[Federal Register: May 1, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 84)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
National Assessment Governing Board; Meeting
AGENCY: National Assessment Governing Board; Education.
ACTION: Notice of full 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 April 30, 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: May 10-12, 2001.
Time: May 10--Executive Committee, 5:00-6 p.m., (open), 6:00-7 p.m.
(closed). May 11--Full Board 8:30-10 a.m. (open); Assessment
Development Committee 10:15 a.m.-12:15 p.m., (open); Committee on
Standards, Design and Methodology, 10:15 a.m.-12:15 p.m. (open);
Reporting and Dissemination Committee, 10:15 a.m.-12:15 p.m. (open);
Full Board, 12:15-1:15 p.m., (closed); 1:15-5 p.m., (open). May 12--
Nominations Committee, 7:30-8:30 a.m.; Full Board, 8:30 a.m.-12 p.m.
(open).
Location: Loews Annapolis Hotel, 126 West Street, Annapolis, Maryland.
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. 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 Public Law 105-78, the
National Assessment Governing Board is also granted exclusive authority
over developing the Voluntary National Tests pursuant to contract
number RJ97153001.
The Executive Committee will meet on May 10 in open session from 5
p.m. to 6 p.m., and in closed session from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m.
In open session, the Executive Committee will receive updates on
the contract for test question banking storage and security and on NAEP
reauthorization, appropriations, and related legislation. The Executive
Committee will also discuss the NAEP schedule.
From 6:00-7 p.m. the Committee will meet in closed session to
discuss future government cost estimates on contracts for the National
Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) project; to discuss awards
for secondary grants analyses for the NAEP project; and to receive
independent government cost estimates on contract initiatives for NAEP.
The meeting must be conducted in closed session because public
disclosure of this information would likely have an adverse financial
effect on the NAEP program. The discussion of this information would be
likely to significantly frustrate implementation of a proposed agency
action if conducted in open session. Such matters are protected by
exemption 9(B) of 552b(c) of Title 5 U.S.C.
On May 11, the full Board will convene in open session from 8:30
a.m.-
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10 a.m. The Board will approve the agenda; hear a report from the
Executive Director of the National Assessment Governing Board; receive
a briefing from Secretary of Education Roderick Paige on the ``No Child
Left Behind'' Initiative; and receive an update on the NAEP Program.
From 10:15 a.m. to 12:15 p.m., the Board's standing committees will
meet in open session.
The Assessment Development Committee will meet from 10:15 a.m.-
12:15 p.m. to receive an update on various NAEP assessment development
activities, including projects in mathematics, reading, and foreign
language. The Committee will also receive a briefing on the content of
the NAEP Long Term Trend Study.
The Committee on Standards, Design, and Methodology will meet from
10:15 a.m.-12:15 p.m. to receive an update on the 1992-1998 achievement
levels publications and on the status of the Trial Urban Assessment. In
addition, the Committee will review and discuss sampling plans for the
2002 NAEP and the methodology for enhanced reporting.
The Reporting and Dissemination Committee will meet from 10:15
a.m.-12:15 p.m. to discuss the sampling and reporting plan for NAEP
2002 assessments; new models for reporting achievement levels; the plan
for release of the NAEP 2002 Mathematics Report; and the schedule for
release of future NAEP reports. In addition, the Committee will discuss
reporting data for subgroups; and the plan for private school reporting
in NAEP 2002 assessments. The Reporting and Dissemination Committee
will then receive an update on racial categories in NAEP reporting and
discuss the background questions in reading and writing for NAEP 2002.
On May 11, the full Board will meet in closed session from 12:15-
1:15 p.m. to receive a briefing on the NAEP 2000 Mathematics Report
Card. This meeting must be closed because the report has not gone
through complete National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
adjudication process and has not been released by the Secretary of
Education. Premature disclosure of the information presented for review
would be likely to significantly frustrate implementation of a proposed
agency action if conducted in open session. Such matters are protected
by exemption 9(B) of Section 552b(c) of Title 5 U.S.C.
The full Board will meet in open session on May 11 from 1:15-2 p.m.
to receive a briefing on the Baltimore Sun's ``Reading by Nine''
Project. From 2:00-2:45 p.m., the Board will receive an update from
Congressional staff on ``NAEP/NAGB: View from the Hill.'' From 3:00-
4:15 p.m., the full Board will have a panel discussion on NAEP and
NAGB, Past Reflections and Future Directions. Subsequently, at 4:15-5
p.m., the Board will receive a briefing on the Third International
Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) 1999 Benchmarking Study after
which the May 11 meeting will conclude.
On May 12, the Nominations Committee will convene from 7:30 a.m.-
8:30 a.m. to discuss the Committee's organization and work schedule.
From 8:30-9:30 a.m., the Board will receive an update and discuss
the NAEP 2004 Mathematics Framework project. The Board will then hear
and take action on the 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: April 25, 2001.
Sharif Shakrani,
Deputy Executive Director, National Assessment Governing Board.
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