[Federal Register: September 12, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 177)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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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 September 12, 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.
DATES: September 13, 2002.
Times: 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m.
September 13: Full Board Meeting: Closed Session 8:30 a.m.-3:30
p.m.; Full Board Open Meeting, 3:30 p.m.-4 p.m.
Location: The Ritz Carlton Pentagon City, 1250 Hayes Street,
Arlington, Virginia 20002.
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.
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The full Board will meet in closed session on September 13, 2002
from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. to interview candidates for the Executive
Director position. 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 September 13, 2002 from
3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. to take action on personnel matters related to
the Executive Director search. The meeting is scheduled to adjourn at
4:30 p.m.
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: September 9, 2002.
Roy Truby,
Executive Director, National Assessment Governing Board.
[FR Doc. 02-23203 Filed 9-11-02; 8:45 am]
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