Re: Internecine Testing Industry Warfare

[Victor Steinbok <Victor.Steinbok@verizon.net>]

At 10:54 PM -0500 06.01.03, George K Cunningham wrote:
> Christina,
>
> That is chicken feed.  ETS got something around 55 million for the STAR
> test.  A buch more for the high school exit test.
>
> George K. Cunningham
> University of Louisville

The real question is "Why?". Mailing and administration is the 
state's responsibility. So what are the associated costs? The test 
itself should cost the same no matter how many students take it. The 
difference is in the scoring, which should cost very little per 
student if this is all bubble forms, and, if the company is 
responsible for it, printing of the test booklets. Either way, there 
is no reason for the $20 million difference, and certainly not for 
$36.5 million. So what are the other associated costs? Lobbying?

	VS-)



>  >>> ALCAMUS36@aol.com 01/06/03 08:47PM >>>
>
> Three days later, new bids were opened, with ETS coming in with by far
> the most expensive proposal at $35.6 million over four years. Harcourt
> proposed $20.9 million. The other two bidders, NCS-Pearson and
> CTB-McGraw Hill, proposed $18.5 million and $20 million, respectively.
>
>
>
> What public schools could do with $18.5 million!!!!
> -Cristina Sanchez-Lopez
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