The Educational Testing Service (or ETS) is the world's largest private educational testing and measurement organization, operating on an annual budget of approximately $900 million. ETS develops various standardized examinations primarily in the United States, but they also administer tests such as TOEFL in most nations. Many of the assessments they develop are associated with entry to US tertiary (undergraduate) and quaternary education (graduate) institutions. The Test Of English as a Foreign Language (or TOEFL, pronounced toe-full, or sometimes just toffle) evaluates the potential success of an individual to use and understand Standard American English at a college level. ... Students attend a lecture at a tertiary institution. ... Quaternary education or postgraduate education is the fourth-stage educational level which follows the completion of an undergraduate degree at a college or university. ...

Its international headquarters (shown here) is in Princeton Township, New Jersey; processing, shipping, customer service and test security is in nearby Ewing; and European headquarters is in Utrecht in the Netherlands. ETS employs about 2,700 individuals, including 240 with doctorates and an additional 350 others with "higher degrees." See also: the Borough of Princeton, New Jersey Princeton Township highlighted in Mercer County. ... Ewing Township highlighted in Mercer County. ... Utrecht is the smallest province of the Netherlands, and is located in the center of the country. ...

ETS is a non-profit organization. A non-profit organization (abbreviated NPO, or non-profit or not-for-profit) is an organization whose primary objective is to support an issue or matter of private interest or public concern for non-commercial purposes, without concern for monetary profit. ...

Much of the work carried out by ETS is contracted by the private, not for profit firm, the College Board. The most popular of the College Board's tests is the SAT, taken by more than 3 million students annually. The College Board is a non-profit examination board in the United States that was formed in 1900 as the College Entrance Examination Board (CEEB). ... The SAT Reasoning Test is a standardized test for college admissions in the United States. ...

Tests administered by ETS

• Graduate Record Examination (GRE)
• SAT (formerly Scholastic Aptitude Test)
• Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT)
• College Level Examination Program (CLEP)
• Test Of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL)
• Test Of English for International Communications (TOEIC)
• Test de français international (TFI)
• California High School Exit Exam (CAHSEE)
• the Praxis test (formerly NTE)

The Graduate Record Examination or GRE is a standardized test that is an admissions requirement for many graduate schools in English speaking countries. ... The SAT Reasoning Test is a standardized test for college admissions in the United States. ... The PSAT/NMSQT, or Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test, is a multiple-choice standardized test administered by the College Board and National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC). ... The College Level Examination Program (or CLEP) is a series of tests offered by the College Board. ... The Test Of English as a Foreign Language (or TOEFL, pronounced toe-full, or sometimes just toffle) evaluates the potential success of an individual to use and understand Standard American English at a college level. ... TOEIC diploma Test of English for International Communication (TOEIC) measures the ability of non-native English-speaking people to use English in everyday work activities. ... The Test de français international (TFI) is a language proficiency test for non-native speakers of French. ... The California High School Exit Exam (CAHSEE) is a requirement for high school graduation in the state of California, created by the California Department of Education to improve the academic performance of California high school students, and especially of high school graduates, in the areas of reading, writing, and mathematics... The Praxis test is a series of Teacher Certification exams that are taken before, during, and after college courses in teacher training. ... NTE may refer to: Negative thermal expansion Not-To-Exceed Category: ...

See also

• SAT
• Criticism of the SAT
• Nancy Cole

The SAT Reasoning Test is a standardized test for college admissions in the United States. ... The SAT Reasoning Test is a standardized test for college admissions in the United States. ... Nancy Cole is an educational psychologist and expert on educational assessment. ...

External links

• Educational Testing Service homepage
• ETS Signs New College Board Contract
• 2004 Form 990 from the IRS - lists ETS' executives' incomes
• Educational Testing Service in Europe homepage

Sources

• Rethinking Schools Online