2892 Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 9 / Friday, January 12, 2001 / Notices

Dated: January 5, 2001.

L.M. Bynum,

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison

Officer, Department of Defense.

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BILLING CODE 5001–10–M

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Ability-to-Benefit Tests

AGENCY: Department of Education.

ACTION: List of approved ‘‘Ability to

Benefit’’ tests and passing scores; notice.

SUMMARY: The Secretary updates the list

of approved ‘‘ability-to-benefit’’ (ATB)

tests to include the Combined English

Language Skills Assessment (CELSA)

test Forms 1 and 2 published by the

Association of Classroom Teacher

Testers (ACTT). The Secretary has

approved this test and its passing scores

under section 484(d) of the Higher

Education Act of 1965, as amended

(HEA), and the implementing

regulations in 34 CFR Part 668, Subpart

J. An institution may use the CELSA test

as an approved English as a Second

Language (ESL) test to determine if a

student who does not have a high

school diploma or its recognized

equivalent is eligible to receive funds

under any title IV, HEA program. (The

title IV, HEA programs include the

Federal Pell Grant, Federal Family

Education Loan, William D. Ford

Federal Direct Loan, Federal Perkins

Loan, Federal Work-Study, Federal

Supplemental Educational Opportunity

Grant, and the Leveraging Educational

Assistance Partnership (LEAP)

programs.)

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Lorraine Kennedy, U.S. Department of

Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW.,

Regional Office Building 3, Room 3045,

Washington, DC 20202–5451,

Telephone: (202) 708–8242. If you use a

telecommunications device for the deaf

(TDD), you may call the Federal

Information Relay Service (FIRS) 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 contact person listed

under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On

October 25, 1996, we published a notice

in the Federal Register (61 FR 55542–

55543) that provided a list of eight

‘‘ability-to-benefit’’ tests that the

Secretary approved under section 484(d)

of the HEA and the implementing

regulations in 34 CFR Part 668, Subpart

J. We also included the approved

passing scores for each of the approved

tests. We added a ninth approved test,

the American College Testing (ACT)

Service test, and its passing score, in a

Federal Register notice dated October

27, 1998, (63 FR 57540–57541). Finally,

in a Federal Register notice dated May

5, 1999, (64 FR 24246–24247), we

indicated that the nine approved ATB

tests could be used for students with

disabilities if certain conditions were

met.

We are now adding a new approved

test, the Combined English Language

Skills Assessment (CELSA) test Form 1

and Form 2, as an approved English as

a Second Language (ESL) test under 34

CFR 668.153(a)(2) and (a)(4). The

passing score for Form 1 is 90 and the

passing score for Form 2 is 90.

The CELSA test can be used to

determine the ability-to-benefit of two

groups of students whose native

language is not English and who are not

fluent in English. One group includes

students who are enrolled solely in an

ESL program. The second group

includes students who are enrolled in a

postsecondary educational program that

is taught in English and has an ESL

component where the students are also

enrolled in the ESL component.

Please note that the CELSA test

cannot be used for the following three

groups of students whose native

language is not English and who are not

fluent in English:

Students who are enrolled in a

program that is taught entirely in the

students’ native language which is not

English.

Students who are enrolled in a

program that is taught in English

without an ESL component.

Students who are enrolled in a

program that is taught in English with

an ESL component but do not enroll in

the ESL component.

Under 34 CFR 668.145(c)(1), when the

Secretary approves an ATB test and the

passing score on the test, the Secretary

publishes the name of the test and the

passing score in the Federal Register.

Accordingly, the Secretary is publishing

this update notice to indicate the

approved additional test, CELSA, and

its passing score. For the convenience of

all interested parties, we are also

including the nine previously approved

ATB tests and passing scores. These 10

tests and passing scores are:

1. American College Testing (ACT):

(English and Math)

Passing Scores: The approved passing

scores on this test are as follows:

English (14) and Math (15).

