edcircuit
Five professionals stand against a blue background with text promoting CoSN, encouraging exploration of the K-12 education community and innovation. CoSN website link is displayed.
Two professionals sitting and smiling with text promoting K-12 community CoSN Resources for EdTech challenges. COSN.org and CoSN logo appear at the bottom.
Home Hidden Post Answer Sheet: Pearson responds to criticism about its standardized tests
Hidden
An orange stylized letter e formed by a thick circular line with a horizontal bar extending from the center to the right, resembling a power button icon.EdCircuit Staff
0 minutes read

Post Answer Sheet: Pearson responds to criticism about its standardized tests

by Valerie StraussWhen 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.Read the rest of the story at The Washington Post.
A hand holding a yellow pencil fills in a bubble on a multiple-choice answer sheet, commonly used for standardized tests. The sheet shows several numbered questions with answer options A, B, C, and D.
0 FacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedinWhatsappCopy LinkEmail

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.

Read the rest of the story at The Washington Post.

  • edCircuit Icon
    : Author

    edCircuit is a mission-based organization entirely focused on the K-20 EdTech Industry and emPowering the voices that can provide guidance and expertise in facilitating the appropriate usage of digital technology in education. Our goal is to elevate the voices of today’s innovative thought leaders and edtech experts. Subscribe to receive notifications in your inbox

    View all posts
FacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedinWhatsappCopy LinkEmail
Two adults, a man giving a thumbs-up and a smiling woman, stand before a blue background with the text “Discover Your K-12 Community: CoSN Shape the Future of Education. COSN.org.”.

Join Thousands of Other Subscribers

This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.

Participate in the COmmunity

Two professionals sitting and smiling with text promoting K-12 community CoSN Resources for EdTech challenges. COSN.org and CoSN logo appear at the bottom.
Five diverse professionals stand against a blue background with text promoting CoSN, a K-12 tech leadership community, and its website, www.CoSN.org.

Use EdCircuit as a Resource

Would you like to use an EdCircuit article as a resource. We encourage you to link back directly to the url of the article and give EdCircuit or the Author credit.

MORE FROM EDCIRCUIT

Logo with an orange lowercase letter e followed by the partially visible, faded text edCircuit on a light background.

edCircuit emPowers the voices of education, with hundreds of  trusted contributors, change-makers and industry-leading innovators.

  • Washington, DC

SHARE YOUR VOICE

FOLLOW edCircuit

Linkedin X-twitter Facebook Pinterest

Learn More

YOUTUBE CHANNEL

Youtube

@edcircuit

Copyright © 2014-2025, edCircuit Media – emPowering the Voices of Education.  

Close
-
00:00
00:00

Queue

Update Required Flash plugin
-
00:00
00:00