[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 34, Volume 3]
[Revised as of July 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 34CFR668.142]

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                           TITLE 34--EDUCATION
 
                         DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
 
PART 668--STUDENT ASSISTANCE GENERAL PROVISIONS--Table of Contents
 
 Subpart J--Approval of Independently Administered Tests; Specification 
               of Passing Score; Approval of State Process
 
Sec. 668.142  Special definitions.

    The following definitions apply to this subpart:
    Assessment center: A center that--
    (1) Is located at an eligible institution that provides two-year or 
four-year degrees, or qualifies as an eligible public vocational 
institution, i.e. a ``postsecondary vocational institution;''
    (2) Is responsible for gathering and evaluating information about 
individual students for multiple purposes, including appropriate course 
placement;
    (3) Is independent of the admissions and financial aid processes at 
the institution at which it is located;
    (4) Is staffed by professionally trained personnel; and
    (5) Does not have as its primary purpose the administration of 
ability-to-benefit tests.
    Computer-based test: A test taken by a student on a computer and 
scored by a computer.
    Disabled student: A student who has a physical or mental impairment 
that substantially limits one or more major life activities, has a 
record of such an impairment, or is regarded as having such an 
impairment.
    General learned abilities: Cognitive operations, such as deductive 
reasoning, reading comprehension, or translation from graphic to 
numerical representation, that may be learned in both school and non-
school environments.
    Non-native speaker of English: A person whose first language is not 
English and who is not fluent in English.
    Secondary school level: As applied to ``content,'' ``curricula,'' or 
``basic verbal and quantitative skills,'' refers

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to basic knowledge or skills generally learned in the 9th through 12th 
grades in United States secondary schools.
    Test administrator: An individual who may give tests under this 
subpart.
    Test item: A question on a test.
    Test publisher: An individual, organization, or agency that owns a 
registered copyright of a test, or is licensed by the copyright holder 
to sell or distribute a test.

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