[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 110 (Wednesday, June 9, 1999)] [Notices] [Page 30966] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 99-14548] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION National Assessment Governing Board; Meeting AGENCY: National Assessment Governing Board; Education. ACTION: Notice of partially closed meeting. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the schedule and proposed agenda of a forthcoming meeting 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. This document is intended to notify the general public of their opportunity to attend. DATES: June 23, 1999. TIME: June 23--Full Board, 8:30 a.m.-2:00 p.m., (open), 2:00-3:00 p.m., (closed). LOCATION: University of Michigan, Michigan League, 911 North University Avenue, Ann Arbor, Michigan. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mary Ann Wilmer, Operations Officer, National Assessment Governing Board, Suite 825, 800 North Capitol Street, NW, 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. Under P.L. 105-78, the National Assessment Governing Board is also granted exclusive authority over developing the Voluntary National Tests pursuant to contract number RJ97153001. On June 23, the Governing Board will meet in open session from 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Agenda items for this meeting of the Board include discussion on mathematics frameworks; action on National Assessment Design: 2000-2010; action on the NAGB plan and report to Congress on Achievement Levels; and action on NAGB report to Congress on Voluntary National Tests: purpose, definitions, and reporting plans. From 2:00 to adjournment, 3:00 p.m., the Board will meet in closed session to review the Nominations Committee's recommendations of individuals to fill the upcoming Board vacancies. These discussions will relate solely to the internal personnel 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. Summaries of the activity of the closed session and related matters, which are informative to the public and consistent with the policy of section 5 U.S.C. 552b (c), will be available to the public within 14 days of 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, NW, Washington, DC, from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Roy Truby, Executive Director, National Assessment Governing Board. [FR Doc. 99-14548 Filed 6-8-99; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4000-01-M