Pearson and how 2012 standardized tests were designed - The Answer Sheet - The Washington Post: "Pearson has grown immensely over the last decade, securing contracts with many states required to test students under the No Child Left Behind Act. This year it succeeded CTB/McGraw-Hill as New York’s test vendor.
The ever-increasing and implausibly high percentages of students deemed proficient on CTB’s exams was a test bubble that finally burst in 2009, as sobering data from community colleges revealed that most entrants were inadequately prepared in reading and math. Albany admitted the cut off points defining proficiency had been set too low.
Blame for the incredible results was ascribed to “stand-alone” field testing, where items are tried out to see how samples of students perform on them and to identify which ones will appear on the real aka operational tests."
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