[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 216 (Wednesday, November 6, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 57479]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-28451]


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NATIONAL EDUCATION GOALS PANEL


Meeting

AGENCY: National Education Goals Panel.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the date and location of a forthcoming 
meeting of the National Education Goals Panel. This notice also 
describes the functions of the Panel.

DATE AND TIME: Tuesday, November 19, 1996 from 9:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.

ADDRESS: Hyatt Regency Washington on Capitol Hill, 400 New Jersey 
Avenue, NW, Columbia Ballroom B, Washington, DC 20001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Ken Nelson, Executive Director, 1255 22nd Street, NW, Suite 502, 
Washington, DC 20037. Telephone: (202) 632-0952.

SUMMARY: The National Education Goals Panel was established to monitor, 
measure and report state and national progress toward achieving the 
eight National Education Goals, and report to the states and the Nation 
on that progress.

AGENDA ITEMS: The meeting of the Panel is open to the public. Agenda 
items include: 1) The release of the sixth annual report on state and 
national progress toward achievement of the National Education Goals; 
2) Representatives from California and Ohio will discuss the 
controversies they have encountered as they developed high academic 
standards and assessments systems; 3) An overview of the different 
findings that will be released during the next few months by the Third 
Mathematical and Science Study (TIMSS); 4) A presentation of the TIMSS' 
findings on curriculum frameworks and textbooks; and 5) passing the 
gavel to the next chair of the Panel.

    Dated: October 31, 1996.
Ken Nelson,
Executive Director, National Education Goals Panel.
[FR Doc. 96-28451 Filed 11-5-96; 8:45 am]
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