[Federal Register: November 6, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 215)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
National Assessment Governing Board; Meeting
AGENCY: National Assessment Governing Board, Education.
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ACTION: Notice of open meeting.
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SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the schedule and proposed agenda of a
forthcoming meeting 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. Individuals who will need
accommodations for a disability in order to attend the meeting (i.e.
interpreting services, assistive listening devices, materials in
alternative format) should notify Munira Mwalimu at 202-357-6938 or at
Munira.Mwalimu@ed.gov no later than November 9, 2001. We will attempt
to meet requests after this date, but cannot guarantee availability of
the requested accommodation. The meeting site is accessible to
individuals with disabilities.
DATES: November 16-17, 2001.
Time: November 16--Full Board 8:30 a.m.-10:00 a.m.; Assessment
Development Committee 10:00 a.m.-12:15 p.m.; Committee on Standards,
Design and Methodology, 10:00 a.m.-12:15 p.m.; Reporting and
Dissemination Committee, 10:00 a.m.-12:15p.m.; Full Board, 12:30 p.m.-
5:00 p.m.; November 17--Full Board 8:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
Location: The Westin Fairfax, 2100 Massachusetts Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC 20008.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Munira Mwalimu, Operations Officer,
National Assessment Governing Board, 800 North Capitol Street, NW.,
Suite 825, Washington, DC 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 (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 November 16, 2001 the full Board will convene in open session
from 8:30 a.m.-10:00 a.m. The Board will approve the agenda; hear a
report from the Executive Director of the National Assessment Governing
Board; receive updates on the NAEP Program and on reauthorization; and
on the ``No Child Left Behind'' initiative. From 10:00 a.m. to 12:15
p.m., the Board's standing committees will meet in open session.
The Assessment Development Committee (ADC) will meet in open
session on Friday, November 16, 2001 from 10:00 a.m.-12:15 p.m. The
Committee will review final recommendations on the Mathematics
Framework and Specifications for the 2004 NAEP Math Assessment; review
the draft NAEP Reading Framework; and receive a briefing on the
Economics Framework and Specifications project for the NAEP 2005
Economics Assessment.
The Committee on Standards, Design, and Methodology will meet on
Friday, November 16, 2001 from 10 a.m.-12:15 p.m. to discuss technical
issues in potential changes to Long Term Trend Assessments; receive a
summary analyses of combined state and national NAEP data; discuss
proposed statistical standards for inference and comparisons; receive a
summary analyses of the grade 12 score decline in NAEP; and receive a
status report on the 2001 geography achievement level anchoring study.
The Reporting and Dissemination Committee will meet on Friday,
November 16, 2001 from 10 a.m.-12:15 p.m. to discuss the NAEP 2000
Science Release; the schedule for release of future NAEP reports; and
annual reporting of reading and mathematics.
The Committee will receive an update on racial/ethnic categories in
NAEP data collection and reporting, and discuss the Board's role in the
review of background questions and criteria for review. The Committee
will review background questions for the NAEP 2002 reading and writing
assessments; the NAEP 2002 field test; and the long term trend
assessments.
The full Board will reconvene on November 16, 2001 from 12:30 p.m.-
5 p.m. to discuss measuring achievement gaps, to receive an update and
discuss the NAEP 2002 Reading Revisit; hear a status report from the Ad
Hoc Committee on Confirming State Results; hear recommendations and
discuss the NAEP 2004 Mathematics Framework; and receive ethics
training upon which the November 16, 2001 session of the Board meeting
will adjourn.
On November 17, 2001, the Board will meet from 8:30 a.m. to 9:30
a.m. to receive a demonstration of the Interactive NAEP Data Tool. The
Board will then hear and take action on Committee reports from 9:30
a.m. to 12 p.m., whereupon the meeting will adjourn.
Summaries of the activities of the closed sessions and related
matters, which are informative to the public and consistent with the
policy of section 5 U.S.C. 552b(c), will be available to the public
within 14 days of 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. Eastern Standard Time.
Dated: November 1, 2001.
Roy Truby,
Executive Director, National Assessment Governing Board.
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