[Federal Register: January 28, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 18)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
National Assessment Governing Board; Meeting
AGENCY: National Assessment Governing Board; Education.
ACTION: Notice of open meeting, 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. 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 not later than February 8, 2002. 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: March 1-March 2, 2002.
Time: March 1--Full Board 8:30 a.m.-10:15 a.m.; Assessment
Development Committee 10:15 a.m.-12:15 p.m.; Committee on Standards,
Design and Methodology, 10:15 a.m.-12:15 p.m.; Reporting and
Dissemination Committee, 10:15 a.m.-12:15 p.m.; Full Board--Closed
Meeting, 12:30 p.m.-1:45 p.m.; Open Meeting 1:45 p.m.-4:30p.m.; March
2--Nominations Committee--8 a.m.-8:45 a.m.; Full Board, 9:00 a.m.-12
p.m.
Location: The Ritz Carlton New Orleans, 921 Canal Street, New
Orleans, LA 70112.
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, as
amended by the No Child Left Behind Act of 2002) (Public Law 103-382).
The Board is established to formulate policy guidelines for the
National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). The Board's
responsibilities include selecting subject areas to be assessed,
developing assessment objectives, devleoping appropriate student
achievement levels for each grade and subject tested, developing
guidelines for reporting and disseminating results, and developing
standards and procedures for interstate and national comparisons.
On March 1, 2002 the full Board will convene in open session from
8:30 a.m.-10:15 a.m. The Board will approve the agenda after which
Secretary Rod Paige will administer the oath of office to a new Board
member and address the Board. Welcome remarks and comments will then be
made by Cecil Picard, the Louisiana Superintendent of Education,
followed by an update on the NAEP Program by Deputy Commissioner of the
National Center for Education Statistics, Gary Phillips. From 10:15
a.m. to 12:15 p.m., the Board's standing committees--the Assessment
Development Committee, the Committee on Standards, Design, and
Methodology, and the Reporting and Dissemination Committee will meet in
open session.
The full Board will recovene in closed session on March 1, 2002
from 12:30 p.m.-1:45 p.m. to receive results of the NAEP 2001 U.S.
History Assessment. This meeting must be closed because the Secretary
of Education has not officially released results from the NAEP U.S.
History Assessment to the public and premature disclosure of the
information presented for review 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.
The full Board will reconvene in open session on March 1, from 1:45
p.m. to 4:30 p.m. to discuss implications of the No Child Left Behind
Act of 2002 for NAEP; to hear a final report and take action on
recommendations of the Ad Hoc Committee on Confirming Test Results; and
to hear a final report and take action on the NAEP Reading Framework.
The Board will also receive a briefing on the 2005 NAEP Economics
Framework project, upon which the March 1, 2002 session of the Board
meeting will adjourn.
On March 2, 2002, the Nominations Committee will meet from 8 a.m.
to 8:45 a.m. The full Board will meet in open session from 9 a.m. to 12
a.m. The Board will receive and view reading results of the Program for
International Student Assessment (PISA). The Board will then hear and
take action on Committee reports from 9:30 a.m. to 12 p.m., whereupon
the meeting will adjourn.
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. 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: January 23, 2002.
Roy Truby,
Executive Director, National Assessment Governing Board.
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