CSUN University News Clippings

Education Dept. Promises Better Policing of Tests Used to Qualify Students for Aid

(October 15, 2009)

By Kelly Field

Washington

The Education Department is stepping up its oversight of the basic-skills tests that students without a high-school diploma or GED can use to qualify for federal student aid, a top official told members of Congress on Wednesday.

Testifying before a U.S. House of Representatives education subcommittee, Robert M. Shireman, deputy under secretary of education, said the department has put in place systems to better monitor publishers of the assessments, known as “ability to benefit” tests, and will revisit regulations governing the tests during a rule-making session that starts in November. The department will also consider publishing lists of legitimate institutions and diploma mills to help for-profit colleges differentiate between valid and invalid degrees, he said……………

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Publication: The Chronicle of Higher Education--blog