[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 2 (Friday, January 3, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 400]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-54]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION


National Assessment Governing Board; Meeting

AGENCY: National Assessment Governing Board; Education.

ACTION: Notice of closed meeting.

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SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the schedule and proposed agenda of a 
forthcoming meeting of the Achievement Levels 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 10, 1997.

TIME: 7:00 a.m.-2:30 p.m.

LOCATION: The Brown Palace Hotel, 321 Seventeenth Street, Denver, 
Colorado.

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 February 10, 1997, between the hours of 7:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. 
there will be a closed meeting of the Achievement Levels Committee. The 
Committee will be reviewing the final data and national consensus 
information on the proposed 1996 science achievement levels to prepare 
its final recommendations to present to the Executive Committee.
    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.
    A summary of the activities of the meeting and related matters, 
which are informative to the public, consistent with the policy of 5 
U.S.C., 552b, will be available to the public within fourteen 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: December 30, 1996.
Roy Truby,
Executive Director, National Assessment Governing Board.
[FR Doc. 97-54 Filed 1-2-97; 8:45 am]
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