Pearson Tells State: We'll Do Better – SchoolBook

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Pearson Tells State: We’ll Do Better

by Mary Ann Giordano

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Once again the state math and English tests created by Pearson are in the news, with a report that the educational company is feeling the pressure stemming from test errors that have caused 29 questions to be struck from the exams so far.
NY1 reported on Wednesday that Pearson seems to be aware that it has put its reputation, if not its $32 million contract with the state, in jeopardy.

NY1 obtained a memo that an executive vice president at the company sent to the head of the state’s testing program. The executive wrote, “We are committed to eliminating any gaps identified by the New York State Education Department between expectation and our performance.”

The news station went on to report that the company sent the memo after “unhappy state officials had called” on the Sunday after third-to-eighth grade students in the state had completed the exams.

The Pearson executive wrote that an investigation is underway but said many errors seemed to result from a lack of proof reading rather than a translation issue. He mentions a math question