[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 137 (Tuesday, July 18, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36788-36789]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-17506]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
National Educational Research Policy and Priorities Board;
Meeting
AGENCY: National Educational Research Policy and Priorities Board,
Education.
ACTION: Notice of committee meeting.
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SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the schedule and proposed agenda of a
meeting of the Committee on Research Standards, National Educational
Research Policy and Priorities Board. This notice also describes the
functions of the Committee. Notice of this meeting is required under
Section 10 (a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act and is intended
to notify the public of their opportunity to attend.
DATE AND TIME: August 4, 1995, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m..
ADDRESSES: Association of American Railroads Conference Center, 80 F
Street NW., Fourth Floor, Washington, D.C., 20001.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
John Christensen, Designated Federal Official, National Educational
Research Policy and Priorities Board, 555 New Jersey Avenue NW,
Washington, D.C. 20208-7564. Telephone: (202) 219-2065; Fax: (202) 219-
1528.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The National Educational Research Policy and
Priorities Board is authorized by Section 921 of the Educational
Research, Development , Dissemination, and Improvement Act of 1994 (the
Act). The Board works collectively with the Assistant Secretary for the
office of Educational Research and Improvement (the Office) to forge a
national consensus with respect to a long-term agenda for educational
research, development, and dissemination, and to provide advice and
assistance to the Assistant Secretary in administering the duties of
the Office.
The Act directs the Assistant Secretary to develop, in consultation
with the Board, such standards as may be necessary to govern the
conduct and evaluation of all research, development, and dissemination
activities carried out by the Office to ensure that such activities
meet the highest standard of professional excellence. The Board, in
turn, has created a Committee on Research Standards to act on its
behalf in this matter, in the interval between full meetings of the
Board.
The meeting of the Committee on Research Standards is open to the
public. The agenda for the meeting includes a discussion of the
public's comments on proposed research standards for the evaluation of
applications for grants and cooperative agreements and proposals for
contracts Federal Register, Vol. 60, No. 109, Wednesday, June 7, 1995)
and the drafting of final proposed research standards. In addition, the
Committee will examine steps to be taken by the Office of Educational
Research and Improvement to arrive at proposed standards for the
evaluation of exemplary programs and promising practices for
dissemination.
A final agenda will be available from the Board's office on July
28, 1995.
Records are kept of all Board proceedings, and are available for
public inspection at the office of the National Educational Research
Policy and Priorities Board, 555 New Jersey Avenue, NW, Washington,
D.C. 20208-7564.
Dated: July 12, 1995.
Sharon P. Robinson,
Assistant Secretary, Office of Educational Research and Improvement.
[FR Doc. 95-17506 Filed 7-17-95; 8:45 am]
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