[Federal Register: March 7, 1997 (Volume 62, Number 45)] [Notices] [Page 10545-10546] From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov] [DOCID:fr07mr97-74] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION List of Approved ``Ability-to-Benefit'' Tests and Passing Scores AGENCY: The Department of Education. ACTION: Correction notice. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: This document corrects the passing scores for the Test of Adult Basic Education (TABE)--Forms 5 and 6, Level A for both the Survey Version and the Complete Battery Version; and the Test of Adult Basic Education (TABE)--Forms 7 and 8, Level A, for [[Page 10546]] both the Survey Version and Complete Battery Version. Only the paper and pencil formats for these tests were approved. These tests and their incorrect passing scores were included in the ``List of Approved ``Ability-to-Benefit'' Tests and Passing Scores'' that was published in the Federal Register on October 25, 1996. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lorraine Kennedy, U.S. Department of Education, 600 Independence Avenue, S.W., Regional Office Building 3, Room 3045, Washington, D.C. 20202-5451. Telephone: (202) 708-7888. Individuals who use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1-800-877-8339 between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m., Eastern time, Monday through Friday. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On October 25, 1996, the Secretary published a notice in the Federal Register (61 FR 55542--555423) that provided a list of ``ability-to-benefit'' tests that the Secretary has approved under section 484(d) of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended (HEA), and the regulations that the Secretary promulgated to implement that section, 34 CFR Part 668, Subpart J. The notice also included approved passing scores for the approved tests. The Secretary provided incorrect passing scores for the listed TABE tests and is correcting those scores in this notice, as follows: List of Approved ``Ability-to-Benefit'' Tests and Passing Scores 6. Test of Adult Basic Education (TABE): (Reading Total, Total Mathematics, Total Language)--Forms 5 and 6, Level A, Survey Version and Complete Battery Version. Passing Scores: The approved passing scores on these tests 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, CA 93940-5703, Contact: Ms. Veronika Henderson, Telephone: (408) 393-7197, Fax: (408) 393-7128. 7. Test of Adult Basic Education (TABE): (Reading, Total Mathematics, Language)--Forms 7 and 8, Level A, Survey Version and Complete Battery Version. Passing Scores: The approved passing scores on these tests 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, CA 93940-5703, Contact: Ms. Veronika Henderson, Telephone: (408) 393-7197, Fax: (408) 393-7128. Users are referred to the test publisher's technical manual for computing these scores. If an institution used the above TABE tests for an ability-to- benefit determination under section 484(d) of the HEA, and received a notice from the test publisher or an assessment center that a student achieved at least a passing score on that test, the institution may rely on that notice. The student does not have to retake that test. However, if the institution was notified by the test publisher or an assessment center between October 25, 1996 and the date of the present notice that the student failed to qualify for the ATB program, the institution may have the student's TABE test rescored by the test publisher or the assessment center with the composite scores listed in the present Federal Register. Dated: February 28, 1997. David A. Longanecker, Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education. [FR Doc. 97-5686 Filed 3-6-97; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4000-01-P