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Future Rewards
Eduventures, a Boston-based research firm, estimates that the revenue testing vendors could garner from state assessments will grow to $810 million by 2006. Data include for-profit and nonprofit revenues.
NOTE: 2003-2006 compound annual growth rate: 12.3%
Market Players
Nine companies make up approximately 87 percent of the segment:
| Major publishers |
|---|
| • CTB/McGraw-Hill |
| • Harcourt Assessment |
| • Pearson Assessment |
| • Riverside Publishing (Houghton Mifflin) |
| Nonprofit players |
| • Measured Progress |
| • Northwest Evaluation Association |
| Middle-market players |
| • Touchstone Applied Science Associates |
| • Measurement Inc. |
SOURCE: Eduventures, 2004
Those Who Have
CTB/McGraw-Hill is the primary contractor for the most state tests within the K-8 range, while Pearson has the most contracts for tests within the 9-12 range. CTB/McGraw-Hill also has the most contracts for tests that span the K-12 range. Data were current as of August.
SOURCE: Education Week Research Center, 2004
