[Federal Register: March 25, 1997 (Volume 62, Number 57)] [Notices] [Page 14122] From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov] [DOCID:fr25mr97-58] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Notice of Closed Teleconference AGENCY: National Assessment Governing Board, Education. SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the schedule and proposed agenda of a forthcoming closed teleconference of the Nominations Committee of the National Assessment Governing Board. This notice also describes the functions of the Board. Notice of this teleconference is required under Section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act. DATES: March 28, 1997. TIME: 1:00-3:00 p.m. (ET) LOCATION: National Assessment Governing Board Staff Office, 800 North Capitol Street, NW, Suite #825, Washington, D.C. 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. The Nominations Committee of the National Assessment Governing Board will meet in closed teleconference on March 28, 1997, from 1:00 until 3:00 p.m., to review the resumes of nominees to fill upcoming Board membership vacancies in the following categories: State board of education; business or industry; general public; local board of education; testing and measurement experts; State legislators, republican; non public school administrator or policy maker. The review and subsequent discussion of this information will touch upon matters that relate solely to the internal rules and practices of an agency and would disclose information of a personal nature where disclosure would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy if conducted in open session. Such matters are protected by exemptions (2) and (6) of Section 552b of of Title 5 U.S.C. A summary of the activities of the meeting and related matters, which are informative to the public, consistent with policy of 5 U.S.C. 552b, will be available to the public within fourteen days after the meeting. The public is being given less than fifteen days notice of this meeting to ensure a quorum of the members to accomplish the work necessary for reporting the outcome of this responsibility of the Committee. 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, N.W., Washington, D.C., from 8:30 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. Roy Truby, Executive Director, National Assessment Governing Board. [FR Doc. 97-7397 Filed 3-24-97; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4000-01-M