December 15, 2022 1:52pm EST
Biden administration looks to change citizenship test to multiple choice, include new material
The Biden administration has also scrapped previous changes proposed by the Trump administration
By Ronn Blitzer | Fox News The Biden administration announced plans to alter the civics component of the naturalization test required for immigrants to become U.S. citizens by changing responses to multiple choice and adding new material to be covered.
According to a notice in the Federal Register published Wednesday, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services plans to conduct a trial next year with the aim of ultimately making the change to the test.
"The naturalization test is a key step in becoming a U.S. citizen," USCIS Director Ur M. Jaddou said in a statement. "We welcome input from – and the participation of – stakeholders who are familiar with this important process, as we continue to improve and update our naturalization test, ensuring that it is consistent with industry testing standards."
The current test requires applicants to answer six of 10 questions correctly, with questions taken from a bank of 100 possible questions. The questions are asked orally. The proposed new test would show questions on a tablet screen, and applicants would choose an answer from four multiple-choice responses.
The Federal Register notice also indicated that the trial test will cover some new material in addition to what is currently being tested.
"Much of the trial civics content will be familiar to adult citizenship students and will be similar to the current civics test content," the notice said. "The trial test will also contain new test items based on a design framework that includes an external review by subject matter experts in the field of test development."
The notice did not go into specifics over what kind of new material will be included in the trial.
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