Parade Intelligence Report

[George Sheridan <learn@jps.net>]

Under the title, "Making a Profit Off Kids," the "Intelligence 
Report," a widely-read feature in Parade, the most popular Sunday 
magazine supplement in America, reported on October 28, 2007:

"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."


George Sheridan