State Is Investigating Pearson Foundation Trips
Back in October, Michael Winerip in The New York Times reported in his On Education column about trips for education officials provided by the Pearson Foundation, the nonprofit arm of Pearson...
View ArticlePublic Applies More Scrutiny to Exams That Are Supposed to Be Secret
Pearson's debut as the lead writer of New York State's standardized exams ran into another problem this week, this time on the math exam that will be taken by nearly all third through eighth graders...
View ArticleTesting Concerns Keep Coming
As math exams for the state's fourth to eighth graders begin on Wednesday, new controversy emerged about the quality of the exams and choices of the exam-maker, Pearson Education. The Daily News...
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State Officials Throw Out Another Pearson Test Question
For the fourth time within a month, state education officials have tossed out a question on the standardized tests after finding that errors by Pearson, the test maker, made the problem virtually...
View ArticleAG: Pearson Foundation Misused Funds
The Pearson Foundation, a non-profit group closely intertwined with publishing giant Pearson, Inc., has reached a settlement with New York's attorney general, following charges that it broke state law...
View ArticleEducators Go Silent on State Tests, More Than Last Year
As the first week of state tests for elementary and middle school students came to an end, many teachers and principals once again said they were divided about the tests' quality and value. But, unlike...
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