Jason Stanford: Accountability for All But Pearson: LINK ADDED!

Jason Stanford watches Texas politics closely and has become fascinated with the state’s devotion to high-stakes testing. As he shows in this post, there is plenty of accountability for kids, but none at all for Pearson.

In 2010, Pearson won a $468 million contract to test Texas students. When the legislature decided to reduce mandated high school testing by 67% this year, Pearson cut its budget by less than 2%.

A state audit showed that no one is monitoring what Pearson does or how it spends the state’s money. There is no accountability for Pearson.

As Stanford says, the new state motto might be “Don’t mess with ethics.”