• Setting the Stage
  • Testing Increases
  • Slow Progress Online
• Effect of No Child Left Behind
• Changes Afoot
  • High Stakes in High School
  • Online Growth in Formative Assessment

• Table 1.1:NCLB Testing Requirements

Chapter 2: Industry Size and Structure

• Industry Size
• Largest Segment Is High-Stakes Summative Testing
  • Classroom Assessment Is Fastest-Growing Segment
• Players in the Assessment Market
• Mergers and Acquisitions Activity

• Table 2.1: Testing Segment Market Share of Instructional Media in U.S. Classrooms, 2007-2008P
• Table 2.2: PreK-12 Testing Terminology
• Table 2.3: Simba Information’s Testing M&A Index, 2007

Chapter 3: Statewide Testing

• Introduction
• Increase in Customization
  • Costs Temper Customization
• High-Stakes Growth Areas
• Changes Under Way in High School Testing
  • States Moving to End-of-Course Exams
  • High School-College Connection
  • Continued Growth in Exit Exams
  • Second-Chance Testing
• Expansion Room: Alternative Assessments
• Expansion Room: ELL Assessments
• State Contracts Concentrated with PEM
  • CTB Captures Most Testing Contracts in 2007

• Table 3.1: Statewide Testing Market, 2007-2008P
• Table 3.2: Statewide Testing Contracts Held by Market Leaders, 2007
• Table 3.3: Simba Information’s Testing Contract Index, 2007

Chapter 4: Classroom and District Testing

• Overview
• Variety of Vendors
• Online Formative Assessment
• Challenges Include Budgetary Constraints
• Innovation
• Professional Development and Response to Intervention
  • State Purchases of Formative Assessment
• Budget Concerns on State Level, Too
• Federal Support May Be in the Offing
  • State Support Traditionally Low Key
  • State Testing Overhauls Include Formative Assessment
  • Bulk of the Sales at the District Level
• Quizam E-Mail Quiz

  Table 4.1: Classroom Testing Market, 2007-2008P

Chapter 5: Emerging Trends in Testing

• NCLB Reauthorization Prospects
• Growth Models
• NAEP and the Issue of Common Standards
• Multi-State Consortia
• Corporate Alliances
• Funding Trends
• Enrollment Trends
  • LA Has Twice the Number of ELL Students as Any Other District
  • NYC Leads in Students with IEPS

• Table 5.1: NAEP Under No Child Left Behind
• Table 5.2: Department of Education State Assessments, FY2006-2008
• Table 5.3: Funding for Statewide Testing, Federal vs. State Sources
• Table 5.4: Total Public/Private Projected K-12 Enrollment, 2007-2015
• Table 5.5: 10 Districts with Highest Number of LEP/ELL Students, 2005-2006
• Table 5.6: 10 Districts with Highest Number of IEP Students, 2005-2006

Chapter 6: Online Testing

• Market Size and Structure
• Infrastructure and Funding Issues
  • ‘Online by ’09’ Still Offline in Minnesota
  • Online Does Not Necessarily Cost Less
• The Oregon Story
• Driving Forces: From Cost to Faster Results
  • Publishers Working to Maximize Effectiveness in Online Environment
• Emerging High-Stakes Sectors for Online
• Formative Assessment Potential
  • Georgia’s OAS
  • Case Study: Virginia
  • Case Study: Minnesota
• Wireless Handheld Options
• Penetration of Wireless Handhelds

• Table 6.1: Computer Access and Computer-Based Assessment

Chapter 7: Forecast and Conclusions

• Robust Growth for Formative Assessment

• Table 7.1: U.S. Testing Market, 2007-2011P

Chapter 8: Who’s Who

• American Institutes for Research
• CTB/McGraw-Hill
• Data Recognition Corp.
• Educational Testing Service
• eInstruction
• Measured Progress
• Measurement Inc.
• Pearson Educational Measurement
• Questar Assessment Inc.
• Qwizdom
• Riverside Publishing
• Scantron
• Vantage Learning
• Wireless Generation