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departments and agencies to improve 

the effectiveness of their programs by 

engaging in strategic planning, setting 

outcome-related goals for programs, and 

measuring program results against those 

goals. The required annual report must 

include information on two measures: 

(a) The percentage of parents receiving 

PTI services who report enhanced 

knowledge and understanding of 

vocational rehabilitation services; and 

(b) the percentage of all products and 

services developed to improve 

vocational rehabilitation service 

utilization deemed to be useful by 

parents receiving PTI services. The data 

on these measures will be collected by 

the grantee via survey, assessed, and 

reported in the aggregate to RSA. 

Grantees will negotiate targets with RSA 

after the first year, which will be used 

to establish a baseline. 

VII. Agency Contact 

For Further Information Contact: 

Ellen Chesley, U.S. Department of 

Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., 

Room 5018, Potomac Center Plaza, 

Washington, DC 20202–2550. 

Telephone: (202) 245–7346 or by e-mail: 

Ellen.Chesley@ed.gov. 

If you use a telecommunications 

device for the deaf (TDD), you may call 

the Federal Relay Service (FRS) at 1–

800–877–8339. 

Individuals with disabilities may 

obtain this document in an alternative 

format (e.g., Braille, large print, 

audiotape, or computer diskette) on 

request to the program contact person 

listed in this section. 

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Electronic Access to This Document: 

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Note: The official version of this document 

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index.html. 

Dated: February 7, 2007. 

John H. Hager, 

Assistant Secretary for Special Education and 

Rehabilitative Services. 

[FR Doc. E7–2370 Filed 2–9–07; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

National Assessment Governing 

Board; Meeting 

AGENCY: National Assessment 

Governing Board; Education. 

ACTION: Notice of Open Meeting and 

Partially Closed Meetings. 

SUMMARY: The 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 members 

of the general public of their 

opportunity to attend. Individuals who 

will need special accommodations in 

order to attend the meeting (i.e., 

interpreting services, assistive listening 

devices, materials in alternative format) 

should notify Munira Mwalimu at 202–

357–6938 or at 

Munira.Mwalimu@ed.gov no later than 

February 23, 2007. We will attempt to 

meet requests after this date, but cannot 

guarantee availability of the requested 

accommodation. The meeting site is 

accessible to individuals with 

disabilities. 

DATES: March 1–3, 2007. 

Times: 

March 1 

Committee Meetings: 

Assessment Development Committee: 

Closed Session—9 a.m. to 4 p.m.; 

Reporting and Dissemination 

Committee: Open Session—3 p.m. to 

4:30 p.m.; 

Executive Committee: Open Session—

4:30 p.m. to 5 p.m.; Closed Session 5 

p.m. to 6 p.m. 

March 2 

Full Board: Open Session—8:30 a.m. 

to 12:15 p.m.; Closed Session—12:15 

p.m. to 1:45 p.m.; Open Session—1:45 

p.m. to 3 p.m.; Closed Session—3 p.m. 

to 4 p.m. 

Committee Meetings: 

Assessment Development Committee: 

Open Session—9:45 a.m. to 12:15 p.m; 

Committee on Standards, Design and 

Methodology: Open Session—9:45 a.m. 

to 12:15 p.m.; 

Reporting and Dissemination 

Committee: Open Session—9:45 a.m. to 

12:15 p.m.; 

March 3 

Nominations Committee: Closed 

Session—7:30 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. 

Full Board: Closed Session—9 a.m. to 

9:30 a.m.; Open Session—9:30 a.m. to 

12 p.m. 

Location: The Loews Vanderbilt 

Hotel, 2100 West End Avenue, 

Nashville, TN 37203. 

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 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 

objectives, developing appropriate 

student achievement levels for each 

grade and subject tested, developing 

guidelines for reporting and 

disseminating results, and developing 

standards and procedures for interstate 

and national corporations. 

The Assessment Development 

Committee will meet in closed session 

on March 1 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. to 

review secure test questions for the 

National Assessment of Educational 

Progress (NAEP) reading and 

mathematics NAEP Long-term Trend 

assessments conducted at ages 9, 13, 

and 17 in 2008. The meeting must be 

conducted in closed session as 

disclosure of proposed test items for the 

reading and mathematics assessments 

would significantly impede 

implementation of the NAEP program, 

and is therefore protected by exemption 

9(B) of section 552b(c) of Title 5 U.S.C. 

The Reporting and Dissemination 

Committee will meet in open session on 

March 1 from 3 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. 

Thereafter the Executive Committee will 

meet in open session from 4:30 p.m. to 

5 p.m. The Committee will meet in 

closed session from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. to 

receive independent government cost 

estimates from the National Center for 

Education Statistics (NCES), for 

proposed contracts for item 

development, data collection, scoring 

and analysis, and reporting of NAEP 

results for 2007–2012, and their 

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The discussion of independent 

government cost estimates prior to the 

development of the Request for 

Proposals for the NAEP 2007–2012 

contracts is necessary for ensuring that 

NAEP contracts meet congressionally 

mandated goals and adhere to Board 

policies on NAEP assessments. This part 

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 and would provide an 

advantage to potential bidders attending 

the meeting. Discussion of this 

information would be likely to 

significantly impede 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 March 2, the full Board will meet 

in open session from 8:30 a.m. to 12:15 

p.m. From 8:30 a.m. to 9 a.m. the Board 

will approve the agenda, followed by 

welcome remarks and Oath of Office 

ceremonies for new Board members. 

