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
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.
- Methodology
- Executive Summary
- Testing Market Valued at $2.59 Billion in 2015-2016
- High-Stakes Assessments Drive Sales of $1.18 Billion
- Classroom Assessments Almost Keep Pace
- The Next Area of Growth: Science
- Online Testing Still Growing
- State-Level Online Sales Outpace Digital Classroom Sales
- Addressing Niche Populations
- Flexible Funding: One of Many Areas of Uncertainty
- Industry Size and Structure
- Introduction
- Types of Tests
- Table PreK-12 Testing Terminology
- Testing Market Size and Segments
- Table Testing Segments and Market Share 2014-2015 vs. 2015-2016 ($ in millions)
- Change Agent: ESSA
- Table Contrasts between NCLB and ESSA Regarding Assessments
- 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
- Table Market for Online Assessments, 2014-2015 vs. 2015-2016 ($ in millions)
- Flexibility, New Administration Add To Funding Uncertainty
- Table Selected Funding Sources for Assessments
- Vendors Face Uncertainty, Too
- State-Level Tests
- Market Size and Growth
- Table Market Share of State Tests, 2014-2015 versus 2015-2016 ($ in millions)
- Ever-Changing Landscape
- Case Study on Change: Massachusetts
- Testing Reductions
- High School: Focus of Change
- Impact on Vendors
- Moving Online: Continued Evolution
- Table Statewide Online Testing Market Size, Growth, and Share, 2014/2015 versus 2015-2016 ($ in millions)
- Issues Abound
- A Case Study of Online Challenges: Tennessee
- Changes Ahead
- Competitive Landscape
- Digital Challenges Spur Change
- Table Summary of States' Primary Testing Vendors and Contract Status, Spring 2017
- Consortia: Changing Business Models for Challenging Times
- Case Study of a Consortium State: Vermont
- Consolidation Reduces Number of Players
- Market Size and Growth
- Classroom-Level Assessments
- Table 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
- Table Online Classroom Assessment Market Size, Growth, and Share, 2014-2015 versus 2015-2016 ($ in millions)
- Need for Professional Learning
- Trends Affecting Assessment
- 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
- Conclusions and Outlook
- Introduction
- Slow Growth Ahead for the Assessment Market as a Whole
- Table PreK-12 Assessment Market Forecast, 2015-2016 through 2019-2020P ($ in millions)
- Table Forecasted Annual Growth in PreK-12 Assessment Market, 2016-2017 through 2019-2020P ($ in millions)
- Table Forecasted Market Share, State Level Summative vs. Classroom Assessments, 2016-2017 through 2019-2020P ($ in millions)
- Strong Growth in Online Assessment Continues
- Table PreK-12 Online Assessment Market Forecast, 2015-2016 through 2019-2020P ($ in millions)
- Table Forecasted Annual Growth in PreK-12 Online Assessment Market, 2016-2017 through 2019 - 2020P ($ in millions)
- Uncertain Times to Continue
- Pockets of Growth
- Ramifications for Assessment Vendors
- Who's Who
- 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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