83_FR_45288 83 FR 45116 - Notice Inviting Publishers To Submit Tests for a Determination of Suitability for Use in the National Reporting System for Adult Education

83 FR 45116 - Notice Inviting Publishers To Submit Tests for a Determination of Suitability for Use in the National Reporting System for Adult Education

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 172 (September 5, 2018)

Page Range45116-45116
FR Document2018-19251

The Secretary of Education invites publishers to submit tests for review and approval for use in the National Reporting System for Adult Education (NRS), and announces the date by which publishers must submit these tests.

Federal Register, Volume 83 Issue 172 (Wednesday, September 5, 2018) 
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 172 (Wednesday, September 5, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 45116]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2018-19251]



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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION


Notice Inviting Publishers To Submit Tests for a Determination of 
Suitability for Use in the National Reporting System for Adult 
Education

AGENCY: Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education, Department of 
Education.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Secretary of Education invites publishers to submit tests 
for review and approval for use in the National Reporting System for 
Adult Education (NRS), and announces the date by which publishers must 
submit these tests.

DATES: Deadline for transmittal of applications: October 1, 2018.

ADDRESSES: Submit your application by mail (through the U.S. Postal 
Service or a commercial carrier) or deliver your application by hand or 
by courier service to: NRS Assessment Review, c/o American Institutes 
for Research, 1000 Thomas Jefferson Street NW, Washington, DC 20007.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John LeMaster, U.S. Department of 
Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW, Room 11152, Potomac Center Plaza, 
Washington, DC 20202-7240. Telephone: (202) 245-6218. Email: 
[email protected].
    If you use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) or a text 
telephone (TTY), call the Federal Relay Service (FRS), toll free, at 1-
800-877-8339.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department's regulations for Measuring 
Educational Gain in the National Reporting System for Adult Education, 
34 CFR part 462 (NRS regulations), include the procedures for 
determining the suitability of tests for use in the NRS.
    There is a review process that will begin on October 1, 2018. Only 
tests submitted by the due date will be reviewed in that review cycle. 
If a publisher submits a test after October 1, 2018, the test will not 
be reviewed until the review cycle that begins on October 1, 2019.
    Criteria the Secretary Uses: In order for the Secretary to consider 
a test suitable for use in the NRS, the test must meet the criteria and 
requirements established in 34 CFR 462.13.
    Submission Requirements:
    (a) In preparing your application, you must comply with the 
requirements in 34 CFR 462.11.
    (b) In accordance with 34 CFR 462.10, the deadline for transmittal 
of applications in this fiscal year is October 1, 2018.
    (c) Whether you submit your application by mail (through the U.S. 
Postal Service or a commercial carrier) or deliver your application by 
hand or by courier service, you must mail or deliver four copies of 
your application, on or before the deadline date, to the following 
address: NRS Assessment Review, c/o American Institutes for Research, 
1000 Thomas Jefferson Street NW, Washington, DC 20007.
    (d) If you submit your application by mail or commercial carrier, 
you must show proof of mailing consisting of one of the following:
    (1) A legibly dated U.S. Postal Service postmark.
    (2) A legible mail receipt with the date of mailing stamped by the 
U.S. Postal Service.
    (3) A dated shipping label, invoice, or receipt from a commercial 
carrier.
    (4) Any other proof of mailing acceptable to the Secretary of 
Education.
    (e) If you mail your application through the U.S. Postal Service, 
we do not accept either of the following as proof of mailing:
    (1) A private metered postmark.
    (2) A mail receipt that is not dated by the U.S. Postal Service.
    (f) We do not consider applications postmarked after the 
application deadline date to be timely for the October 1, 2018, review 
cycle. If an application is postmarked after the October 1, 2018, 
deadline date, the application will be considered timely for the 
October 1, 2019, deadline date.

    Note: The U.S. Postal Service does not uniformly provide a dated 
postmark. Before relying on this method, you should check with your 
local post office.

    (g) If you submit your application by hand delivery, you (or a 
courier service) must deliver four copies of the application by hand, 
on or before 4:30:00 p.m., Eastern Time, on the application deadline 
date.
    (h) Electronic submission of applications is not permitted.
    Accessible Format: Individuals with disabilities can obtain this 
document in an accessible format (e.g., braille, large print, 
audiotape, or compact disc) on request to the contact person listed 
under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
    Electronic Access to This Document: The official version of this 
document is the document published in the Federal Register. You may 
access the official edition of the Federal Register and the Code of 
Federal Regulations via the Federal Digital System at: www.thefederalregister.org/fdsys. At this site you can view this document, as well as all other 
documents of this Department published in the Federal Register, in text 
or Portable Document Format (PDF). To use PDF you must have Adobe 
Acrobat Reader, which is available free at the site.
    You may also access documents of the Department published in the 
Federal Register by using the article search feature at: 
www.federalregister.gov. Specifically, through the advanced search 
feature at this site, you can limit your search to documents published 
by the Department.

    Authority: 29 U.S.C. 3292.

