83_FR_5111 83 FR 5087 - Tests Determined To Be Suitable for Use in the National Reporting System for Adult Education

83 FR 5087 - Tests Determined To Be Suitable for Use in the National Reporting System for Adult Education

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 24 (February 5, 2018)

Page Range5087-5087
FR Document2018-02237

The Secretary announces tests, test forms, and delivery formats that the Secretary determines to be suitable for use in the National Reporting System for Adult Education (NRS).

Federal Register, Volume 83 Issue 24 (Monday, February 5, 2018) 
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 24 (Monday, February 5, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 5087]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2018-02237]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION


Tests Determined To Be Suitable 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 announces tests, test forms, and delivery 
formats that the Secretary determines to be suitable for use in the 
National Reporting System for Adult Education (NRS).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jay LeMaster, Department of Education, 
400 Maryland Avenue SW, Room 11-152, Potomac Center Plaza, Washington, 
DC 20202-7240. Telephone: (202) 245-6218 or by 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: On January 14, 2008, we published in the 
Federal Register final regulations for 34 CFR part 462, Measuring 
Educational Gain in the National Reporting System for Adult Education 
(NRS regulations) (73 FR 2306). The NRS regulations established the 
process the Secretary uses to determine the suitability of tests for 
use in the NRS by States and local eligible providers. We annually 
publish in the Federal Register and post on the internet at 
www.nrsweb.org a list of the names of tests and the educational 
functioning levels the tests are suitable to measure in the NRS as 
required by Sec.  462.12(c)(2).
    On December 13, 2016, the Secretary published in the Federal 
Register (81 FR 89920) an annual notice of tests determined to be 
suitable for use in the NRS (December 2016 notice). In the December 
2016 notice, the Secretary extended the approved periods for all 12 of 
the tests listed in the notice through February 2, 2019.
    On September 7, 2017, the Secretary published in the Federal 
Register (82 FR 42339) an annual notice of tests determined to be 
suitable for use in the NRS (September 2017 notice). In the September 
2017 notice, the Secretary announced a new test and test forms that 
were determined to be suitable for use in the NRS, in accordance with 
Sec.  462.13.
    In addition to the tests identified in the December 2016 and 
September 2017 notices as determined to be suitable for use in the NRS 
through February 2, 2019, and September 7, 2024, respectively, the 
Secretary now announces another test and test forms that have been 
determined to be suitable for use in the NRS, in accordance with Sec.  
462.13. This test measures the NRS educational functioning levels for 
Literacy/English Language Arts at all Adult Basic Education (ABE) 
levels, as described in Appendix A of Measures and Methods for the 
National Reporting System for Adult Education (OMB Control Number: 
1830-0027).

Approved Tests, Forms, and Approved Periods

    Adult education programs must use only the approved forms and 
computer-based delivery formats for the tests published in this 
document. If a particular test form or computer delivery format is not 
explicitly specified for a test in the December 2016 notice, the 
September 2017 notice, or in this notice, it is not approved for use in 
the NRS.

Test Determined To Be Suitable for Use in the NRS for a Seven-Year 
Period From the Date of Publication of This Notice

    The Secretary has determined that the following test is suitable 
for use in Literacy/English Language Arts at all ABE levels of the NRS 
for a period of seven years from the date of publication of this 
notice:
    Comprehensive Adult Student Assessment System (CASAS) Reading GOALS 
Series. Forms 901, 902, 903, 904, 905, 906, 907, and 908 are approved 
for use on paper and through a computer-based delivery format. 
Publisher: CASAS, 5151 Murphy Canyon Road, Suite 220, San Diego, CA 
92123-4339. Telephone: (800) 255-1036. Internet: www.casas.org/.

Revocation of Tests

    Under certain circumstances, the Secretary may revoke the 
determination that a test is suitable (see Sec.  462.12(e)). If the 
Secretary revokes the determination of suitability, the Secretary 
announces through the Federal Register and posts on the internet at 
www.nrsweb.org a notice of that revocation, along with the date by 
which States and local eligible providers must stop using the revoked 
test.
    Accessible Format: Individuals with disabilities can obtain this 
document in an accessible format (such as braille, large print, 
audiotape, or compact disc) on request to the contact person listed 
under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT in this notice.
    Electronic Access to This Document: The official version of this 
document 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 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.

    Program Authority: 29 U.S.C. 3292.