The Board will then receive the 

Executive Director’s report and hear an 

update on the work of the National 

Center for Education Statistics (NCES). 

From 9:45 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. on 

March 2, the Board’s standing 

committees—the Assessment 

Development Committee; the Committee 

on Standards, Design and Methodology; 

and the Reporting and Dissemination 

Committee—will meet in open session. 

On March 2, the full Board will meet 

in closed session from 12:15 p.m. to 

1:45 p.m. The Board will receive a 

briefing provided by the Associate 

Commissioner of the National Center for 

Education Statistics on secure national 

student achievement data related to 

upcoming NAEP reports, including 

results for the 2006 assessments in U.S. 

history and in civics, and a report 

comparing NAEP and state proficiency 

standards. The Governing Board will be 

provided with embargoed data that 

cannot be discussed in an open meeting 

prior to their official release. The 

meeting must therefore be conducted in 

closed session as disclosure of data 

would significantly impede 

implementation of The Nation’s Report 

Card initial release activities, as 

protected by exemption 9(B) of section 

552b(c) of Title 5 U.S.C. 

On March 2 from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. the 

Board will discuss and take action on 

the NAEP 2011 Writing Framework. 

Thereafter, the full Board will meet in 

closed session from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. to 

receive a secure briefing on the pilot 

study results from the 2006 NAEP 

Economics Achievement Level Setting 

for Grade 12. This briefing will involve 

discussion of secure NAEP performance 

results, achievement level findings from 

the pilot study, and secure NAEP 

questions. These data constitute a major 

basis for the national release of the 

NAEP Grade 12 Economics results, and 

cannot be released in an open meeting 

prior to the official release of the 

reports. The meeting must therefore be 

conducted in closed session as 

disclosure of data would significantly 

impede implementation of the NAEP 

release activities, and is therefore 

protected by exemption 9(B) of section 

552b(c) of Title 5 U.S.C. 

On March 3, the Nominations 

Committee will meet in closed session 

from 7:30 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. to review 

and discuss confidential information 

regarding nominees received for Board 

vacancies for terms beginning on 

October 1, 2007. The Nominations 

Committee will prepare a final slate of 

candidates for each Board vacancy and 

make recommendations to the full 

Board. The full Board will then consider 

these nominations in closed session on 

March 3 from 9 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. During 

this closed session, the full Board will 

review and take action on the final slate 

of candidates for open Board positions. 

After review, the Board will submit the 

recommended candidates to the 

Secretary of Education for her review 

and action. These discussions pertain 

solely to internal personnel rules and 

practices for 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. 

The full Board will meet in open 

session on March 3 from 9:30 a.m. to 12 

noon. From 9:30 a.m. to 10 a.m. the 

Board will discuss academic standards 

initiatives. Board actions on policies 

and Committee reports are scheduled to 

take place between 10:15 a.m. and 12 

p.m., upon which the March 3, 2007 

session of the Board meeting will 

adjourn. 

Detailed minutes of the meeting, 

including summaries of the activities of 

the closed sessions and related matters 

that are informative to the public and 

consistent with the policy of section 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 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 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Eastern Standard 

Time. 

Dated: February 6, 2007. 

Charles E. Smith, 

Executive Director, National Assessment 

Governing Board. 

[FR Doc. 07–603 Filed 2–9–07; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Office of Science; DOE/Advanced 

Scientific Computing Advisory 

Committee 

AGENCY: Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of open meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces a 

meeting of the Advanced Scientific 

Computing Advisory Committee 

(ASCAC). Federal Advisory Committee 

Act (Public Law 92–463, 86 Stat. 770) 

requires that public notice of these 

meetings be announced in the Federal 

Register. 

DATES: Tuesday, February 27, 2007, 9 

a.m. to 4:45 p.m.; Wednesday, February 

28, 2007, 9 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. 

ADDRESSES: American Geophysical 

Union, (AGU), 2000 Florida Avenue, 

NW., Washington, DC 20009–1277. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Melea Baker, Office of Advanced 

Scientific Computing Research; SC–21/ 

Germantown Building; U.S. Department 

of Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue, 

SW., Washington, DC 20585–1290; 

Telephone (301) 903–7486, (E-mail: 

Melea.Baker@science.doe.gov). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Purpose of 

the Meeting: The purpose of this 

meeting is to provide advice and 

guidance with respect to the advanced 

scientific computing research program. 

Tentative Agenda: Agenda will 

include discussions of the following: 

Tuesday, February 27, 2007 

View from Washington on the Office of 

Advanced Scientific Computing 

Presentation from the Under Secretary 

for Science 

Report Discussion on Charge 1—

Performance Metrics for 

Computational Facilities 

Management Principles for HPC & 

Leadership Computer Acquisitions 

Report Discussion on Charge 2—

Examine the Role and Efficiency of 

Networking and Networking Research 

Within SC 

Sub-Surface Modeling 

Update on SciDAC 

Strategy for Applied Math Program 

Public Comment 

Wednesday, February 28, 2007 

New Charges—COV Review of 

Computational Partnerships 


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