[Federal Register: February 20, 1996 (Volume 61, Number 34)]
[Notices]               
[Page 6362-6363]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

 
Advisory Council on Education Statistics; Meeting

AGENCY: Advisory Council on Education Statistics, Education.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the schedule and proposed agenda of a 
forthcoming meeting of the Advisory Council on Education Statistics. 
This notice also describes the functions of the Council. Notice of this 
meeting is required under Section 10(a)(2) of the 

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Federal Advisory Committee Act. This document is intended to notify the 
general public of their opportunity to attend.

DATES AND TIME: March 14, 1996 1:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m.; March 15, 1999 9:00 
a.m.-5:00 p.m.

ADDRESSES: 555 New Jersey Avenue NW., Room 326, Washington, D.C. 20208.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Barbara Marenus, Executive Director, Advisory Council on Education 
Statistics, 555 New Jersey Avenue, Room 400J, Washington, D.C. 20208-
7575, telephone: (202) 219-1839.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Advisory Council on Education Statistics 
(ACES) is established under Section 406(c) (1) of the Education 
Amendments of 1974, Pub. L. 93-380. The Council is established to 
review general policies for the operation of the National Center for 
Education Statistics (NCES) in the Office of Educational Research and 
Improvement and is responsible for advising on standards to insure that 
statistics and analyses disseminated by NCES are of the high quality 
and are not subject to political influence. In addition, ACES is 
required to advise the Commissioner of NCES and the National Assessment 
Governing Board on technical and statistical matters related to the 
National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). The meeting of the 
Council is open to the public.
    The proposed agenda includes the following:
    * Reports from ACES's subcommittees on their proposed
charters and related activities.
    * A report from the ACES subcommittee on statistics on
proposed advice from ACES to the National Assessment Governing Board in 
relation to redesigning NAEP.
    * An update on NCES activities.
    Records are kept of all Council proceedings and are available for 
public inspection at the Office of the Executive Director, Advisory 
Council on Education Statistics, 555 New Jersey Avenue NW., Room 400J, 
Washington, D.C. 20208-7575.
Sharon P. Robinson,
Assistant Secretary for Educational Research and Improvement.
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