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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

 

National Assessment Governing Board; Partially Closed Meeting

agency: National Assessment Governing Board; Education.

action: Notice of 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.

dates: November 17-19, 1994.

time: November 17, 1994--Subject Area Committee #2, 4:00 p.m.-4:30 p.m. 
(open), 4:30 p.m.-6:00 p.m. (closed); Achievement Levels Committee, 
4:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m. (open). November 18, 1994--Executive Committee, 
7:00 a.m.-8:30 a.m. (open); Full Board, 8:45 a.m.-10:00 a.m. (open); 
Subject Area Committee #1, 10:00 a.m.-12:00 noon (open); Reporting and 
Dissemination Committee, 10:00 a.m.-12 noon (open); Design and Analysis 
Committee, 10:00 a.m.-12 noon (open); Full Board, 12:00 noon-1:30 p.m. 
(closed), 1:30 p.m.-5:15 p.m. (open). November 19, 1994--9:00 a.m. 
until adjournment, approximately 12:00 noon (open).

location: The Madison Hotel, 15th and M Streets, N.W., Washington, D.C.

for further information contact: Mary Ann Wilmer, Operations Officer, 
National Assessment Governing Board, Suite 825, 800 North Capitol 
Street, N.W., Washington, D.C., 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).
    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 November 17, two committees will be in session. Subject Area 
Committee #2 will meet from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. The committee will 
meet in open session from 4:00 p.m. until 4:30 p.m. to hear a report on 
the National Endowment for the Arts survey of school arts programs. 
From 4:30 p.m.-6:00 p.m. the meeting will be closed to the public to 
permit the committee to review field test items for the arts 
assessment. This meeting must be conducted in closed session because 
premature disclosure of the information presented for review might 
significantly frustrate implementation of a proposed agency action. 
Such matters are protected by exemption 9(B) of Section 552b(c) of 
Title 5 U.S.C. The Achievement Levels Committee will meet in open 
session from 4:00 p.m. until 6:00 p.m. The committee will discuss a 
report from American College Testing (ACT) on the following topics: 
Research results from geography and history pilots and the final design 
for and types of judges that should be participants in the achievement 
levels-setting meetings scheduled for November and December.
    On November 18, the Executive Committee will meet in open session 
from 7:00 a.m. until 8:30 a.m. The agenda includes a discussion of 
principles to guide the NAEP assessment schedule through the year 2000; 
implications of the reauthorization legislation; and matters related to 
the FY 1995 budget.
    Also on November 18, the full Board will convene in open session at 
8:45 a.m. The morning session of the full Board meeting, to 10:00 a.m., 
includes approval of the agenda, the Executive Director's report, and 
an update on NAEP activities. From 10:00 a.m. until 12:00 noon, three 
of the Board's standing committees, Subject Area #1, Reporting and 
Dissemination, and Design and Analysis will meet in open session.
    Beginning at 12:00 noon, until 4:30 p.m., the full Board will meet 
in partially closed session. From 12:00 noon until 1:30 p.m., the 
meeting will be closed to the public. The Board will hear a report on 
the 1992 NAEP Report of the Integrated Reading Performance Record which 
will include references to specific items from the assessment. This 
portion of the meeting must be closed because reference may be made to 
data which may be misinterpreted, incorrect, or incomplete. Premature 
disclosure of these data might significantly frustrate implementation 
of a proposed agency action. Such matters are protected by exemption 
9(B) of Section 552b(c) of Title 5 U.S.C. From 1:30 p.m. until 5:15 
p.m., the meeting will be open to the public. The Board will hear 
reports on the National Education Goals, and States as NAEP Partners, a 
panel discussion on the NCES/NAGB Joint Conference on Standard Setting. 
Also, the Board will receive an ethics briefing provided by the Office 
of General Counsel.
    On November 19, at 9:00 a.m., the full Board will reconvene. The 
agenda for this session includes a report from the Ad Hoc Committee on 
NAEP Background Questionnaires, and from each of the standing 
committees: Subject Area Committees #1 and #2, Reporting and 
Dissemination, Design and Analysis, Achievement Levels, and Executive. 
This meeting of the National Assessment Governing Board will be 
adjourned at approximately 12:00 noon.
    A summary 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, 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, N.W., Washington, D.C., from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

    Dated: November 2, 1994.
Roy Truby,
Executive Director, National Assessment Governing Board.
[FR Doc. 94-27513 Filed 11-4-94; 8:45 am]
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