The National Institute for Automotive Service Excellence (ASE), Automotive Youth Educational Systems (AYES) and Skills USA announced an agreement to provide end-of-program exams for students in secondary and post-secondary automotive technology programs. The new exams, set to be released in spring 2009, will combine the National Automotive Technicians Education Foundation (NATEF) end-of-program tests into a joint offering from the three groups.
Through the NATEF, ASE will oversee the question development and delivery of the exams, for all three organizations. Candidates and instructors will be able to access the exam through a single test entry portal, which partner Web sites will link to.
“This combined effort will provide our AYES high school students with quality testing that is industry-led and nationally recognized,” said Susan Moe, executive director of AYES.
Tim Lawrence, SkillsUSA executive director, added: “Taking advantage of this unique co-branding opportunity helps us provide our students industry developed assessments without reinventing the process. The automobile, truck and collision repair areas of SkillsUSA will also be covered with the new co-branded assessments.”
“ASE is proud to provide our assessment development expertise and partner with leaders in our industry such as AYES and SkillsUSA," said Tim Zilke, ASE president & CEO. "The students will benefit from having just one set of end of program exams that are endorsed by our three organizations."
