美国公民及移民服务局2020年11月13日宣布计划实施的公民入籍测试的修订版。该机构首先宣布了计划在2019年7月修改公民测验。
美国公民及移民服务局（USCIS）对公民测试进行了修订，作为十年一次更新的一部分，以确保它仍然是一种工具，可以全面评估申请人对美国历史，政府和公民价值观的了解。
公民考试适用于申请美国公民身份的申请人，这是入籍的法定要求之一。在2020年12月1日当天或之后申请入籍的申请人将参加测试的更新版本。那些在2020年12月1日之前申请的人将采用当前版本的考试。
移民局政策副主任约瑟夫·埃德洛（JosephEdlow）表示：“移民局自2018年以来一直在努力修改入籍考试，依靠成人教育领域的专家的意见来确保这一过程是公平和透明的。”“通过自然化，移民可以成为美国社会的完全既得成员，在出生时享有与公民相同的权利和责任，提供公平的测试，为这些责任的入籍申请人做好准备，对我们的机构至关重要。”
修订后的考试包含更多的问题，可根据法定要求测试申请人对美国历史和公民的理解，并涵盖各种主题，这些主题为申请者在考试准备过程中提供了更多了解美国的机会。修改后的考试不会改变及格分数，该分数将保持在60％。候选人必须正确回答12个问题（满分20个）才能通过。
美国公民及移民服务局将维持现行的指南，以法定依据为年龄在65岁或以上且具有至少20年合法永久居民身份的申请人提供特殊考虑。这些申请人将被要求回答10个问题，并且必须正确回答至少六个问题才能通过。
2020年夏天，USCIS在全国范围内与社区组织和志愿者一起进行了该测试的试验。从该试验收集的数据用于帮助USCIS确定各个测试项目的语言和语法结构，分配给每个测试的语言和认知权重并确定那些适合65岁或65岁以上，具有合法永久居民身份至少20年并通过法规给予特殊考虑的申请人的项目。
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U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services announced today plans to implement a revised version of the naturalization civics test. The agency first announced plans to revise the civics test in July 2019.
USCIS revised the civics test as part of a decennial update to ensure that it remains an instrument that comprehensively assesses applicants’ knowledge of American history, government and civic values.
The civics test is administered to applicants who apply for U.S. citizenship and is one of the statutory requirements for naturalizing. Applicants who apply for naturalization on or after Dec. 1, 2020, will take the updated version of the test. Those who apply before Dec. 1, 2020, will take the current version of the test.
“USCIS has diligently worked on revising the naturalization test since 2018, relying on input from experts in the field of adult education to ensure that this process is fair and transparent,” said USCIS Deputy Director for Policy Joseph Edlow. “Naturalization allows immigrants to become fully vested members of American society, with the same rights and responsibilities as citizens by birth, and offering a fair test, which prepares naturalization applicants for these responsibilities, is of upmost importance to our agency.”
The revised test includes more questions that test the applicant’s understanding of U.S. history and civics, in line with the statutory requirements, and covers a variety of topics that provide the applicant with more opportunities to learn about the United States as part of the test preparation process. The revised test will not change the passing score, which will remain at 60%. Candidates must answer 12 questions correctly, out of 20 in order to pass.
USCIS will maintain the current guidelines for statutorily established special considerations for applicants who are 65 years old or older and have at least 20 years of lawful permanent resident status. These applicants will be asked 10 questions and must answer a minimum of six questions correctly in order to pass.
The test items and study guides can be found on the Citizenship Resource Center on the USCIS website. USCIS has also updated the USCIS Policy Manual (PDF, 323.82 KB) accordingly; see Volume 12, Part E, English and Civics Testing and Exceptions, Chapter 2, English and Civics Testing.
USCIS piloted the test with community-based organizations and volunteers across the country in summer 2020. The data collected from this pilot was used to help USCIS make determinations about the language and grammatical structure of individual test items, linguistic and cognitive weights assigned to each test item, and to identify those items appropriate for applicants who are 65 years or older, have held lawful permanent resident status for at least 20 years and are granted special consideration by statute.
时间：2020-11-17