Federal contractor · PRINCETON, NJ

EDUCATIONAL TESTING SERVICE

EDUCATIONAL TESTING SERVICE received $47.4M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 8 awards (−24% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $536.8M. Its largest customer was Department of Education ($47.4M). It also received $5M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.

Obligations · FY2026
$47.4M
New awards
8
Sole-source
0.0%
Single offer
0.0%
UEI
SZN1MPHQN853
Other than small businessNonprofit
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 23.1MFY2017
  2. 48.3MFY2018
  3. 33.2MFY2019
  4. 54.8MFY2020
  5. 61.3MFY2021
  6. 76MFY2022
  7. 67.2MFY2023
  8. 62.6MFY2024
  9. 62.8MFY2025
  10. 47.4MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Department of Education$47.4M100%
    8 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Professional services$47.4M100%

Where the work was performed

  1. District of Columbia, DC$48.1M100%

Integrity signals

Shares of the year's obligations, next to the country's.

  • Low competition0.0%
    US 39% · $0
  • Sole-source awards0.0%
    US 30% · $0
  • Single-offer competitions0.0%
    US 8.8% · $0
  • Urgency justifications0.0%
    US 5.1% · $0

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Largest awards

  1. NATIONAL ASSESSMENT OF EDUCATIONAL PROGRESS PLATFORM DEVELOPMENT CONTRACT FOR THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR EDUCATIONAL STATISTICS, INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION SCIENCES, WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.$125.5M
    Department of Education· District of Columbia, DC· Professional services· Jul 1, 2019 – Dec 1, 2025· 91990019C0051
  2. "CRITICAL FUNCTIONS" THE CONTRACTOR DEVELOPS COGNITIVE ITEMS AND SCORING RUBRICS AND STUDENT, TEACHER, AND SCHOOL SURVEY QUESTIONS FOR THE OPERATIONAL ASSESSMENTS, PILOT TESTS, AND SPECIAL STUDIES REQUIRED BY THE NATIONAL ASSESSMENT OF EDUCATIONAL PROGRESS (NAEP) FOR THE 2013-2017 PROCUREMENT CYCLE. THE CONTRACTOR SHOULD PURSUE A CREATIVE, EFFICIENT, AND INNOVATIVE APPROACH TO DEVELOPING HIGH QUALITY ITEMS THAT ARE ALIGNED TO THE NAEP FRAMEWORKS, EFFICIENTLY MEASURE STUDENT PERFORMANCE, AND MEET THE UPCOMING CHALLENGE OF TECHNOLOGY-BASED AND/OR ADAPTIVE TESTING.$102.8M
    Department of Education· Mercer County, NJ· Professional services· Jan 30, 2017 – Jan 16, 2026· EDIES13C0018
  3. NATIONAL ASSESSMENT OF EDUCATIONAL PROGRESS DESIGN, ANALYSIS, AND REPORTING CONTRACT FOR THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR EDUCATION STATISTICS, INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION SCIENCES, WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.$96.9M
    Department of Education· District of Columbia, DC· Professional services· Jul 1, 2019 – Nov 19, 2025· 91990019C0045
  4. NATIONAL ASSESSMENT OF EDUCATIONAL PROGRESS ITEM DEVELOPMENT CONTRACT FOR THE NATIONAL CENTER OF EDUCATION STATISTICS, INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION SCIENCES, WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.$79.8M
    Department of Education· District of Columbia, DC· Professional services· Jul 1, 2019 – Nov 20, 2025· 91990019C0046
  5. THIS AWARD IS FOR THE NATIONAL ASSESSMENT OF EDUCATIONAL PROGRESS PLATFORM DEVELOPMENT.$45.8M
    Department of Education· District of Columbia, DC· Professional services· Dec 20, 2024 – Sep 28, 2026· 91990025C0006
  6. NATIONAL ASSESSMENT OF EDUCATION PROGRESS DAR DESIGNS ALL PILOT AND FIELD TESTS, OPERATIONAL ASSESSMENTS, AND SPECIAL STUDIES ANALYZES DATA ENSURING REPORTING OF VALID RESULTS.$33.2M
    Department of Education· District of Columbia, DC· Professional services· Oct 31, 2024 – Sep 28, 2026· 91990025C0003
  7. THIS AWARD IS FOR THE NATIONAL ASSESSMENT OF EDUCATIONAL PROGRESS ASSESSMENT CONTENT DEVELOPMENT.$24.8M
    Department of Education· District of Columbia, DC· Professional services· Dec 20, 2024 – Sep 28, 2026· 91990025C0004
  8. NATIONAL ASSESSMENT OF EDUCATIONAL- POC CONTRACT SUPPORTS OVERALL STRATEGIC PLANNING AND DESIGN FOR NAEP COORDINATES AMONG COALITION CONTRACTORS MAINTAIN DATA FOR TRACKING PROGRAM PROGRESS AND PROVIDE LOGISTICAL SUPPORT FOR COMPLAINTS AND COMMENTS.$6.1M
    Department of Education· District of Columbia, DC· Professional services· Oct 31, 2024 – Sep 28, 2026· 91990025C0001

