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7 Category 438–O: only HTS numbers

6103.21.0050, 6103.23.0025, 6105.20.1000,

6105.90.1000, 6105.90.8020, 6109.90.1520,

6110.10.2070, 6110.30.1550, 6110.90.9072,

6114.10.0020 and 6117.90.9025. 8 Category 459pt.: all HTS numbers except

6405.20.6030, 6405.20.6060, 6405.20.6090,

6405.99.1505 and 6406.99.1560. 9 Category 469pt.: all HTS numbers except

5601.29.0020, 5603.94.1010 and

6406.10.9020. 10 Category 659pt.: all HTS numbers except

6406.99.1510 and 6406.99.1540. 11 Category 669pt.: all HTS numbers except

5601.10.2000, 5601.22.0090, 5607.49.3000,

5607.50.4000 and 6406.10.9040. 12 Category 859pt.: only HTS numbers

6115.19.8040, 6117.10.6020, 6212.10.5030,

6212.10.9040, 6212.20.0030, 6212.30.0030,

6212.90.0090, 6214.10.2000 and

6214.90.0090.

The Committee for the Implementation of

Textile Agreements has determined that

these actions fall within the foreign affairs

exception of the rulemaking provisions of 5

U.S.C. 553(a)(1).

Sincerely,

Richard B. Steinkamp,

Acting Chairman, Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements.

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

National Assessment Governing

Board; Meeting

AGENCY: National Assessment

Governing Board; Education.

ACTION: Notice of partially closed

meeting.

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.

Date: November 16–18, 2000.

Time: November 16—Executive

Committee, 5:30–6.15 p.m. (open), 6:15–

7:00 p.m., (closed). November 17—Full

Board, 8:15–10 a.m., (open); Assessment

Development Committee, 10:00 a.m.–

12:30 p.m. (open); Reporting and

Dissemination Committee, 10:00 a.m.–

12:30 p.m. (open); Committee on

Standards, Design, and Methodology,

10:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m., (open); Full

Board, 12:30–4:00 p.m., (open).

November 18—Full Board, 8:30 a.m.–

adjournment, approximately, 12:00

noon, (open).

Location: Hotel Washington,

Pennsylvania Avenue and 15th Street,

Washington, DC.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Sharif Shakrani, Deputy Director,

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 contact number RJ9753001.

On Thursday, November 16 from 5:00

to 7:00 p.m., the Executive Committee

will meet in partially closed session. In

the open session, 5:00–6:15 p.m., the

Committee will hear an update on the

reauthorization legislation, consider the

Board’s priorities and direction for the

coming year, and make assignments to

the new standing committees. In closed

session from 6:15–7:00 p.m., the

Committee will hear an update on the

development of cost estimates for the

NAEP and future contract initiatives.

This portion of the meeting must be

conducted in closed session because

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.

On November 17, the full Board will

convene in open session beginning at

8:30 a.m. In addition to the approval of

the agenda, the Board will hear

comments from the Secretary of

Education who will administer the oath

of office to the newly appointed Board

members. The Board will then hear a

report from the Executive Director, an

update on the NAEP project, and receive

a report from the AdHoc Committee on

NAEP Participation.

From 10 a.m.–12 p.m., there will be

open meetings of the standing

committees. The Assessment

Development Committee will receive a

briefing on the new NAEP 2004

Mathematics Framework Update

contract, and discuss an upcoming

project to refine the framework

document for the NAEP reading

assessment. The Committee also will

discuss several recommendations of the

Ad Hoc Committee on NAEP

Participation, specifically related to

released NAEP test items and the

teacher tool kit.

Agenda items for the Reporting and

Dissemination Committee include

review and discussion of the

recommendations from the Ad Hoc

Committee on NAEP Participation;

approval of NAEP report release dates;

and receipt of an update on plans for

reporting NAEP 2000 in reading,

mathematics, and science.

The Committee on Standards, Design,

and Methodology will review

recommendations from the Ad Hoc

Committee on NAEP Participation, and

hear updates on achievement levels

setting, and translation of achievement

levels to Voluntary National Tests.

The full Board will reconvene in open

session from 12:30–4 p.m. to hear a

report on a study regarding the impact

of incentives and rewards for NAEP.

This will be followed by a presentation

on the conclusions and

recommendations on achievement

levels. The Board will then receive

ethics training from staff of the Office of

General Counsel.

On Saturday, November 18, the Board

will hear a status report on the NAEP

Market Basket Pilot Studies, and a

report of the National Academy of

Sciences’ Evaluation of the NAEP

Market Basket and District-Level

Reporting. This meeting of the National

Assessment Governing Board will

conclude with the presentation of

committee reports and Board actions.

A summary of the activities of the

partially closed session, 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, Suite

#825, 800 North Capitol Street, NW.,

Washington, DC, from 8:30 a.m. to 5

p.m.

Roy Truby,

Executive Director, National Assessment

Governing Board.

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