94-13723. Advisory Council on Education Statistics; Meeting

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

 

Advisory Council on Education Statistics; Meeting

AGENCY: Advisory Council on Education Statistics, Education.

ACTION: Teleconference.

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SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the schedule and proposed agenda of a 
forthcoming teleconference of the Advisory Council on Education 
Statistics. This notice also describes the functions of the Council. 
Notice of this teleconference 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 participate.

DATE AND TIME: June 17, 1994 at 2 p.m.

ADDRESSES: 555 New Jersey Avenue, NW., room 400F, Washington, DC 20208.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Barbara Marenus, Executive Director, Advisory Council on Education 
Statistics, 555 New Jersey Avenue, room 400J, Washington, DC 20208-
7575, telephone: [phone].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Advisory Council on Education Statistics 
(ACES) is established under Section 406(c)(1) of the Education 
Amendments of 1974, Pub. L. 93-380. The Council is established to 
review general policies for the operation of the National Center for 
Education Statistics (NCES) in the Office of Educational Research and 
Improvement and is responsible for advising on standards to insure that 
statistics and analyses disseminated by NCES are of high quality and 
are not subject to political influence. The teleconference call with 
Council members is open to the public.
    The proposed agenda includes the following:
     Discussion of suggested areas for future deliberation by 
ACES: (1) Boundary between research and statistics; (2) NCES statistics 
to measure the National Education Goals; (3) The future of NCES's data 
collection activities; and (4) The use of judgementally derived 
standards in reporting data.
     Discussion of operating practices that the Council can use 
to facilitate its work.
    Records are kept of all Council proceedings and are available for 
public inspection at the Office of the Executive Director, Advisory 
Council on Education Statistics, 555 New Jersey Avenue NW., room 400A, 
Washington, DC 20208-7575.
Sharon P. Robinson,
Assistant Secretary for Educational Research and Improvement.
[FR Doc. 94-13723 Filed 6-6-94; 8:45 am]
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