Notice2024-29300
Tests Determined To Be Suitable for Use in the National Reporting System for Adult Education
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Published
December 12, 2024
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Education Department
Abstract
The Secretary announces that a test with National Reporting System for Adult Education (NRS) approval expiring on February 5, 2025, may continue to be used by States and local eligible providers during a sunset period ending on June 30, 2025.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 239 (Thursday, December 12, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 100472-100473]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-29300]
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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 that a test with National Reporting
System for Adult Education (NRS) approval expiring on February 5, 2025,
may continue to be used by States and local eligible providers during a
sunset period ending on June 30, 2025.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John LeMaster, Department of
Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20202. Telephone:
(202) 987-0903. Email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#d69cb9beb8f89ab39bb7a5a2b3a496b3b2f8b1b9a0"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="bff5d0d7d191f3daf2decccbdacdffdadb91d8d0c9">[email protected]</span></a>.
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On June 20, 2024, the Secretary published in
the Federal Register (89 FR 51877) an annual notice announcing tests
determined to be suitable for use in the NRS, in accordance with 34 CFR
462.13 (June 2024 annual notice). The June 2024 annual notice announced
two new tests and test forms that have been determined to be suitable
for use in the NRS, in accordance with Sec. 462.13. The notice also
updated the delivery formats available for two tests with a three-year
approval expiring on July 13, 2026. Under the transition rules in Sec.
462.4, the Secretary also announced in the June 2024 annual notice a
test with NRS approval expiring on September 7, 2024, which States and
local eligible providers may continue to use during a sunset period
ending on June 30, 2025.
In this notice, under the transition rules in Sec. 462.4, the
Secretary announces a test with NRS approval expiring on February 5,
2025, which States and local eligible providers may continue to use
during a sunset period ending on June 30, 2025.
Adult education programs must use only the forms and computer-based
delivery formats for the tests approved in this notice. If a particular
test form or computer delivery format is not explicitly specified for a
test in this notice, it is not approved to measure educational gain in
the NRS.
Test With NRS Approval Expiring on February 5, 2025, That May Be Used
in the NRS During a Sunset Period Ending on June 30, 2025
The Secretary has determined that the following test is suitable
for use in Literacy/English Language Arts at all ABE levels of the NRS
during a sunset period ending on June 30, 2025:
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: <a href="http://www.casas.org/">www.casas.org/</a>.
Revocation of Tests
Under certain circumstances--such as, for example, a determination
by the Secretary either that the information the publisher submitted as
a basis for the Secretary's review of the test was inaccurate or that a
test has been substantially revised--the Secretary may revoke the
determination that a test is suitable after following the procedures in
Sec. 462.12(e). If the Secretary revokes the determination of
suitability, the Secretary announces the revocation, as well as the
date by which States and local eligible providers must stop using the
revoked test, through a
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notice published in the Federal Register.
Accessible Format: On request to the program contact person listed
under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT, individuals with disabilities
can obtain this document in an accessible format. The Department will
provide the requestor with an accessible format that may include Rich
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format.
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Program Authority: 29 U.S.C. 3292.
OMB Control Numbers: 1830-0027, 1830-0567.
Luke Rhine,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Career, Technical, and Adult Education.
[FR Doc. 2024-29300 Filed 12-11-24; 8:45 am]
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