[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 88 (Monday, May 9, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-11011]
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[Federal Register: May 9, 1994]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
National Assessment Governing Board; Closed Teleconference
Meeting
AGENCY: National Assessment Governing Board, Education.
ACTION: Notice of closed teleconference meeting.
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SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the schedule and proposed agenda of a
forthcoming teleconference 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.
DATES: June 1, 1994.
TIME: 11 a.m. (edt).
LOCATION: 800 North Capitol Street NW., suite 825, Washington, DC.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mary Ann Wilmer, Operations Office, 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. 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 1, 1994, the Executive Committee of the National Assessment
Governing Board will meet in a closed teleconference meeting to review
and discuss the performance of the NAGB excepted-appointment staff in
their respective positions. The review and subsequent discussion will
relate solely to the internal rules and practices of an agency and
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.
A summary of the activities of this closed teleconference 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 meeting. 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.
Dated: May 3, 1994.
Roy Truby,
Executive Director.
[FR Doc. 94-11011 Filed 5-6-94; 8:45 am]
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