Educational Testing Service

Filing Period

Jan 1, 2010 to Dec 31, 2010

Signed

Nov 14, 2011

Return Version

2010v3.4

Gross Receipts

$991,229,479

Mission

Major Activities

Activity 2

Global Division is responsible for carrying out ETSs mission in markets outside the United States providing products and services that measure knowledge and skills, promote learning and performance and support education and professional development. Global offers consultation and technical assistance in support of building capacity for ministries of education, colleges and universities, and national testing agencies worldwide. The Global Institute provides instruction to education leaders, college and university staff, government officials and representatives of testing agencies both at its Princeton headquarters as well as in region.In addition, Global designs, develops and delivers English language and student learning tests and assessments.A college-level testing program developed and administered by ETS is the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL), a test designed to measure the English proficiency of students whose native language is not English. The test is required by many domestic universities to evaluate the degree to which international students have sufficient English language proficiency to pursue higher education on an English-speaking campus. ETS has established the TOEFL policy council, made up of public academic leaders and graduate school deans to provide direction for the program. The program is primarily administered in a computer-based environment with some paper-based testing. Global oversees the administration of the Test of English in International Communication (TOEIC), a test of the ability of non-native English-speaking people to use English in everyday work activities. TOEIC is delivered in a paper-based format as well as a computer-based environment.In addition, Global has a custom assessment group dedicated to responding to international bids or client requests for educational services, a channel group which manages iBT test centers and the preferred associate (vendor) network; a partnership implementation group, a network planning group, and a client relations group.

Activity 3

Elementary and Secondary Education (K12 Assessments and K12 Learning and Development), Research & Development, National Assessment of Educational Progress, English Language Learning, Policy Evaluation & Research Center and other supported activities.K12 AssessmentsK12 Assessments current large scale assessment business contracts in California include the High School Exit Examination (CAHSEE), the California Standardized Testing and Reporting (STAR) Program including additional alternative assessments for students with English Language learning challenges or of lesser abilities CAPA, STS and CMA assessment batteries, in addition to the regular California Standardized Test (CST), and General Educational Development (GED) scoring service for the California Department of Education. These K12 Assessments measure levels of student achievement in the California public school system. In addition, ETS provides the English Placement Test (EPT), Entry Level Mathematics Test (ELM) and Early Assessment Program (EAP) programs for the California State University System and the University of California Admissions Program for the UC system. K12 Assessments has also been awarded assessment contracts in other states to measure the educational achievement and progress of K-12 students. A partial listing of those contracts include: Maryland High School Assessment Program; testing programs in Math and English Chicago Public Schools and Miami Dade school districts and subcontracts for state assessments in Texas, Tennessee, Virginia, Mississippi and Washington.K12 Assessments also contracts with the US Department of Education for the Comprehensive English Language Learning Assessment in Florida. In addition, it contracts with the Educational Records Bureau (ERB) to administer the Comprehensive Testing Program 4(CTP 4), which consists of an assessment for grades 1-11 in key areas of school achievement including: listening, reading, vocabulary, writing and mathematics. In addition, CTP 4 includes two tests to measure verbal and quantitative reasoning for students in grades 3 through 11. Under a separate contract with ERB, K12 Assessments is developing and piloting a computerized adaptive assessment test (CAAT). The results of the ERB tests will be used for educational guidance, evaluation of student progress and curriculum improvement. K12 Assessments also contracts with the Southern Regional Educational Board, a non-profit consortium of states, for the pursuit of educational excellence, to develop and administer two testing programs, the High Schools That Work and Middle Grade Assessment tests, designed to measure and improve educational instruction. K12 Learning and DevelopmentIn addition to custom large scale assessment projects for states and large school districts, ETS, through its K12 Learning and Development division, also develops, markets and sells products that enhance learning in K-12 students. For example, K12 Learning and Development Products and Services provides test development services for districts who wish to plan and administer formative benchmark and diagnostic assessments to measure students progress and determine areas where learning is incomplete and can be addressed through follow-up instruction, using the Focus on Standards (FOS) model of professional development. Other examples include a wide array of professional development training and learning experiences for educators such as assessment literacy training from the Assessment Training Institute (ATI), computer-based practice and feedback of ones writing skills using K12 Learning and Development's Criterion software product, and the sale of test questions from K12 Learning and Developments large item banks for either secure large scale assessment or less secure classroom assessment.The K12 Assessments and K12 Learning and Development divisions of ETS have an ambitious charge: to advance student learning by providing a new generation of high-quality, customized assessments,

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EIN

21-0634479