[Federal Register: December 16, 1997 (Volume 62, Number 241)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
National Assessment Governing Board; Meeting
AGENCY: National Assessment Governing Board; Education.
ACTION: Notice of teleconference meeting.
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SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the schedule and proposed agenda of a
forthcoming teleconference meeting of the Joint Subject Area Committees
1 and 2 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.
DATES: December 18, 1997.
TIME: 1:00 p.m.
LOCATION: National Assessment Governing Board, Suite 825, 800 North
Capitol Street, NW., Washington, D.C. 20002-4233, Telephone: (202) 357-
6938.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mary Ann Wilmer, Operations Officer, National Assessment Governing
Board, Suite 825, 800 North Capitol Street, N.W., Washington, D.C.
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. 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. Under Pub. L. 105-78, the National
Assessment Governing Board is granted exclusive authority over
developing Voluntary National Tests pursuant to contract number
RJ97153001 and is required to review within 90 days (i.e., by February
11, 1998) and modify the contract to the extent the Board determines
necessary, if the contract cannot be modified to the extent the Board
determines necessary, the contract shall be terminated, and a new
contract negotiated.
On December 18 between the hours of 1:00 p.m. the Joint Subject
Area Committees #1 and #2 of the National Assessment Governing Board
will hold a teleconference meeting to provide an update on progress for
review of Voluntary National Tests specifications in reading and math,
and to finalize plans for technical analysis and peer reviewers of this
information. Because this is a teleconference meeting, facilities will
be provided so the public will have access to the Committee's
deliberations.
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 Capital Street, N.W.,
Washington, D.C., from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
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Dated: December 11, 1997.
Roy Truby,
Executive Director, National Assessment Governing Board.
[FR Doc. 97-32726 Filed 12-15-97; 8:45 am]
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