My Misadventures in the Standardized Testing Industry
For 15 years I was employed by the K-12 testing business, working for many of the biggest players (Pearson Education, Educational Testing Service, American Institutes of Research, etc.) on many of the biggest tests. While I did enjoy the career it also left me completely convinced of the utter folly of entrusting decisions about American students, teachers, and schools to the for-profit industry that long employed me. I don't know how anyone who has seen what I've seen could feel any differently. Todd S. Farley, Washington Post editorial, Dec. 18, 2009