Officers of the nonprofit company that administers the SAT and other exams have received huge bonuses since its current president arrived.
Fifteen Educational Testing Service officers received bonuses totaling $2 million in the fiscal year that ended in June 2001. Individual bonuses were as large as $366,000.
Kurt Landgraf, who became president of Princeton-based ETS in August 2000, was paid $800,000 for his first 10 months. Only two U.S. college presidents make more.
A human resources vice president got a one-time payment of $215,306 in addition to $25,700 in salary for five weeks of work.
The spending is being attacked by FairTest, an organization critical of standardized testing.
“This money comes directly out of the pockets of test-takers, their parents and taxpayers from states that contract with ETS, people who have no choice but to pay for these tests,” Robert Schaeffer, FairTest’s public education director, told The New York Times.
Reasonable is to a $366,000 bonus as sane is to:
A. King George III
B. Randle Patrick McMurphy
C. Michael Jackson
D. All of the Above
