34 C.F.R. § 668.142 Special definitions.
Title 34 - Education
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 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))
Title 34: Education
PART 668—STUDENT ASSISTANCE GENERAL PROVISIONS
Subpart J—Approval of Independently Administered Tests; Specification of Passing Score; Approval of State Process
§ 668.142 Special definitions.
