[Federal Register: November 2, 2000 (Volume 65, Number 213)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
National Assessment Governing Board; Meeting
AGENCY: National Assessment Governing Board; Education.
ACTION: Notice of partially closed meeting.
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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.
Date: November 16-18, 2000.
Time: November 16--Executive Committee, 5:30-6.15 p.m. (open),
6:15-7:00 p.m., (closed). November 17--Full Board, 8:15-10 a.m.,
(open); Assessment Development Committee, 10:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m. (open);
Reporting and Dissemination Committee, 10:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m. (open);
Committee on Standards, Design, and Methodology, 10:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m.,
(open); Full Board, 12:30-4:00 p.m., (open). November 18--Full Board,
8:30 a.m.-adjournment, approximately, 12:00 noon, (open).
Location: Hotel Washington, Pennsylvania Avenue and 15th Street,
Washington, DC.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sharif Shakrani, Deputy Director,
National Assessment Governing Board, Suite 825, 800 North Capitol
Street, NW., 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 contact number
RJ9753001.
On Thursday, November 16 from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m., the Executive
Committee will meet in partially closed session. In the open session,
5:00-6:15 p.m., the Committee will hear an update on the
reauthorization legislation, consider the Board's priorities and
direction for the coming year, and make assignments to the new standing
committees. In closed session from 6:15-7:00 p.m., the Committee will
hear an update on the development of cost estimates for the NAEP and
future contract initiatives. This portion of 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 Section 552b(c) of Title 5 U.S.C.
On November 17, the full Board will convene in open session
beginning at 8:30 a.m. In addition to the approval of the agenda, the
Board will hear comments from the Secretary of Education who will
administer the oath of office to the newly appointed Board members. The
Board will then hear a report from the Executive Director, an update on
the NAEP project, and receive a report from the AdHoc Committee on NAEP
Participation.
From 10 a.m.-12 p.m., there will be open meetings of the standing
committees. The Assessment Development Committee will receive a
briefing on the new NAEP 2004 Mathematics Framework Update contract,
and discuss an upcoming project to refine the framework document for
the NAEP reading assessment. The Committee also will discuss several
recommendations of the Ad Hoc Committee on NAEP Participation,
specifically related to released NAEP test items and the teacher tool
kit.
Agenda items for the Reporting and Dissemination Committee include
review and discussion of the recommendations from the Ad Hoc Committee
on NAEP Participation; approval of NAEP report release dates; and
receipt of an update on plans for reporting NAEP 2000 in reading,
mathematics, and science.
The Committee on Standards, Design, and Methodology will review
recommendations from the Ad Hoc Committee on NAEP Participation, and
hear updates on achievement levels setting, and translation of
achievement levels to Voluntary National Tests.
The full Board will reconvene in open session from 12:30-4 p.m. to
hear a report on a study regarding the impact of incentives and rewards
for NAEP. This will be followed by a presentation on the conclusions
and recommendations on achievement levels. The Board will then receive
ethics training from staff of the Office of General Counsel.
On Saturday, November 18, the Board will hear a status report on
the NAEP Market Basket Pilot Studies, and a report of the National
Academy of Sciences' Evaluation of the NAEP Market Basket and District-
Level Reporting. This meeting of the National Assessment Governing
Board will conclude with the presentation of committee reports and
Board actions.
A summary of the activities of the partially closed session, and
other related matters which are informative to the public and
consistent with the policy of the section 5 U.S.C. 552b(c), will be
available to the public within 14 days after 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.
Roy Truby,
Executive Director, National Assessment Governing Board.
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