[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 18 (Monday, January 28, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 3888]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-1985]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION


National Assessment Governing Board; Meeting

AGENCY: National Assessment Governing Board; Education.

ACTION: Notice of open meeting, and partially closed meeting.

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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. Individuals who will need 
accommodations for a disability in order to attend the meeting (i.e. 
interpreting services, assistive listening devices, materials in 
alternative format) should notify Munira Mwalimu at 202-357-6938 or at 
[email protected] not later than February 8, 2002. We will attempt 
to meet requests after this date, but cannot guarantee availability of 
the requested accommodation. The meeting site is accessible to 
individuals with disabilities.
    Date: March 1-March 2, 2002.
    Time: March 1--Full Board 8:30 a.m.-10:15 a.m.; Assessment 
Development Committee 10:15 a.m.-12:15 p.m.; Committee on Standards, 
Design and Methodology, 10:15 a.m.-12:15 p.m.; Reporting and 
Dissemination Committee, 10:15 a.m.-12:15 p.m.; Full Board--Closed 
Meeting, 12:30 p.m.-1:45 p.m.; Open Meeting 1:45 p.m.-4:30p.m.; March 
2--Nominations Committee--8 a.m.-8:45 a.m.; Full Board, 9:00 a.m.-12 
p.m.
    Location: The Ritz Carlton New Orleans, 921 Canal Street, New 
Orleans, LA 70112.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Munira Mwalimu, Operations Officer, 
National Assessment Governing Board, 800 North Capitol Street, NW., 
Suite 825, 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, as 
amended by the No Child Left Behind Act of 2002) (Public Law 103-382).
    The Board is established to formulate policy guidelines for the 
National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). The Board's 
responsibilities include selecting subject areas to be assessed, 
developing assessment objectives, devleoping appropriate student 
achievement levels for each grade and subject tested, developing 
guidelines for reporting and disseminating results, and developing 
standards and procedures for interstate and national comparisons.
    On March 1, 2002 the full Board will convene in open session from 
8:30 a.m.-10:15 a.m. The Board will approve the agenda after which 
Secretary Rod Paige will administer the oath of office to a new Board 
member and address the Board. Welcome remarks and comments will then be 
made by Cecil Picard, the Louisiana Superintendent of Education, 
followed by an update on the NAEP Program by Deputy Commissioner of the 
National Center for Education Statistics, Gary Phillips. From 10:15 
a.m. to 12:15 p.m., the Board's standing committees--the Assessment 
Development Committee, the Committee on Standards, Design, and 
Methodology, and the Reporting and Dissemination Committee will meet in 
open session.
    The full Board will recovene in closed session on March 1, 2002 
from 12:30 p.m.-1:45 p.m. to receive results of the NAEP 2001 U.S. 
History Assessment. This meeting must be closed because the Secretary 
of Education has not officially released results from the NAEP U.S. 
History Assessment to the public and premature disclosure of the 
information presented for review would be likely to significantly 
frustrate implementation of a proposed agency action if conducted in 
open session. Such matters are protected by exemption 9(B) of section 
552b(c) of Title 5 U.S.C.
    The full Board will reconvene in open session on March 1, from 1:45 
p.m. to 4:30 p.m. to discuss implications of the No Child Left Behind 
Act of 2002 for NAEP; to hear a final report and take action on 
recommendations of the Ad Hoc Committee on Confirming Test Results; and 
to hear a final report and take action on the NAEP Reading Framework. 
The Board will also receive a briefing on the 2005 NAEP Economics 
Framework project, upon which the March 1, 2002 session of the Board 
meeting will adjourn.
    On March 2, 2002, the Nominations Committee will meet from 8 a.m. 
to 8:45 a.m. The full Board will meet in open session from 9 a.m. to 12 
a.m. The Board will receive and view reading results of the Program for 
International Student Assessment (PISA). The Board will then hear and 
take action on Committee reports from 9:30 a.m. to 12 p.m., whereupon 
the meeting will adjourn.
    Summaries of the activities of the closed sessions 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 
p.m. Eastern Standard Time

    Dated: January 23, 2002.
Roy Truby,
Executive Director, National Assessment Governing Board.
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