[Federal Register: January 30, 1996 (Volume 61, Number 20)] [Notices] [Page 3011-3012] From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION National Assessment Governing Board AGENCY: National Assessment Governing Board; Education. ACTION: Notice of Teleconference meeting. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the schedule and proposed agenda of a forthcoming meeting of the Executive Committee 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. DATES: February 2, 1996. TIME: 1:00 p.m.-2:30 p.m. (e.s.t.). LOCATION: 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). 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 Executive Committee of the National Assessment Governing Board will meet February 2, 1996 from 1:00 [[Page 3012]] p.m. until 2:30 p.m. Because this is a teleconference meeting, facilities will be provided so the public will have access to the Committee's deliberations. The Committee will review and approve the agenda for the March meeting of the Board; review progress of Planning Initiative; discuss priorities for 1997 and 1998 assessments, and plans for the release of the 1996 math report. 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. to 5:00 p.m. Dated: January 25, 1996. Roy Truby, Executive Director, National Assessment Governing Board. [FR Doc. 96-1727 Filed 1-29-96; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4000-01-M