What is CASAS?
'''CASAS''' is an American organization that tests adult general and English knowledge. CASAS (Comprehensive Adult Student Assessment System) also provides training in various areas.<ref> https://www.casas.org </ref> Some educational systems use the CASAS test for ESL (English as a second language) placement. It used to be called the California Adult Student Assessment System.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Gorman|first1=David|last2=Ernst|first2=Megan L.|date=2004|title=Test Review: The Comprehensive Adult Student Assessment System (CASAS) Life Skills Reading Tests|url=https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ876745|journal=Language Assessment Quarterly|language=en|volume=1|issue=1|pages=73–84|doi=10.1207/s15434311laq0101_8 |s2cid=145297552 |issn=1543-4303}}</ref> Sixty agencies in California use the test, including state prisons and county jails.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Rickard|first1=Patricia L.|last2=Stiles|first2=Richard L.|date=1985|title=Comprehensive Adult Student Assessment System (CASAS) Design for Effective Assessment in Correctional Educational Programs|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/41971707|journal=Journal of Correctional Education|volume=36|issue=2|pages=51–53|jstor=41971707 |issn=0740-2708}}</ref> Connecticut bases its testing on CASAS, but calls it the Connecticut Competency System.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Adult Education Assessment and Accountability--How To|url=https://portal.ct.gov/SDE/Adult-Ed/Accountability/Adult-Education-Assessment-and-Accountability/How-To|access-date=2022-05-16|website=CT.gov - Connecticut's Official State Website|language=en}}</ref> The New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development also uses the test.<ref>New Jersey Assessment Policy Adult Basic Education/English Language Acquisition Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, Title II Adult Education and Family Literacy Act. 2021.https://www.nj.gov/labor/wioa/documents/adult_education_literacy/2021-NJ-Assessment-PolicyR.pdf</ref> The CASAS Educational Functioning Levels are 1 - Beginning ESL Literacy; 2 - Low Beginning ESL; 3 -