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PreK-12 Testing Market Forecast 2016-2017

Published Mar 23, 2017
Length 118 Pages
SKU # CURP15185039

Description

PreK-12 Testing Market Forecast 2016-2017

PreK-12 Testing Market Forecast 2016-2017 from Simba Information provides an overview of the evolving market for academic testing in the PreK-12 school market.

This new edition of a recurring Simba examination of the testing market offers fresh insight in:
  • The evolution of high stakes statewide tests
  • Increasing customization in classroom-level assessments
  • Progress in online testing at both the state and local levels
Simba Information defines the market segments and testing terminology and provides sizing and context for changes in state testing and classroom assessments. Within those two categories, Simba breaks down sizing for online and paper/pencil testing.

PreK-12 Testing Market Forecast 2016-2017 discusses segment sales size estimates for 2014-2015 and 2015-2016 and projection for growth in the segments through 2019-2020.

Table of Contents

118 Pages
  • Methodology
    • Testing Market Valued at $2.59 Billion in 2015-2016
    • High-Stakes Assessments Drive Sales of $1.18 Billion
    • Classroom Assessments Almost Keep Pace
    • The Next Area of Growth: Science
    • Online Testing Still Growing
    • State-Level Online Sales Outpace Digital Classroom Sales
    • Addressing Niche Populations
    • Flexible Funding: One of Many Areas of Uncertainty
    • Introduction
    • Types of Tests
    • Testing Market Size and Segments
    • Change Agent: ESSA
    • The Trump Administration and the 2017 Congress
    • Policy Changes on the State and Local Side
    • Backlash Against Too Much Testing
    • Leaps Forward in Online Delivery
    • Flexibility, New Administration Add To Funding Uncertainty
    • Vendors Face Uncertainty, Too
    • Market Size and Growth
    • Ever-Changing Landscape
    • Case Study on Change: Massachusetts
    • Testing Reductions
    • High School: Focus of Change
    • Impact on Vendors
    • Moving Online: Continued Evolution
    • Issues Abound
    • A Case Study of Online Challenges: Tennessee
    • Changes Ahead
    • Competitive Landscape
    • Digital Challenges Spur Change
    • Consortia: Changing Business Models for Challenging Times
    • Case Study of a Consortium State: Vermont
    • Consolidation Reduces Number of Players
    • Sales, Growth, and Market Share of Classroom Assessments, 2014-2015 versus 2015-2016 ($ in millions)
    • Competitive Landscape
    • Embrace of Formative Assessment Process
    • Striving for a Balanced Assessment System
    • Increased Interest in Formative Assessment on the State Level
    • Relying on the Consortia
    • Increase in Customization
    • Integration of Assessments and Educational Materials
    • Role of Test Prep
    • Teacher-Created Assessments
    • March Toward Online
    • Need for Professional Learning
    • Onward toward Science Assessments
    • Computer Adaptive Testing and AI Scoring
    • Case Study in Computer-Adaptive Testing: Virginia
    • AI Scoring and Other Technology Improvements
    • Challenge: How to Engage Students
    • Piloting Performance Assessments
    • Improving Accommodations
    • The Rise of Native-Language Tests
    • Assessing Below Grade 3
    • A Hold on Speaking and Listening
    • Introduction
    • Slow Growth Ahead for the Assessment Market as a Whole
    • Strong Growth in Online Assessment Continues
    • Uncertain Times to Continue
    • Pockets of Growth
    • Ramifications for Assessment Vendors
    • ACT
    • American Institutes for Research (AIR)
    • Amplify
    • College Board
    • Curriculum Associates
    • Data Recognition Corp.
    • Edmentum
    • Educational Testing Service
    • HMH Assessment
    • MasteryConnect
    • Mastery (formerly Peoples) Education
    • Measured Progress
    • Naiku
    • Northwest Evaluation Association
    • Pacific Metrics
    • PARCC
    • Pearson Education
    • Questar Assessment
    • Renaissance Learning
    • Scantron
    • SEG Measurement
    • Smarter Balanced
    • Triumph Learning
    • Vantage Labs
    • WestEd
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