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[FR Doc No: 94-11011]


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[Federal Register: May 9, 1994]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
 

National Assessment Governing Board; Closed Teleconference 
Meeting

AGENCY: National Assessment Governing Board, Education.

ACTION: Notice of closed teleconference meeting.

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SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the schedule and proposed agenda of a 
forthcoming teleconference of the Executive 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: June 1, 1994.

TIME: 11 a.m. (edt).

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

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mary Ann Wilmer, Operations Office, 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 
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.
    On June 1, 1994, the Executive Committee of the National Assessment 
Governing Board will meet in a closed teleconference meeting to review 
and discuss the performance of the NAGB excepted-appointment staff in 
their respective positions. The review and subsequent discussion will 
relate solely to the internal rules and practices of an agency and 
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 this closed teleconference and 
related matters, which are informative to the public and consistent 
with the policy of section 5 U.S.C. 552b, will be available to the 
public within 14 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. to 5 
p.m.

    Dated: May 3, 1994.
Roy Truby,
Executive Director.
[FR Doc. 94-11011 Filed 5-6-94; 8:45 am]
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