Notice2025-07974
Tests Determined To Be Suitable for Use in the National Reporting System for Adult Education
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Published
May 8, 2025
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Education Department
Abstract
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). The Secretary also announces an extension of the sunset period for two tests with National Reporting System for Adult Education (NRS) approvals that expired on February 5, 2025, and September 7, 2024. The sunset period for these tests is extended to June 30, 2026. This notice relates to the approved information collections under OMB control numbers 1830-0027 and 1830- 0567.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 88 (Thursday, May 8, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19475-19476]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-07974]
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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). The Secretary also
announces an extension of the sunset period for two tests with National
Reporting System for Adult Education (NRS) approvals that expired on
February 5, 2025, and September 7, 2024. The sunset period for these
tests is extended to June 30, 2026. This notice relates to the approved
information collections under OMB control numbers 1830-0027 and 1830-
0567.
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#99d3f6f1f7b7d5fcd4f8eaedfcebd9fcfdb7fef6ef"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="561c393e38781a331b372522332416333278313920">[email protected]</span></a>.
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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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 Adult Basic Education
(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
2 Series. Forms 921/922, 923/924, 925/926, 927/928, and 929/930 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>.
Test With NRS Approval That Expired on February 5, 2025, Previously
Allowed for Use in the NRS During a Sunset Period Ending on June 30,
2025, and Now Allowed for Use During an Extended Sunset Period Ending
on June 30, 2026
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, 2026:
Comprehensive Adult Student Assessment System (CASAS) Reading GOALS
Series. Forms 901/902, 903/904, 905/906, and 907/908 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>.
Test With NRS Approval That Expired on September 7, 2024, Previously
Allowed for Use in the NRS During a Sunset Period Ending on June 30,
2025, and Now Allowed for Use During an Extended Sunset Period Ending
on June 30, 2026
The Secretary has determined that the following test is suitable
for use in Literacy/English Language Arts and Mathematics at all ABE
levels of the NRS during a sunset period ending on June 30, 2026:
Tests of Adult Basic Education (TABE 11/12). Forms 11 and 12 are
approved for use on paper and through a computer-based delivery format.
Publisher: Data Recognition Corporation--CTB, 13490 Bass Lake Road,
Maple Grove, MN 55311. Telephone: 800-538-9547. Internet:
<a href="http://www.tabetest.com">www.tabetest.com</a>.
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
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Program Authority: 29 U.S.C. 3292.
OMB Control Numbers: 1830-0027, 1830-0567.
Nicholas Moore,
Deputy Assistant Secretary and Acting Assistant Secretary for Career,
Technical, and Adult Education.
[FR Doc. 2025-07974 Filed 5-7-25; 8:45 am]
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