[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 136 (Monday, July 17, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36406-36408]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-17470]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
National Assessment Governing Board; Meeting
AGENCY: National Assessment Governing Board; Education.
ACTION: Notice of 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.
DATES: August 3-5, 1995.
TIME: August 3, 1995--Executive Committee, 10 A.M.-1:30 P.M. (closed),
2 P.M.-3 P.M. (open); Achievement Levels Committee, 4 P.M.-6 P.M.
(closed); Subject Area Committee #2, 4 P.M.-8 P.M. (closed);
Nominations Committee, 6 P.M.-8 P.M. (closed). August 4, 1995--Full
Board, 9 A.M.-10 A.M. (open); Design and Methodology Committee,
Reporting and Dissemination Committee, and Subject Area Committee #1,
10 A.M.-12 Noon (open); Full Board, 12 Noon-2:30 P.M. (closed); 2:30
P.M.-5 P.M. (open); and 6:30 P.M.-8:30 P.M. (closed). August 5, 1995--
Full Board, 9 A.M.-11:45 A.M. (open), 11:45 A.M.-until adjournment,
approximately 12 Noon (closed).
LOCATION: The Ritz-Carlton Hotel--Pentagon City, 1250 South Hayes
Street, Arlington, Virginia.
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.
On August 3, the Executive Committee of the National Assessment
Governing Board will meet in closed session from 10 A.M. to 1:30 P.M.
The Committee will meet to discuss the development of cost estimates
for NAEP and future contract initiatives. Public disclosure of this
information would likely have an adverse financial effect on the NAEP
program. The discussion of this information 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.
Beginning at 2 P.M. until adjournment, 3 P.M., the Executive
Committee will meet in open session to hear an update on the NAGB
planning initiative activities and to discuss the special provisions
for testing students with disabilities and with limited English
proficiency.
Also on August 3, there will be closed meetings of the Achievement
Levels Committee from 4 P.M. to 6 P.M., SAC #2 from 4 P.M.-8 P.M., and
the Nominations Committee from 6 P.M.-8 P.M. The Achievement Levels
Committee will be examining and discussing unreleased NAEP data (cut
scores, percent of students at or above the levels, and test items) in
the process of making their decisions about the 1994 levels in history
and geography. The discussion will include references to specific items
from the assessments, the disclosure of which might significantly
frustrate implementation of the NAEP. This session mist be closed to
the public because reference may be made to data which may be
misinterpreted, incorrect, or incomplete. Premature disclosure of this
data 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.
SAC #2 will be considering test items for inclusion in the 1996
assessments of mathematics and science. The review and subsequent
discussions will include references to specific items for these
assessments, the disclosure of which might significantly frustrate
implementation of the NAEP. Premature disclosure of this data 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.
The Nominations Committee will review and discuss the
qualifications of nominees for filling potential vacancies in Board
membership. The review and subsequent discussions of this information
relate solely to the internal rules and practices of an agency and will
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.
On August 4, the full Board will convene in open session from 9
A.M. to 10 A.M. The agenda for this session of the full Board meeting
includes approval of the agenda, the Executive Director's Report, and
update on NAEP activities. Between 10 A.M. and 12 noon, there will open
meetings of the following subcommittees: Design and Methodology,
Reporting and Dissemination, and Subject Area Committee #1. The Design
and Methodology Committee will hear updates on below state assessments,
the 1996 NAEP assessment design, and the Technical Review Panel studies
planned for 1996 and beyond.
Agenda items for the Reporting and Dissemination Committee include
consideration of Board policy on public access to NAEP background and
cognitive questions; plans for release of NAEP reports; and testing of
students with disabilities and limited English proficiency.
Subject Area Committee #1 will hear a progress report from the
contractor on the plans for the civics assessment.
Beginning at 12 noon, until 2:30 P.M., the full Board will meet in
closed session. The Board will hear a report on the 1994 achievement
levels in history and geography which will include references to
specific items from the assessment. This portion of the meeting must be
closed because reference may be made to data which may be
misinterpreted, incorrect, or incomplete. Premature disclosure of these
data 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.
The meeting will be open from 2:30 P.M. until 5 P.M. when the Board
will hear an update on the civics framework, NAGB Planning Initiative
and presentations by authors of commissioned papers.
At 6:30 P.M., until 8:30 P.M., the Board will reconvene in closed
session to consider candidates for nomination to the Board. Discussion
of the candidates' qualifications relates solely to the internal rules
and practices of an agency and will 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.
On August 5, at 9 A.M., the full Board will reconvene. The Board
will meet in open session from 9 A.M. through adjournment,
approximately 12 noon. The agenda for the open session includes a
presentation by Kati Haycock of the American Association for Higher
Education on Using NAEP Data and reports from the Board's standing
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subcommittees--Subject Area #1, Subject Area #2, Achievement Levels,
Reporting and Dissemination, Design and Methodology, and the Executive
Committee.
The Board will hear the Nominations Committee report during the
closed session, beginning at 11:45 A.M. to approximately 12:00 noon,
and consider the recommendations of candidates for Board membership.
Discussion of the candidates' qualifications relates solely to the
internal personnel rules and practices of an agency and will 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 the
Section 552b(c) of Title 5 U.S.C.
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, will be available to the public within
14 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 P.M.
Dated: July 12, 1995.
Roy Truby,
Executive Director, National Assessment Governing Board.
[FR Doc. 95-17470 Filed 7-14-95; 8:45 am]
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