USCIS & CASAS News

The highlight of the CASAS Institute (for me) was three workshops led by different officers from the USCIS, with futher comments from CASAS representatives.

Big USCIS News

• Available now: Scoring Guidelines for the English Portion of the Naturalization Test.
• In July, the USCIS will be publishing new USCIS 100 Flashcards and supporting Quick Civic Lessons, with supplementary audio CD.
• Also look for "The Revised Naturalization Test: Teaching Objectives: A Guide for Adult Education Civics and Citzenship Teachers of Immigrants Volume 1" (No document number yet--but downloadable soon).

Big CASAS News

• CASAS is updating 963/964C US History & Government tests in support of the new USCIS 100 Questions.
• Teachers: if you have already been teaching the new USCIS 100, contact your CASAS Field Representative about been a pilot site for the revised 963/964 test.
• Plans are being made to make the revised 963/964C test available as an eTest.