    Dated: August 30, 2018.
Scott Stump,
Assistant Secretary for Career, Technical, and Adult Education.
[FR Doc. 2018-19251 Filed 9-4-18; 8:45 am]
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45116 Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 172 / Wednesday, September 5, 2018 / Notices DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION applications in this fiscal year is document, as well as all other October 1, 2018. documents of this Department Notice Inviting Publishers To Submit (c) Whether you submit your published in the Federal Register, in Tests for a Determination of Suitability application by mail (through the U.S. text or Portable Document Format for Use in the National Reporting Postal Service or a commercial carrier) (PDF). To use PDF you must have System for Adult Education or deliver your application by hand or Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is by courier service, you must mail or available free at the site. AGENCY: Office of Career, Technical, and You may also access documents of the deliver four copies of your application, Adult Education, Department of Department published in the Federal on or before the deadline date, to the Education. Register by using the article search following address: NRS Assessment ACTION: Notice. Review, c/o American Institutes for feature at: www.federalregister.gov. SUMMARY: The Secretary of Education Research, 1000 Thomas Jefferson Street Specifically, through the advanced invites publishers to submit tests for NW, Washington, DC 20007. search feature at this site, you can limit review and approval for use in the (d) If you submit your application by your search to documents published by National Reporting System for Adult mail or commercial carrier, you must the Department. Education (NRS), and announces the show proof of mailing consisting of one Authority: 29 U.S.C. 3292. date by which publishers must submit of the following: Dated: August 30, 2018. these tests. (1) A legibly dated U.S. Postal Service postmark. Scott Stump, DATES: Deadline for transmittal of (2) A legible mail receipt with the Assistant Secretary for Career, Technical, and applications: October 1, 2018. date of mailing stamped by the U.S. Adult Education. ADDRESSES: Submit your application by Postal Service. [FR Doc. 2018–19251 Filed 9–4–18; 8:45 am] mail (through the U.S. Postal Service or (3) A dated shipping label, invoice, or BILLING CODE 4000–01–P a commercial carrier) or deliver your receipt from a commercial carrier. application by hand or by courier (4) Any other proof of mailing service to: NRS Assessment Review, c/ acceptable to the Secretary of Education. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY o American Institutes for Research, 1000 (e) If you mail your application Thomas Jefferson Street NW, through the U.S. Postal Service, we do Bonneville Power Administration Washington, DC 20007. not accept either of the following as FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John proof of mailing: Walla Walla Basin Spring Chinook LeMaster, U.S. Department of (1) A private metered postmark. Hatchery Program Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW, (2) A mail receipt that is not dated by AGENCY: Bonneville Power Room 11152, Potomac Center Plaza, the U.S. Postal Service. Administration (Bonneville), Washington, DC 20202–7240. (f) We do not consider applications Department of Energy (DOE). Telephone: (202) 245–6218. Email: postmarked after the application ACTION: Record of decision (ROD). John.LeMaster@ed.gov. deadline date to be timely for the If you use a telecommunications October 1, 2018, review cycle. If an SUMMARY: This notice announces device for the deaf (TDD) or a text application is postmarked after the Bonneville’s decision to implement the telephone (TTY), call the Federal Relay October 1, 2018, deadline date, the Proposed Action—Alternative 1—as Service (FRS), toll free, at 1–800–877– application will be considered timely described in the Walla Walla Basin 8339. for the October 1, 2019, deadline date. Spring Chinook Hatchery Program Final SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Note: The U.S. Postal Service does not Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) Department’s regulations for Measuring uniformly provide a dated postmark. Before (DOE/EIS–0495, May 25, 2018). Educational Gain in the National relying on this method, you should check Bonneville will fund construction and Reporting System for Adult Education, with your local post office. operation of a spring Chinook hatchery 34 CFR part 462 (NRS regulations), (g) If you submit your application by at the existing South Fork Walla Walla include the procedures for determining hand delivery, you (or a courier service) Adult Holding and Spawning Facility in the suitability of tests for use in the must deliver four copies of the Umatilla County, Oregon, subject to the NRS. application by hand, on or before execution by both parties of the There is a review process that will 4:30:00 p.m., Eastern Time, on the Memorandum of Agreement between begin on October 1, 2018. Only tests application deadline date. the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla submitted by the due date will be (h) Electronic submission of Indian Reservation (CTUIR) and reviewed in that review cycle. If a applications is not permitted. Bonneville for Construction of the Walla publisher submits a test after October 1, Accessible Format: Individuals with Walla Spring Chinook Hatchery. The 2018, the test will not be reviewed until disabilities can obtain this document in hatchery will be owned and operated by the review cycle that begins on October an accessible format (e.g., braille, large the CTUIR and will have the capacity to 1, 2019. print, audiotape, or compact disc) on incubate and rear up to 500,000 spring Criteria the Secretary Uses: In order request to the contact person listed Chinook smolts for release in the Walla for the Secretary to consider a test under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION Walla River basin in north central suitable for use in the NRS, the test CONTACT. Oregon and south central Washington must meet the criteria and requirements Electronic Access to This Document: State. daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with NOTICES established in 34 CFR 462.13. 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Document Created: 2018-09-05 01:59:24
Document Modified: 2018-09-05 01:59:24
CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
GS 4.107:
AE 2.106:
PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice.
DatesDeadline for transmittal of applications: October 1, 2018.
ContactJohn LeMaster, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW, Room 11152, Potomac Center Plaza, Washington, DC 20202-7240. Telephone: (202) 245-6218. Email: [email protected]
FR Citation83 FR 45116 
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