What is the ATB?
ABILITY TO BENEFIT (ATB) & ATB-ESL TEST: One of the criteria used to establish student eligibility in order to receive [Financial Aid] Title IV program assistance is that a student must have earned a high school diploma or its equivalent. Students who are not high school graduates (or who have not earned a General Education Development [GED] Certificate*) can demonstrate that they have the “ability to benefit” from the education or training being offered by passing an approved ability-to-benefit (ATB) test.—excerpt from “Funding Education Beyond High School The guide to Federal Student Aid. 2008-2009. U.S Department of Education Federal Student Aid.