[Federal Register: November 25, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 227)]
[Notices]               
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

 
National Assessment Governing Board; Meeting

AGENCY: National Assessment Governing Board; U.S. Department of 
Education.

ACTION: Notice of Teleconference Meeting.

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SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the schedule and proposed agenda of a 
forthcoming teleconference meeting of the Reporting and Dissemination 
Committee 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 11, 2003.
    Time: 10 a.m., adjournment, approximately, 12 noon.
    Location: National Assessment Governing Board; 800 North Capitol 
Street, NW., Suite 825, Washington, DC 20001.

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 302 of the National Assessment of Educational 
Progress Act (Pub. L. 107-279).
    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, developing guidelines for reporting and 
disseminating results, establishing standards and procedures for 
interstate and national comparisons, planning and executing the initial 
public release of reports, and exercising final authority on the 
appropriateness of all assessment items. On Thursday, December 11, 2003 
the Reporting and Dissemination Committee will hold a teleconference 
meeting from 10 a.m. to 12 noon to review and approve background

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questions proposed for use in assessments to be conducted by the 
National Assessment of Educational Progress in 2005.
    A summary of the activities of the teleconference meeting, and 
other related matters which are informative to the public and 
consistent with the policy of the section 5 U.S.C. 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 5 p.m. (EST).

    Dated: November 20, 2003.
Charles Smith,
Executive Director, National Assessment Governing Board.
[FR Doc. 03-29440 Filed 11-24-03; 8:45 am]

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