Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 130 / Thursday, July 6, 2000 / Notices 41643

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Submission for OMB Review;

Comment Request; Correction

AGENCY: Department of Education.

ACTION: Notice; correction.

SUMMARY: The Department of Education

published a document in the Federal

Register of June 21, 2000, concerning a

request for comments on the Evaluation

of the 21st Century Community

Learning Centers Program. The

reporting and recordkeeping responses

on this document were incorrectly

stated.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Jacqueline Montague, 202–708–5359.

Correction

In the Federal Register of June 21,

2000, in FR Doc 00–15573, on page

38521, in the 1st column, correct the

‘‘Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour

Burden’’ to read:

Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour

Burden: Responses: 18,780; Burden

Hours: 41,090.

Dated: June 29, 2000.

John Tressler,

Leader, Regulatory Information Management.

[FR Doc. 00–17009 Filed 7–5–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

The Use of Tests When Making HighStakes Decisions for Students: A

Resource Guide for Educators and

Policymakers

AGENCY: Office for Civil Rights,

Department of Education.

ACTION: Notice of availability of draft

document and request for comments.

SUMMARY: The Assistant Secretary for

Civil Rights announces the availability

for public comment of a draft document

entitled ‘‘The Use of Tests When

Making High-Stakes Decisions for

Students: A Resource Guide for

Educators and Policymakers.’’ The

resource guide is designed to provide

educators and policymakers with a

useful, practical tool that will assist in

their development and implementation

of policies that involve the use of tests

in making high-stakes decisions for

students. The guide provides

information about relevant Federal nondiscrimination standards and

professionally recognized test

measurement principles, as well as a

collection of resources related to the

non-discrimination and test

measurement principles discussed in

the guide.

DATES: We must receive your comments

on the draft document on or before

August 7, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Address all comments and

requests for copies of the draft

document to Jeanette J. Lim, U.S.

Department of Education, 400 Maryland

Avenue, SW., room 5212 Switzer

Building, Washington, DC 20202–1100.

Telephone: (202) 205–5557 or 1–800–

421–3481. For all comments submitted

by letter, you must include the term

‘‘Testing Comments.’’ If you use a

telecommunications device for the deaf

(TDD), you may call the TDD number at

(202) 260–0471 or 1–800–USA–LEARN.

The draft document is also available

through the Internet at the following

site: http://www.ed.gov/offices/OCR/

testing.

If you prefer to send your comments

through the Internet, use the following

address: ocr@ed.gov

You must include the term ‘‘Testing

Comments’’ in the subject line of your

electronic message.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Jeanette J. Lim. Telephone: (202) 205–

5557 or 1–800–421–3481. If you use a

telecommunications device for the deaf

(TDD), you may call the TDD number at

(202) 260–0471 or 1–800–USA–LEARN.

Individuals with disabilities may

obtain this document in an alternative

format (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, or computer diskette) by

contacting the Office for Civil Rights’

Customer Service Team at (202) 205–

5557 or 1–800–421–3481.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

purpose of the draft resource guide is to

provide educators and policymakers

with information about Federal nondiscrimination standards and test

measurement principles concerning the

proper use of tests in making highstakes decisions for students. The

Department is accepting public

comments on the draft resource guide.

Earlier versions of the draft resource

guide have been reviewed by the

National Academy of Science’s Board

on Testing and Assessment (BOTA), the

U.S. Department of Justice’s Civil Rights

Division (CRD), and dozens of groups

and individuals, including educators,

parents, teachers, business leaders,

policymakers, and others. BOTA

conducted a public hearing on the

resource guide on January 26, 2000.

This draft seeks to respond to BOTA’s,

CRD’s and other stakeholders’

comments.

Invitation To Comment

We invite you to submit comments

regarding this draft resource guide.

During and after the comment period,

you may inspect all comments received

during the public comment period in

room 5036, Switzer Building, 330 C

Street, SW., Washington, DC, between

the hours of 10:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.,

Eastern time, Monday through Friday of

each week except Federal holidays.

Assistance to Individuals With

Disabilities in Reviewing the Public

Record

On request, we will supply an

appropriate aid, such as a reader or

print magnifier, to an individual with a

disability who needs assistance to

review the comments or other

documents in the public record for this

draft resource guide. If you want to

schedule an appointment for this type of

aid, you may call (202) 205–8113 or

(202) 260–9895. If you use a TDD, you

may call the Federal Information Relay

Service at 1–800–877–8339.

Electronic Access to This Document

You may view this document, as well

as all other Department of Education

documents published in the Federal

Register, in text or Adobe Portable

Document Format (PDF), on the Internet

at either of the following sites:

http://ocfo.ed.gov/fedreg.htm

http://www.ed.gov/news.html

To use the PDF, you must have Adobe

Acrobat Reader, which is available free

at either of the previous sites. If you

have questions about using the PDF, call

the U.S. Government Printing Office

(GPO), toll free, at 1–888–293–6498; or

in the Washington, DC area at (202)

512–1530.

Note: The official version of this notice is

the document published in the Federal

Register. Free Internet access to the official

edition of the Federal Register and the Code

of Federal Regulations is available on GPO

Access at: http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/

index.html

Dated: June 28, 2000.

Norma V. Cantu ́,

Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights.

[FR Doc. 00–16860 Filed 7–5–00; 8:45 am]

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