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This fee will be the same regardless of whether the applicant for citizenship sat the test once, or several times, before he/she passed.  \nThe fee for an application for citizenship by people applying under other situations who are not required to have sat a test will remain at $120.  \nCertain holders of pensioner concession cards or health care concession cards who have been required to sit the citizenship test will be entitled to pay a concessionary fee of $40.  \nNo fee will be payable by British and Maltese former child migrants under the Commonwealth Child Migration Scheme, or by Australian Defence Force personnel, who have been required to sit the citizenship test.  \nFull details of all citizenship fees are provided in the attached draft fee form 1298i.  \nQUESTION TAKEN ON NOTICE  \nSENATE LEGAL AND CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE INQUIRY HEARING INTO THE AUSTRALIAN CITIZENSHIP AMENDMENT (CITIZENSHIP TESTING) BILL 2007: 16 July 2007  \nDEPARTMENT OF IMMIGRATION AND CITIZENSHIP  \nQuestion (2 Hansard)  \nSenator Crossin asked:  \nDid you specify at all in your tender for the development of the test questions that there had tobe a demonstration of either educational expertise, TESOL expertise or such like?  \nAnswer:  \nIn the department’s request for quotation (RFQ) for the provision of test questions and answers to evaluate client understanding of Australian citizenship and English language ability we requested, among other things, that:  \n• The question bank must measure a test subject’s understanding of Australian life and citizenship, whilst acting as a test of English language skills; and  \n• The tenderer have a proven record of professional expertise in the formulation of assessment processes through to the evaluation of learning.  \nThe company selected following this RFQ process was the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER). ACER has extensive experience in test development including a strong background in education and specialisation in second language assessment.  \nQUESTION TAKEN ON NOTICE  \nSENATE LEGAL AND CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE INQUIRY HEARING INTO THE AUSTRALIAN CITIZENSHIP AMENDMENT (CITIZENSHIP TESTING) BILL 2007 : 16 July 2007  \nDEPARTMENT OF IMMIGRATION AND CITIZENSHIP  \nQuestion (3 Hansard)  \nSenator Nettle asked:  \nHas the department undertaken any research on evaluations of citizenship tests conducted by the US, UK or Canadian governments? 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This process includes developing a set of 100 equally weighted questions from which each test consisting of 10 questions will be drawn.  \nOur enquiries indicate that none of the countries have, to date, investigated whether their citizenship tests have improved the cohesiveness of their respective communities.  \nQUESTION TAKEN ON NOTICE  \nSENATE LEGAL AND CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE INQUIRY HEARING INTO THE AUSTRALIAN CITIZENSHIP AMENDMENT (CITIZENSHIP TESTING) BILL 2007: 16 July 2007  \nDEPARTMENT OF IMMIGRAT","cbCaicQZApZlJn4m","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaicQZApZlJn4m","pdf",145419,"English","# Question (1)\n## Citizenship test fees and fee exemptions\n# Question (2)\n## Tender requirements for assessment expertise and TESOL\n# Question (3)\n## Research on evaluations of citizenship tests by other governments\n# Question (4)\n## Public surveys on the citizenship test and English inclusion\n# Question (5)\n## Government support programmes for learning English","[{\"question\":\"Is there any fee payable when a person takes the citizenship test?\",\"answer\":\"No fee is payable at the time the citizenship test is taken.\"},{\"question\":\"What application fee applies to applicants required to sit the citizenship test?\",\"answer\":\"Applicants who are required to sit the citizenship test pay $240, regardless of whether they sat the test once or multiple times before passing.\"},{\"question\":\"How were requirements for developing test questions defined in the procurement process?\",\"answer\":\"The department’s RFQ requested that the question bank measure understanding of Australian life and citizenship while acting as a test of English language skills, and that the tenderer demonstrate a proven record of expertise in assessment processes through evaluation of learning.\"}]","Australian Citizenship Amendment (Citizenship Testing) Bill 2007 - Citizenship test fees and assessment background - Hansard (16 July 2007) | PDF",35]