Publisher: The test publisher and the

address, contact person, telephone, and

fax number of the test publisher are:

American College Testing (ACT),

Placement Assessment Programs, 2201

North Dodge Street, P.O. Box 168, Iowa

City, Iowa 52243, Contact: Dr. James

Maxey, Telephone: (319) 337–1100, Fax:

(319) 337–1790.

2. ASSET Program: Basic Skills Tests

(Reading, Writing, and Numerical)—

Forms B2 and C2.

Passing Scores: The approved passing

scores on this test are as follows:

Reading (34), Writing (34), and

Numerical (33).

Publisher: The test publisher and the

address, contact person, telephone, and

fax number of the test publisher are:

American College Testing (ACT),

Placement Assessment Programs 2201

North Dodge Street, P.O. Box 168, Iowa

City, Iowa 52243, Contact: Dr. John D.

Roth, Telephone: (319) 337–1030, Fax:

(319) 337–1790.

3. Career Programs Assessment

(CPAT) Basic Skills Subtests (Language

Usage, Reading and Numerical)—Forms

A, B, and C.

Passing Scores: The approved passing

scores on this test are as follows:

Language Usage (43), Reading (44), and

Numerical (42).

Publisher: The test publisher and the

address, contact person, telephone, and

fax number of the test publisher are:

American College Testing (ACT),

Placement Assessment Programs, 2201

North Dodge Street, P.O. Box 168, Iowa

City, Iowa 52243, Contact: Dr. John D.

Roth, Telephone: (319) 337–1030, Fax:

(319) 337–1790.

4. Combined English Language Skills

Assessment (CELSA), Forms 1 and 2.

Passing Scores: The approved passing

scores on this test are as follows: CELSA

Form 1 (90) and CELSA Form 2 (90).

Publisher: The test publisher and the

address, contact person, telephone, and

fax number of the test publisher are:

Association of Classroom Teacher

Testers (ACTT), 1187 Coast Village

Road, PMB 378, Montecito, California

93108–2794, Contact: Pablo Buckelew,

Telephone: (805) 569–0734, Fax: (805)

569–0004.

5. COMPASS Subtests: Prealgebra/

Numerical Skills Placement, Reading

Placement, and Writing Placement.

Passing Scores: The approved passing

scores on this test are as follows:

Prealgebra/Numerical (21), Reading (60),

and Writing (31).

Publisher: The test publisher and the

address, contact person, telephone, and

fax number of the test publisher are:

American College Testing (ACT),

Placement Assessment Programs, 2201

North Dodge Street, P.O. Box 168, Iowa

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City, Iowa 52243, Contact: Dr. John D.

Roth, Telephone: (319) 337–1030, Fax:

(319) 337–1790.

6. Computerized Placement Tests

(CPTs)/Accuplacer (Reading

Comprehension, Sentence Skills, and

Arithmetic).

Passing Scores: The approved passing

scores on this test are as follows:

Reading Comprehension (52), Sentence

Skills (60), and Arithmetic (36).

Publisher: The test publisher and the

address, contact person, telephone, and

fax number of the test publisher are: The

College Board, 45 Columbus Avenue,

New York, New York 10023–6992

Contact: Ms. Loretta M. Church,

Telephone: (212) 713–8000, Fax: (212)

713–8063.

7. Descriptive Tests: Descriptive Tests

of Language Skills (DTLS) (Reading

Comprehension, Sentence Structure and

Conventions of Written English)—Forms

M–K–3KDT and M–K–3LDT; and

Descriptive Tests of Mathematical Skills

(DTMS) (Arithmetic)—Forms M–K–

3KDT and M–K–3LDT.

Passing Scores: The approved passing

scores on this test are as follows:

Reading Comprehension (108), Sentence

Structure (9), Conventions of Written

English (309), and Arithmetic (506).

Publisher: The test publisher and the

address, contact person, telephone, and

fax number of the test publisher are: The

College Board, 45 Columbus Avenue,

New York, New York 10023–6992,

Contact: Ms. Loretta M. Church,

Telephone: (212) 713–8000, Fax: (212)

713–8063.

