[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 103 (Tuesday, May 30, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 28094]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-13054]



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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION


National Assessment Governing Board; Meetings

AGENCY: National Assessment Governing Board; Department of Education.

ACTION: Notice of closed teleconference meetings.

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SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the schedule and proposed agenda of 
forthcoming closed teleconference meetings of the Executive and the 
Subject Area #2 committees 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 12, 1995.

TIME: 11:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., Joint Meeting, Executive Committee and 
Subject Area Committee #2, (closed); 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., Executive 
Committee (closed).

LOCATION: 800 North Capitol Street, N.W., Suite 825, 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(, 
(Pub. L. 103-382).
    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 12, the Executive Committee and the Subject Area Committee 
#2 will meet in a joint teleconference from 11:00 a.m. until 11:30 a.m. 
The purpose of this meeting is to decide on whether to conduct the 
grade 12 arts field test in 1996. This meeting will be closed to the 
public to permit the committees to review and discuss confidential 
government cost estimates related to the procurement of the arts field 
test. The discussion of this information will involve proprietary 
information about funding levels for proposed procurements and would be 
likely to significantly frustrate implementation of a proposed agency 
action if considered in open session. Such matters are protected by 
exemption (9(B)) of Section 552(b(c) of Title 5 U.S.C.
    At the conclusion of the joint meeting, the Executive Committee 
will continue to meet in closed session to review and act on two agenda 
items: (1) The performance of National Assessment Governing Board 
excepted-appointment staff in their respective positions, and (2) 
confidential government cost-estimate issues related to the procurement 
of future NAEP assessments.
    The reviews and subsequent personnel actions of the excepted-
appointment staff will relate solely to the internal rules and 
practices of an agency and disclose information of a personal nature, 
which 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.
    The committee's deliberations regarding the government cost-
estimates for future NAEP assessments will involve discussions of 
proprietary information about funding levels for proposed procurements. 
Premature public disclosure of this information would affect private 
decisions by third parties and damage the financial interests of the 
NAEP program. The premature disclosure of this information would be 
likely to significantly frustrate implementation of a proposed agency 
action if considered in open session. Such matters are protected by 
exemption (9(B)) of Section 552b(c) of Title 5 U.S.C.
    A summary of the activities 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 
meetings. 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: May 23, 1995.
Roy Truby,
Executive Director, National Assessment Governing Board.
[FR Doc. 95-13054 Filed 5-26-95; 8:45 am]
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