; or (ii) in the case of a petition that is granted, the date on which a visa has been issued pursuant to such petition. (D) Verification Prior to the issuance of any visa under this subsection, the Secretary shall verify that the information in the petition remains accurate as of the time of the visa issuance. (E) Clarification A petition may not be denied for the failure of a petitioner to attain the minimum number of points required under subsection (e)(2). (5) Definitions (A) English language proficiency test The term English language proficiency test means any test to measure English proficiency that has been approved by the Director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, in consultation with the Secretary of Education. (B) Field of science, technology, engineering, or mathematics The term field of science, technology, engineering, or mathematics means a field included in the Department of Education’s Classification of Instructional Programs taxonomy within the summary groups of computer and information sciences and support services, engineering, biological and biomedical sciences, mathematics and statistics, physical sciences, and the series geography and cartography (series 45.07), advanced/graduate dentistry and oral sciences (series 51.05) and nursing (series 51.38). (C) High school The term high school has the meaning given such term in section 8101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 7801 ). (D) Institution of higher education The term institution of higher education has the meaning given that term in section 102(a)(1) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1002(a)(1) ), except that such term does not include an institution outside the United States described in subparagraph (C) of such section. (E) Covered institution The term covered institution means an institution that— (i) is an institution of higher education