed session to review and act on two agenda
items: (1) The performance of National Assessment Governing Board
excepted-appointment staff in their respective positions, and (2)
confidential government cost-estimate issues related to the procurement
of future NAEP assessments.
The reviews and subsequent personnel actions of the excepted-
appointment staff will relate solely to the internal rules and
practices of an agency and disclose information of a personal nature,
which 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.
The committee's deliberations regarding the government cost-
estimates for future NAEP assessments will involve discussions of
proprietary information about funding levels for proposed procurements.
Premature public disclosure of this information would affect private
decisions by third parties and damage the financial interests of the
NAEP program. The premature disclosure of this information would be
likely to significantly frustrate implementation of a proposed agency
action if considered in open session. Such matters are protected by
exemption (9(B)) of Section 552b(c) of Title 5 U.S.C.
A summary of the activities and related matters, which are
informative to the public and consistent with the policy of Section 5
U.S.C. 552b, will be available to the public within 14 days after the
meetings. 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: May 23, 1995.
Roy Truby,
Executive Director, National Assessment Governing Board.
[FR Doc. 95-13054 Filed 5-26-95; 8:45 am]
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