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August 23, 2016      4:00 PM

Texas Education Agency moves forward with controversial ETS testing contract

But not without a long list of sanctions for the vendor

Editor’s note: A copy of the memo outlining the sanctions is available to our subscribers in this story – SB

Texas will hold onto its $280 million four-year testing contact with ETS, but force the vendor to spend $15 million of its own money to shore up its infrastructure.

The Texas Education Agency calls the $5.7 million penalty it slaps on ETS “liquidated damages.” Those can be found in this email to ETS Vice President John Oswald. Then, under separate cover, a memo instructs ETS to spend its own money to address a laundry list of concerns.

By Kimberly Reeves