Schools Matter: Pearson: The BP of Corporate Testing

Schools Matter: Pearson: The BP of Corporate Testing

Pearson: The BP of Corporate Testing

by Jim Horn

When Pearson's CEO, Peter Jovanovich, had a look at Bush's NCLB plan early in 2001, he quipped: "This almost reads like our business plan."


Actually, it was McGraw-Hill's business plan, but now with a new Administration, Pearson is in the driver's seat, even though how it got there is a subject of an emerging investigation in Florida.


Now they are expressing grave concern and a willingness to pay for damage caused by the spill testing screw-