[Federal Register: May 25, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 102)]
[Notices]
[Page 28891-28892]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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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 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. This notice does not meet the 15 days
requirement for publishing in the Federal Register because the need to
call this meeting followed Board action taken at the May 10-12, 2001
Board meeting; Board members' calendars to attend this meeting were
finalized on May 21, 2001; and this meeting cannot be postponed as it
has to be convened prior to a June 28, 2001 emergency Board meeting
that has just been scheduled.
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,
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but cannot guarantee availability of the requested accomodation. The
meeting site is accessible to individuals with disabilities.
Date: June 8, 2001.
Time: June 8--Committee on Standards, Design, and Methodology, 8:30
a.m.-1:00 p.m., (open), 1:00-2:00 p.m. (closed), 2:00 p.m.-3:30 p.m.
(open).
Location: Madison Hotel, 15th and M Streets, NW., Washington, DC.
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.
The Committee on Standards, Design, and Methodology will meet on
June 8, 2001 in open session from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., in closed
session from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m.; and will reconvene in open session from
2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
In the open sessions, the Committee on Standards, Design, and
Methodology will discuss sampling and design issues pertaining to the
National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) 2002 program.
From 1-2 p.m. the Committee will meet in closed session to receive
and discuss 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.
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. 5526(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 Asessment Governing Board, Suite
#825, 800 North Capitol Street, NW., Washington, DC from 8:30 a.m. to 5
p.m. Eastern Standard Time.
Dated: May 22, 2001.
Roy Truby,
Executive Director, National Assessment Governing Board.
[FR Doc. 01-13295 Filed 5-24-01; 8:45 am]
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