NO CHILD LEFT SCHEME HAS BROUGHT FIVE TESTING FIRMS $2 BILLION

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PARADE - Over the last two years, 23 states across the country have
added more than 11.3 million reading and math tests to their school
curricula in order to keep up with the requirements of the federal No
Child Left Behind Law. Michigan alone has tacked on more than 1 million
new tests; New York, more than 1.7 million. While experts are debating
whether increased testing helps kids learn more, most agree that it does
mean big bucks for the testing companies. The school testing and testing
services industry (which includes tutoring, test prep courses and the
tests themselves) is now an estimated $2.3 billion a year enterprise,
with just five big companies controlling 90% of the statewide testing
revenue.

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10-28-2007/Intelligence_Report


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