[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 137 (Tuesday, July 18, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36788-36789]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-17506]



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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION


National Educational Research Policy and Priorities Board; 
Meeting

AGENCY: National Educational Research Policy and Priorities Board, 
Education.

ACTION: Notice of committee meeting.

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SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the schedule and proposed agenda of a 
meeting of the Committee on Research Standards, National Educational 
Research Policy and Priorities Board. This notice also describes the 
functions of the Committee. Notice of this meeting is required under 
Section 10 (a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act and is intended 
to notify the public of their opportunity to attend.

DATE AND TIME: August 4, 1995, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m..

ADDRESSES: Association of American Railroads Conference Center, 80 F 
Street NW., Fourth Floor, Washington, D.C., 20001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
John Christensen, Designated Federal Official, National Educational 
Research Policy and Priorities Board, 555 New Jersey Avenue NW, 
Washington, D.C. 20208-7564. Telephone: (202) 219-2065; Fax: (202) 219-
1528.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The National Educational Research Policy and 
Priorities Board is authorized by Section 921 of the Educational 
Research, Development , Dissemination, and Improvement Act of 1994 (the 
Act). The Board works collectively with the Assistant Secretary for the 
office of Educational Research and Improvement (the Office) to forge a 
national consensus with respect to a long-term agenda for educational 
research, development, and dissemination, and to provide advice and 
assistance to the Assistant Secretary in administering the duties of 
the Office.
    The Act directs the Assistant Secretary to develop, in consultation 
with the Board, such standards as may be necessary to govern the 
conduct and evaluation of all research, development, and dissemination 
activities carried out by the Office to ensure that such activities 
meet the highest standard of professional excellence. The Board, in 
turn, has created a Committee on Research Standards to act on its 
behalf in this matter, in the interval between full meetings of the 
Board.
    The meeting of the Committee on Research Standards is open to the 
public. The agenda for the meeting includes a discussion of the 
public's comments on proposed research standards for the evaluation of 
applications for grants and cooperative agreements and proposals for 
contracts Federal Register, Vol. 60, No. 109, Wednesday, June 7, 1995) 
and the drafting of final proposed research standards. In addition, the 
Committee will examine steps to be taken by the Office of Educational 
Research and Improvement to arrive at proposed standards for the 
evaluation of exemplary programs and promising practices for 
dissemination.
    A final agenda will be available from the Board's office on July 
28, 1995.
    Records are kept of all Board proceedings, and are available for 
public inspection at the office of the National Educational Research 
Policy and Priorities Board, 555 New Jersey Avenue, NW, Washington, 
D.C. 20208-7564.

    Dated: July 12, 1995.
Sharon P. Robinson,
Assistant Secretary, Office of Educational Research and Improvement.
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