United States PreK-12 Testing Market Forecast Report 2017

High-Stakes Assessments Drive Sales of $1.12 Billion - Research and Markets

DUBLIN, Apr. 07, 2017 /PRNewswire/ --

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "PreK-12 Testing Market Forecast 2016-2017" report to their offering.

In PreK-12 Testing Market Forecast 2016-2017, this report examines the academic testing market in schools, with an emphasis on the impact of the Every Student Succeeds Act, the states' reexamination of their testing programs to find ways to streamline, the movement back to state-specific standards from the Common Core, and the uncertainty that reigns at the beginning the Trump era.

Key issues addressed in the report are the progress made toward the goal of having statewide assessments be delivered online, the quest to create innovative assessments, movement toward the creation of balanced assessment systems, and the increasing recognition of a formative assessment process as critical to learning.

This new edition offers fresh insight in:

- The evolution of high stakes statewide tests
- Increasing customization in classroom-level assessments
- Progress in online testing at both the state and local levels

Topics analyzed in the new report include:

- Growth drivers at the federal and state level
- Momentum in online testing
- Lead testing contractors by state
- Flexibility of funding sources
- Impact of federal education policy changes
- Impact of local groundswell for testing changes
- High schools at the center of change
- Shifting competitive landscape among testing providers
- Rise of teacher-created classroom assessments
- Computer adaptive testing
- Piloting performance assessments
- Projections of future growth by category through 2019-2020
- Capsule summaries of 25 leading PreK-12 testing providers

Key Topics Covered:

Executive Summary
Testing Market Valued at $2.46 Billion in 2015-2016
High-Stakes Assessments Drive Sales of $1.12 Billion
Classroom Assessments Almost Keep Pace
The Next Area of Growth: Science
Online Testing Still Growing
State-Level Online Sales Outpace Digital Classroom Sales
Addressing Niche Populations
Flexible Funding: One of Many Areas of Uncertainty

Chapter 1: Industry Size And Structure
Introduction
Types of Tests
Testing Market Size And Segments 6
Change Agent: Essa
The Trump Administration And the 2017 Congress
Policy Changes On the State And Local Side
Backlash Against Too Much Testing
Leaps Forward in Online Delivery