AIR Assesses Naturalization Test for U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service

    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.