WASHINGTON, Jan. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- The American Institutes for Research
(AIR), on behalf of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service -- formerly
known as the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service -- has been
conducting an assessment of the current U.S. Naturalization Test to determine
options for redesigning the test.

    In September 2005, AIR was asked to assess the Naturalization Test process
to help determine how to make the test's content and testing procedures more
efficient, fair, secure, and applicant-centered.  AIR's report to Citizenship
and Immigration Service considers the value and feasibility of strategies to
rewrite the entire Naturalization Test, and to redesign only certain sections
of the test, as well as strategies to continue using parts of the current test
in their existing form.

    About AIR
    Established in 1946, the American Institutes for Research (AIR) is a
nonpartisan not-for-profit organization that conducts behavioral and social
science research on important social issues and delivers technical assistance
both domestically and internationally in the areas of health, education, and
workforce productivity.