Tests' price tag $90 million this year
Standardized tests cost $1.2 billion since 2000
Updated: Friday, 04 May 2012, 12:52 PM CDT
Published : Thursday, 03 May 2012, 5:28 PM CDT
KXAN (AUSTIN) - It is testing time for Central Texas students required to pass the state's new standardized test to assess their academic readiness. And a battle over the entire testing system is brewing between the state, educators, parents and students.
Rising costs surrounding state exams has been one of the big talking points among testing critics.
http://www.kxan.com//dpp/news/investigations/staars-price-tag-90-million-this-year
This is who profits: https://www.pearsonaccess.com/cs/Satellite?pagename=Pearson/QuickLink/tx - ah, it's Pearson. Who is Pearson? Biggest textbook (and educational "services"
company in the world: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pearson_PLC
http://www.pearson.com/ (and their share price is on the front page of their website, if there was any question about what motivates these fine capitalists ... )
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