[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 11 (Tuesday, January 18, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-1120]


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[Federal Register: January 18, 1994]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
 

National Assessment Governing Board; Meeting

AGENCY: National Assessment Governing Board; Education.

ACTION: Notice of closed meeting.

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SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the schedule and proposed agenda of a 
forthcoming closed meeting of the Nominations 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.

DATES: February 7, 1994.

TIME: 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

LOCATION: Holiday Inn Crown Plaza, 333 Poydras Street, New Orleans, 
Louisiana.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mary Ann Wilmer, Operations Officer, National Assessment Governing 
Board, Suite 825, 800 North Capitol Street, NW., Washington, DC 20002-
42333; Telephone: (202) 357-6938.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The National Assessment Governing Board is 
established under section 406(i) of the General Education Provisions 
Act (GEPA) as amended by section 3403 of the National Assessment of 
Educational Progress Improvement Act (NAEP Improvement Act), title III-
C of the Augustus F. Hawkins--Robert T. Stafford Elementary and 
Secondary School Improvement Amendments of 1988 (Pub. L. 100-297), (20 
U.S.C. 1221e-1).
    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 Nominations Committee of the National Assessment Governing 
Board will meet in closed session on February 7, 1994, from 9 a.m. 
until 4:30 p.m., to review and discuss personal qualifications and 
experience of nominees recommended to serve as Board members in the 
following respective categories: Chief State School Officer, Eighth 
Grade Classroom Teacher, Fourth Grade Classroom Teacher, Elementary 
School Principal, Secondary School Principal, and General Public. The 
review and subsequent discussion of this information will touch upon 
matters that relate solely to the internal rules and practices of an 
agency and would disclose information of a personal nature where 
disclosure would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal 
privacy if conducted in open session. Such matters are protected by 
exemptions (2) and (6) of section 552b(c) of title 5 U.S.C.
    A summary of the activities of the meeting and related matters, 
which are informative to the public, consistent with policy of 5 U.S.C. 
552b, will be available to the public within fourteen days after 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. until 5 p.m.


    Dated: January 12, 1994.
Roy Truby,
Executive Director, National Assessment Governing Board.
[FR Doc. 94-1120 Filed 1-14-94; 8:45 am]
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