[Federal Register: December 2, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 232)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
National Assessment Governing Board; Meeting
AGENCY: National Assessment Governing Board; Education.
ACTION: Notice of Closed Teleconference Meeting.
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SUMMARY: The notice sets forth the schedule and proposed agenda of a
forthcoming closed teleconference 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.
DATES: December 15, 2008.
Time: 2:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time.
Location: Via Teleconference.
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, as amended.
The Governing 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 specifications and frameworks, developing
appropriate student achievement levels for each grade and subject
tested, developing standards and procedures for interstate and national
comparisons, developing guidelines for reporting and disseminating
results, and releasing initial NAEP results to the public.
On Monday, December 15, 2008, the full Board will hold a closed
teleconference meeting from 200 p.m. to 400 p.m. to review and discuss
the qualifications of individuals to fill the vacant position of
Executive Director of the National Assessment Governing Board. Based on
these discussions, the full Board will approve the hire of the
Executive Director. These discussions pertain solely to internal
personnel rules and practices of an agency and will disclose
information of a personal nature where disclosure would constitute an
unwarranted invasion of personal privacy. As such, the discussions are
protected by exemptions 2 and 6 of section 552b(c) of Title 5 U.S.C.
A summary of the activities of the closed teleconference, and
related matters which are informative to the public and consistent with
the policy of section 552b(c), 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, 800 North Capitol
Street, NW., Suite 825, Washington DC 20002, from 8:30 a.m. to 500 p.m.
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Dated: November 20, 2008.
Mary Crovo,
Interim Executive Director, National Assessment Governing Board, U.S.
Department of Education.
[FR Doc. E8-28547 Filed 12-1-08; 8:45 am]
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