U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services proposes that the new test adds a speaking section to assess English skills, worrying test takers with lower levels of English proficiency. Would-be U.S. citizens decry 'even more difficult' test sections:
In December, U.S. authorities said the test was due for an update after 15 years. The new version is expected late next year.
Mehreta, 32, said she learned English as an adult after moving to the U.S. and found pronunciation to be very difficult. She worries that adding a new speaking section based on photos, rather than personal questions, will make the test harder for others like her. But in the proposed multiple-choice format, the applicant would read that question and select the correct answer from the following choices:The applicant must know all five of the wars fought by the U.S. in the 1900s in order to select the one correct answer, Bliss said, and that requires a “significantly higher level of language proficiency and test-taking skill."
“It’s more difficult learning to read and write if you don’t know how to do that in your first language. That’s my main concern about the multiple-choice test; it’s a lot of reading," Perrott said.that the proposed changes “reflect current best practices in test design” and would help standardize the citizenship test.
Goodman said she uses the following metrics to determine the difficulty of a test: the number of questions required to pass and the number of questions overall, the percentage of applicants who pass the test, the language level of the test, and whether or not questions with answers are made available to study before taking the test.
Elizabeth Jacobs, director of regulatory affairs and policy at the Center for Immigration Studies — a nonprofit research organization that advocates for less immigration — said the proposed changes would make the U.S. citizenship test even easier for many people.The proposed multiple-choice format for the civics section would put the answer to each question in front of applicants, Jacobs said, and would get rid of the memory challenge that’s in the current test.
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