[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 74 (Monday, April 19, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19140-19141]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-9663]
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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: May 13-16, 1999.
TIME: May 13--Subject Area Committee #1, 1:30-2:20 p.m., (open); Joint
Meeting of the Design and Methodology Committee and the Subject Area
Committee, #1 and #2, 2:30-3:30 p.m., (closed); Design and Methodology
Committee, 3:30-4:30 p.m., (open); Subject Area Committee #2, 3:30-4:30
p.m., (open); and Reporting and Dissemination Committee, 3:00-4:30
p.m., (open). May 14--Full Board, 8:30-9:00 a.m., (open), 9:00-10:30
a.m. (closed), 10:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m., (open); May 15--Nominations
Committee, 8:00-9:00 a.m., (closed); Full Board, 9:00-11:30 a.m.,
(open); adjournment, 11:30 a.m.
LOCATION: Lowe's New York, 569 Lexington Avenue, New York, N.Y.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: May Ann Wilmer, Operations Officer,
National Assessment Governing Board, Suite 825, 800 North Capitol
Street, NW, 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) (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 Public Law 105-78, the
National Assessment Governing Board is also granted exclusive authority
over developing the Voluntary National Tests pursuant to contract
number RJ97153001.
On May 13, the Subject Area Committee #1 will meet in open session
from 1:30-2:30 p.m. The Committee will discuss the new NAEP Foreign
Language Consensus contract.
From 2:30-3:30 p.m., there will be a closed joint meeting of the
Design and Methodology Committee and the Subject Area Committee #1 and
#2. The Committee will discuss the results of a report about the
feasibility of linking assessment instruments. This meeting must be
closed because references will be made to specific items from the
assessment and premature disclosure of the information presented for
review would be likely to 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 Design and Methodology Committee will meet in open session from
3:30-4:30 p.m., to consider technical issues related to the Voluntary
National Tests, and hear a report from the National Academy of
Sciences' studies on ``market basket assessment'', conduct of
assessments below the state level.
Subject Area Committee #2 will meet in open session from 3:30-4:30
p.m. to discuss the NAEP mathematics assessment item development
activities for 2000.
Also on May 13, the Reporting and Dissemination Committee will meet
in open session from 3:00-4:30 p.m. Agenda items for this meeting
include action on the revisions to NAGB Policy on Reporting and
Dissemination of National Assessment Results; an update on the
implementation of the Board decision on reporting private school
results; sampling and reporting of students with disabilities and
limited-English proficiency; and reporting Voluntary National Tests
results to parents and schools.
On May 14, the full Board will convene in open session from 8:30-
9:00 a.m. The Board will hear a report from the Executive Director of
the National Assessment Governing Board, and an update on NAEP
activities. From 9:00-10:30 a.m., the Board will meet in closed session
to receive a report on the Achievement Level Setting for Civics and
Writing Assessments and to discuss the results. This portion of the
meeting must be closed because references will be made to specific
items from the assessment 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 Board will convene in open session from 10:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
The agenda for this portion of the meeting includes a report and
discussion on the Voluntary National Tests: Purpose, Definitions and
Reporting Plans; NAEP Report on Accommodations; a discussion on the
National Assessment Design 2000-2010; and a discussion on the NAGB plan
and report to Congress on achievement levels. Final action of the day
will be remarks from the New York State Commissioner of Education.
On May 15, there will be a closed meeting of the Nominations
Committee from 8:00-9:00 a.m. The Committee will discuss nominees
qualifications for Board membership. 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 exemption (2)
and (6) of Section 552b(c) of Title 5 U.S.C.
Beginning at 9:00 a.m., until adjournment, approximately 11:30
a.m., the full Board will reconvene to hear an update on the Voluntary
National Tests and to receive reports from its various standing
committees.
Also on May 15, the full Board will receive and consider the
Nominations Committee recommendations for membership, in a partially
closed session, beginning at 11:30 a.m. through adjournment,
approximately 12:00 noon. The review and subsequent discussion of this
information relate sole 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 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 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
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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. 99-9663 Filed 4-16-99; 8:45 am]
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