Post Answer Sheet: Pearson responds to criticism about its standardized tests
Pearson, a leading U.S. testing company and frequent target of testing opponents, responds to criticism of its standardized exams.
Pearson responds to criticism of its standardized tests after a John Oliver segment, Valerie Strauss reports in The Washington Post's Answer Sheet blog.
by Valerie Strauss
When John Oliver, on his HBO “Last Week” show, did a recent segment on the problems with standardized testing, the one company that he mentioned at some length was Pearson — and that’s no surprise. Pearson is the largest education company in the world (Forbes magazine says it may control up to 60 percent of the U.S. testing market), and it has become a high-profile target of opponents of high-stakes standardized testing.
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