Educational Testing Service

Filing Period

Jan 1, 2011 to Dec 31, 2011

Signed

Nov 12, 2012

Return Version

2011v1.2

Gross Receipts

$1,056,144,343

Mission

Major Activities

Activity 2

Global Division is responsible for carrying out ETS's mission primarily 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. Its primary focus is on the design, development and delivery of English Language 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 academic English proficiency of students whose native language is not English. The test is required by many 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 Board, 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. Other TOEFL assessments include TOEFL ITP, an institutional, two-skill test designed for use with adult learners, and The TOEFL Junior Standard test, an academic English proficiency test for younger students.Global also is responsible for the development and 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.Each family of tests also offer test prep products. Both the TOEIC and the TOEFL tests are also used by immigration officials in the UK and Australia to evaluate certain visa applicants in support of their requirements, the Global Division has a channel distribution group, which has oversight responsibility for our world-wide test distributor network, as well as a client relations group, which manages relationships with TOEFL score user institutions. The division also is responsible for the Global Institute, which provides instruction on assessment development and usage to education leaders, college and university staff, government officials and representatives of testing agencies both at its Princeton headquarters as well as in region.

Activity 3

Elementary and Secondary Education (K12 Assessments), Research & Development, National Assessment of Educational Progress, English Language Learning, Policy Evaluation & Research Center and other supported activities.K12 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 California Alternate Performance Assessment (CAPA), Standards-based Tests in Spanish (STS) and California Modified Assessment (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. K-12 Assessments also has a subcontract in the state of California to perform psychometric work for the California English Language Development Test (CELDT). 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. K12 Assessments has also been awarded assessment contracts in other states to measure the educational achievement and progress of K-12 students. Those contracts include: Maryland High School Assessment Program, a Wyoming statewide testing program, which is K-12s first full service contract, a test development and psychometric contract with the state of Washington, and a small research contract with the state of New York. K-12 Assessments also has subcontracts for state assessments in Texas, Tennessee, Virginia, Mississippi, Florida and Colorado. In addition to the State assessment contracts, ETS is the prime contractor or subcontractor for several SBAC and PARCC assessment programs which are being developed according to Federal Common Core Assessment initiatives. K12 Assessments also contracts with the Southern Regional Educational Board, a non-profit consortium of states, dedicated to the pursuit of educational excellence, to develop and administer the High Schools That Work testing program that is designed to measure and improve educational instruction.All of the activities within K-12 Assessments are classified as related activities, due to their role in educational assessment.RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENTResearch & Development provides educational measurement research and analysis, innovative assessment and product development, and informative policy studies to advance quality and equity in education for all people worldwide. Research & Development ensures the technical quality and fairness of ETS's assessments and assessment-related services through excellence in assessment design, development, analysis and psychometric research. Support for its research programs comes primarily from its own resources; support also comes from national governments and agencies and various private foundations. NATIONAL ASSESSMENT OF EDUCATIONAL PROGRESS (NAEP):Considered the Nations Report Card, NAEP is a continuing series of academic content assessments of samples of students mandated by Congress and implemented by the National Center for Education Statistics. ETS has held primary contracts for NAEP since 1983. ETS is responsible for the overall coordination, development of background questionnaires, test development, assessment design, test book preparation, data analysis and report preparation in print and on the NAEP website.ETS POLICY AND EVALUATION & RESEARCH CENTER (PERC)The Policy Evaluation and Research Center (PERC) conduct research and analysis that address challenging education issues in the United States. The primary focus of PERC's research and analysis are increasing overall educational achievement; and closing achievement gaps in representation, achievement a

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EIN

21-0634479