Parents Invoice Pearson For Using Their Kids for Field Tests
Here's an unusual story concerning standardized testing. Some concerned parents in New York have drawn up a bill of about $38 million to Pearson LLC for using their children as uncompensated research subjects in field tests of their commercial product development process.
They came up with the amount by calculating the value of their children’s free labor and included the opportunity costs of lost instructional time and resources, plus the real costs to schools of administering the June tests.

The invoice was shown at a press conference on June 6. It was also noted that at they were aware of at least 37 New York City schools that had parents opt their children out of the tests and 30+ schools on Long Island saw test refusals.
more info at http://ednotesonline.blogspot.ca/2013/06/reposted-with-invoice-parents-present.html
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