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[FR Doc No: 94-6467]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

 

National Assessment Governing Board; Meeting

AGENCY: National Assessment Governing Board; ED.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the schedule and proposed agenda of a 
forthcoming meeting of the Reporting and Dissemination 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. This document 
is intended to notify the general pubic of their opportunity to attend.

DATES: April 14, 1994.

TIME: 11 a.m. (est).

LOCATION: 800 North Capitol Street NW., suite 825, Washington, DC.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mary Ann Wilmer, Operations Officer, 
National Assessment Governing Board, suite 825, 800 North Capitol 
Street NW., Washington, DC, 20002-4233, 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 
USC 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, an establishing standards and procedures for 
interstate and national comparisons.
    The Reporting and Dissemination Committee of the National 
Assessment Governing Board will meet April 14, 1994 from 11 a.am until 
12:30 p.m. Because this is a teleconference meeting, facilities will be 
provided so the public will have access to he Committee's 
deliberations. The agenda for this teleconference meeting includes 
three items: (1) Plans for implementation of the Widmeyer Group 
recommendations on dissemination strategies for NAEP; (2) NCES plan for 
release of1992 NAEP report on Effective Schools and Instruction in 
Mathematics; and (3) Use of achievement levels in reporting 1994 
reading results.
    Records are kept of all Board proceedings and are available for 
pubic 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.

    Date: March 15, 1994.
Roy Truby,
Executive Director, National Assessment Governing Board.
[FR Doc. 94-6467 Filed 3-18-94; 8:45 am]
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