Minnesota Adult Basic Education (ABE) providers are mandated to use CASAS (Comprehensive Adult Student Assessment System) Reading or Math or TABE (Tests for Adult Basic Education) Reading or Math. This issue of "NetNews" introduces the Test Bank: a variety of informal reading, spelling, and writing assessments available for Minnesota ABE providers to borrow or receive as a copy (if permitted). Other topics covered in this issue include: (1) What is informal assessment?; (2) How were informal assessments selected for the Test Bank?; (3) Why should I consider using informal assessment in my classroom?; (4) What informal assessments are available to borrow from the Test Bank?; (5) What informal assessments are available as reproducible copies from the Test Bank?; (6) What is the procedure for requesting informal assessments from the Test Bank?; and (7) Where can I learn more about assessment for ABE? [For Volume 7, Number 4 of "NetNews," see ED498946.]