8. Test of Adult Basic Education

(TABE): (Reading Total, Total

Mathematics, Total Language)—Forms 5

and 6, Level A, Complete Battery and

Survey Versions.

Passing Scores: The approved passing

scores on this test are as follows:

Reading Total (768), Total Mathematics

(783), Total Language (714).

Publisher: The test publisher and the

address, contact person, telephone, and

fax number of the test publisher are:

CTB/McGraw-Hill, 20 Ryan Ranch

Road, Monterey, California 93940–5703,

Contact: Ms. Rea Christoffersson,

Telephone: (831) 393–7363, Fax: (831)

393–7142.

9. Test of Adult Basic Education

(TABE): (Reading, Total Mathematics,

Language)—Forms 7 and 8, Level A,

Complete Battery and Survey Versions.

Passing Scores: The approved passing

scores on this test are as follows:

Reading (559), Total Mathematics (562),

Language (545).

Publisher: The test publisher and the

address, contact person, telephone, and

fax number of the test publisher are:

CTB/McGraw-Hill, 20 Ryan Ranch

Road, Monterey, California 93940–5703,

Contact: Ms. Rea Christoffersson,

Telephone: (831) 393–7363, Fax: (831)

393–7142.

10. Wonderlic Basic Skills Test

(WBST)—Verbal Forms VS–1 & VS–2,

Quantitative Forms QS–1 & QS–2.

Passing scores: The approved passing

scores on this test are as follows: Verbal

(200) and Quantitative (210).

Publisher: The test publisher and the

address, contact person, telephone, and

fax number of the test publisher are:

Wonderlic Personnel Test, Inc., 1509 N.

Milwaukee Ave., Libertyville, IL 60048–

1380, Contact: Mr. Victor S. Artese,

Telephone: (800) 323–3742, Fax: (847)

680–9492.

Duration of Approval

The Secretary approves each of these

tests for five years, unless the Secretary

withdraws this approval or the

publisher requests that approval of a test

be withdrawn. In either case, the

Secretary will publish a notice in the

Federal Register indicating this change.

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Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1091(d).

Dated: January 9, 2001.

Greg Woods,

Chief Operating Officer, Student Financial

Assistance.

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BILLING CODE 4000–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[CFDA No.: 84.310A]

Parental Assistance Program

AGENCY: Department of Education.

ACTION: Notice of Proposed Priority for

Fiscal Year (FY) 2001.

SUMMARY: The Assistant Secretary

proposes to give a competitive

preference in the FY 2001 grant

competition under the Parental

Assistance Program (20 U.S.C. 5911 et

seq.). The program provides grants to

eligible non-profit organizations, and

eligible non-profit organizations in

consortia with local educational

agencies (LEAs), to establish parental

information and resource centers.

Under this competitive preference,

the Assistant Secretary would award up

to 10 additional points to an applicant

that would implement comprehensive

strategies designed to strengthen schoolfamily-community partnerships in order

to help children in low-performing

schools reach high academic standards.

DATES: We must receive your comments

on the proposed priority or before

February 12, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Address all comments about

this proposed priority to Daisy

Greenfield, Office of Elementary and

Secondary Education, U.S. Department

of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue,

SW., Room 3E307, Washington, DC

20202–6410, Telephone: (202) 401–

0039, FAX: (202) 205–0303. If you

prefer to send your comments through

the Internet, use the following address:

daisy_greenfield@ed.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Daisy Greenfield, (202) 401–0039. If you

use a telecommunications device for the

deaf (TDD), you may call the Federal

Information Relay Service (FIRS) 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 contact person listed

under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Invitation To Comment

Interested persons are invited to

submit comments and recommendations

regarding the proposed priority. All

comments submitted in response to this

notice will be available for public

inspection, during and after the

comment period, in Room 3E307, 400

Maryland Avenue, SW., Washington,

DC, between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and

4 p.m., Eastern Time, Monday through

Friday of each week except Federal

holidays.

Assistance to Individual With

Disabilities in Reviewing the

Rulemaking Record

On request, the Department supplies

an appropriate aid, such as a reader or

print magnifier, to an individual with a