    Dated: January 31, 2018.
Michael E. Wooten,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Career, Technical, and Adult Education.
[FR Doc. 2018-02237 Filed 2-2-18; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 4000-01-P

Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 24 / Monday, February 5, 2018 / Notices 5087 that an SEA and its LEAs are making established the process the Secretary seven years from the date of publication progress toward improving student uses to determine the suitability of tests of this notice: achievement and the quality of for use in the NRS by States and local Comprehensive Adult Student instruction for all students and are eligible providers. We annually publish Assessment System (CASAS) Reading ensuring requirements are met through in the Federal Register and post on the GOALS Series. Forms 901, 902, 903, the review of fiscal requirements to internet at www.nrsweb.org a list of the 904, 905, 906, 907, and 908 are safeguard public funds from waste, names of tests and the educational approved for use on paper and through fraud, and abuse. The information functioning levels the tests are suitable shared with the OSS also informs the to measure in the NRS as required by a computer-based delivery format. selection and delivery of technical § 462.12(c)(2). Publisher: CASAS, 5151 Murphy assistance to SEAs and aligns structures, On December 13, 2016, the Secretary Canyon Road, Suite 220, San Diego, CA processes, and routines so the OSS can published in the Federal Register (81 92123–4339. Telephone: (800) 255– regularly monitor the connection FR 89920) an annual notice of tests 1036. Internet: www.casas.org/. between grant administration and determined to be suitable for use in the Revocation of Tests intended outcomes. Because grantees NRS (December 2016 notice). In the are monitored on a multiyear cycle, December 2016 notice, the Secretary Under certain circumstances, the administration of this information extended the approved periods for all 12 Secretary may revoke the determination collection, including the publication of of the tests listed in the notice through that a test is suitable (see § 462.12(e)). If fiscal review results, is necessary to February 2, 2019. the Secretary revokes the determination enable the OSS to identify potential On September 7, 2017, the Secretary of suitability, the Secretary announces areas of noncompliance ahead of formal published in the Federal Register (82 through the Federal Register and posts monitoring visits, decreasing the need FR 42339) an annual notice of tests on the internet at www.nrsweb.org a for enforcement actions and minimizing determined to be suitable for use in the notice of that revocation, along with the burden for SEAs. NRS (September 2017 notice). In the date by which States and local eligible Dated: January 31, 2018. September 2017 notice, the Secretary providers must stop using the revoked Tomakie Washington, announced a new test and test forms test. Acting Director, Information Collection that were determined to be suitable for use in the NRS, in accordance with Accessible Format: Individuals with Clearance Division, Office of the Chief Privacy disabilities can obtain this document in Officer, Office of Management. § 462.13. In addition to the tests identified in an accessible format (such as braille, [FR Doc. 2018–02259 Filed 2–2–18; 8:45 am] the December 2016 and September 2017 large print, audiotape, or compact disc) BILLING CODE 4000–01–P notices as determined to be suitable for on request to the contact person listed use in the NRS through February 2, under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 2019, and September 7, 2024, CONTACT in this notice. respectively, the Secretary now Electronic Access to This Document: Tests Determined To Be Suitable for announces another test and test forms The official version of this document is Use in the National Reporting System that have been determined to be suitable the document published in the Federal for Adult Education for use in the NRS, in accordance with Register. Free internet access to the AGENCY: Office of Career, Technical, and § 462.13. This test measures the NRS official edition of the Federal Register Adult Education, Department of educational functioning levels for and the Code of Federal Regulations is Education. Literacy/English Language Arts at all available via the Federal Digital System Adult Basic Education (ABE) levels, as at: www.gpo.gov/fdsys. At this site you ACTION: Notice. described in Appendix A of Measures can view this document, as well as all SUMMARY: The Secretary announces and Methods for the National Reporting other documents of this Department tests, test forms, and delivery formats System for Adult Education (OMB published in the Federal Register, in that the Secretary determines to be Control Number: 1830–0027). text or Portable Document Format suitable for use in the National Approved Tests, Forms, and Approved (PDF). To use PDF you must have Reporting System for Adult Education Periods Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is (NRS). available free at the site. 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CollectionFederal Register
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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice.
ContactJay LeMaster, Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW, Room 11-152, Potomac Center Plaza, Washington, DC 20202-7240. Telephone: (202) 245-6218 or by email: [email protected]
FR Citation83 FR 5087 
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