[Federal Register: July 24, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 142)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
National Assessment Governing Board; Meeting
AGENCY: National Assessment Governing Board; Education
ACTION: Notice of open meeting and partially closed meetings.
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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 July 26, 2002. 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. This notice is being submitted to the Federal
Register less than 15 days before the date of the meeting due to
administrative delays.
DATES: August 1-August 3, 2002.
Times: August 1: Assessment Development Committee: Closed Session 10
a.m. to 3 p.m.; Executive Committee Meeting: Open Session 4:30 p.m.-6
p.m.; Closed Session 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
August 2: Full Board Meeting: Open Session 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m.;
Committee Meetings: Assessment Development Committee 10:30 a.m.-12:30
p.m.; Committee on Standards, Design and Methodology, 10:30 a.m.-12:30
p.m.; Reporting and Dissemination Committee, 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.;
Full Board--Closed Meeting 12:30 p.m.-1:30 p.m.; Open Meeting 1:30
p.m.-2:45 p.m.; Closed Meeting, 3 p.m.-4:30 p.m.
August 3: Full Board Meeting: Closed Session 8:45 a.m.-9:30 a.m.;
Full Board Open Meeting, 9:30 a.m.-12 p.m.
Location: The Four Seasons Hotel, 2800 Pennsylvania Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC 20007.
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, as
amended by the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (Pub. L. 107-110).
The Board is established to formulate policy guidelines for the
National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). The Board's
responsibilities include selecting subject areas to be assessed,
developing assessment objectives, developing appropriate student
achievement levels for each grade and subject tested, developing
guidelines for reporting and disseminating results, and developing
standards and procedures for interstate and national comparisons.
On August 2, 2002 the full Board will convene in open session from
9 a.m.-10:30 a.m. The Board will approve the agenda; receive the
Executive Director's report and a NAEP Update from the Deputy
Commissioner of NCES, Gary Phillips. The Board will then preview
proposed policies on the NAEP program. From 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.,
the Board's standing committees--the Assessment Development Committee,
the Committee on Standards, Design, and Methodology, and the Reporting
and Dissemination Committee will meet in open session.
The full Board will reconvene in closed session on August 2, 2002
from 12:30 p.m.-1:30 p.m. to receive a briefing on market basket
reporting. This briefing will include confidential information on NAEP
test items. Disclosure of the specific test items would significantly
frustrate implementation of the NAEP program,
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and is therefore protected by exemption 9(B) of section 552b(c) of
Title 5 U.S.C.
The full Board will reconvene in open session on August 2, from
1:30 p.m. to 2:45 p.m. to receive final recommendations on the NAEP
Economics Framework project and to receive a report on NAEP/NAGB
reauthorization. From 3 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. the full Board will meet in
closed session to review and discuss test items from the Main NAEP
Mathematics Assessment. Disclosure of the specific test items for the
NAEP Mathematics Assessment would significantly frustrate
implementation of the NAEP program, and is therefore protected by
exemption 9(B) of section 552b(c) of Title 5 U.S.C.
The full Board will meet in partially closed session on August 3,
2002 from 8:45 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. to receive an update on nominations
for Board membership. This discussion pertains solely to internal
personnel rules and practices of an agency and will disclose
information of a personal nature where disclosure would constitute an
unwarranted invasion of personal privacy. As such, the discussions are
protected by exemptions (2) and (6) of section 552b(c) of Title 5
U.S.C.
The full Board will meet in open session on August 3, 2002 from
9:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. The Board will receive a presentation on NAEP data
on the Internet from 9:30 a.m. to 10 a.m. The Board will then hear and
take action on Committee reports from 10 a.m. to 11:45 a.m.
Subsequently, from 11:45 a.m. to 12 noon, the Board will elect the
Board Vice Chair. The August 3, 2002 session of the Board meeting will
adjourn at 12 noon.
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 9
a.m. to 5 p.m. Eastern Standard Time.
Dated: July 19, 2002.
Roy Truby,
Executive Director, National Assessment Governing Board.
[FR Doc. 02-18673 Filed 7-23-02; 8:45 am]
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