[Federal Register: June 11, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 112)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
National Assessment Governing Board; Meeting
AGENCY: National Assessment Governing Board; Education.
ACTION: Notice of full board 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.
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 May 31, 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.
Date: June 28, 2001.
Time: June 28--Full Board Meeting 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Location: Westin Galleria Hotel, 5060 West Alabama, Houston, Texas
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 Educational 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 meeting will commence at 8:30 a.m. with opening remarks, and
review and approval of the meeting agenda. From 9 a.m. to 12 noon, the
Board will discuss and take action on recommendations of the Committee
on Standards, Design, and Methodology (COSDAM) on the NAEP design. From
12 noon to 1 p.m. the Board will receive an update on NAEP related
Congressional activities. From 1:00 to 2:00 p.m., the Board will
discuss COSDAM's recommendations on the NAEP 2002 Field Test. A general
discussion of President Bush's ``No Child Left Behind'' initiative will
take place between 2 p.m. and 3 p.m., upon which time the meeting will
adjourn.
Summaries of the activities of the Board's open sessions, 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: June 6, 2001.
Roy Truby,
Executive Director, National Assessment Governing Board.
[FR Doc. 01-14593 Filed 6-8-01 8:45 am]
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