[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 26 (Wednesday, February 7, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 4629]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-2585]



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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION


National Assessment Governing Board; Notice of Closed Meeting

SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the schedule and proposed agenda of a 
forthcoming closed meeting of the Nominations 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: February 19, 1996.

TIME: 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

LOCATION: Ritz-Carlton Hotel, St. Louis Missouri.

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 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.
    The Nominations Committee of the National Assessment Governing 
Board will meet in closed session on February 19, 1996, from 9 a.m. to 
4:30 p.m., to review the resumes of nominees to fill upcoming Board 
membership vacancies in the following categories: Chief State School 
Officer, Twelfth Grade Classroom Teacher, Test and Measurement Expert, 
Local School Superintendent, and General Public.
    The review and subsequent discussion of this information will touch 
upon matters that relate solely to the internal rules and practices of 
an agency and would 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 the meeting and related matters, 
which are informative to the public, consistent with policy of 5 U.S.C. 
552b, will be available to the public within fourteen days after the 
meeting.
    Due to the government furlough, adjustments were made in the 
schedule established for the review of nominee applications. Meeting 
dates were changed to accommodate the process and the availability of 
committee members. Therefore, the public is given less than fifteen 
days notice of this 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. until 5 p.m.

    Dated: February 1, 1996.
Roy Truby,
Executive Director, National Assessment Governing Board.
[FR Doc. 96-2585 Filed 2-2-96; 8:45 am]
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