Federal grants & assistance received

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

EDUCATIONAL TESTING SERVICE received $5M in federal assistance in FY2026, on 5 actions (3 new awards), +827% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 84.116 · Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education ($4M).

Assistance · FY2026
$5M
New awards
3
Actions
5
Since FY2021
$25.1M

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 6.7MFY2021
  2. 3.7MFY2022
  3. 3.9MFY2023
  4. 5.1MFY2024
  5. 542.5KFY2025
  6. 5MFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$5M100%

Top programs

  1. 84.116 · Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education$4M80%
  2. 19.501 · Public Diplomacy Programs for Afghanistan and Pakistan$490.8K9.8%
  3. 84.305 · Education Research, Development and Dissemination$410.7K8.2%
  4. 47.076 · Stem Education (Formerly Education and Human Resources)$129.9K2.6%

Awarding agencies

  1. Department of Education$4.4M88%
  2. Department of State$490.8K9.8%
  3. National Science Foundation$129.9K2.6%

Largest awards

  1. TEACHING AND LEARNING WITH AI: TRANSFORMING POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION WITH SCENARIO-BASED TASKS$4M
    84.116 · Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education· Department of Education· Project grant· Dec 31, 2025 – Dec 31, 2025· P116J250806
  2. STUDENT REASONING PATTERNS IN SCIENCE (SPIN-SCIENCE)$1.6M
    84.305 · Education Research, Development and Dissemination· Department of Education· Project grant· Jun 5, 2024 – Jun 24, 2026· R305A240356
  3. USING LEARNING-BASED BIG DATA AND MACHINE LEARNING APPROACHES TO IDENTIFY AT-RISK COLLEGE STUDENTS AND IMPROVE COLLEGE RETENTION AND…$1.2M
    84.305 · Education Research, Development and Dissemination· Department of Education· Project grant· Jul 28, 2022 – Apr 30, 2026· R305A180149
  4. THIS AWARD WILL PROVIDE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND TRAINING TO PAKISTANI EDUCATIONAL SPECIALISTS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A NATIONAL ENGLISH…$490.8K
    19.501 · Public Diplomacy Programs for Afghanistan and Pakistan· Department of State· Cooperative agreement· Sep 8, 2026 – Sep 8, 2026· SPK33026CA0033
  5. COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: PRACTICE HOW YOU PLAY: INTEGRATING DIGITAL PRACTICE SPACES INTO COACHING CYCLES FOR DEVELOPING EFFECTIVE…$129.9K
    47.076 · Stem Education (Formerly Education and Human Resources)· National Science Foundation· Project grant· Aug 11, 2026 – Aug 11, 2026· 2618938

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

Subawards

Matched by Unique Entity ID: the first-tier subawards this organization reported as a prime recipient, and those primes reported paying it.

As a prime: who it pays · FY2026

No subawards reported as a prime in FY2026.

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

  • Sub-grants: $1.6M (6 subawards)

5 primes

  1. UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS$931.3K58%
    URBANA, IL · 1 subaward
  2. THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO$392.2K24%
    CHICAGO, IL · 2 subawards
  3. UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC.$210.5K13%
    ATHENS, GA · 1 subaward
  4. MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY$57.1K3.6%
    EAST LANSING, MI · 1 subaward
  5. THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO$14.3K0.9%
    SAN ANTONIO, TX · 1 subaward

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $0 paid out · $575.2K received
  • FY2022: $0 paid out · $453.6K received
  • FY2023: $0 paid out · $506K received
  • FY2024: $0 paid out · $1.7M received
  • FY2025: $0 paid out · $1.2M received
  • FY2026: $0 paid out · $1.6M received

Primes report first-tier subawards of $30,000 or more themselves, and many go unreported (GAO-24-106214). Reporting moved from FSRS to SAM.gov in March 2025 and fewer sub-contracts have been reported since. Amounts are what primes reported; they are never added to prime award totals.

Source: Subawards (first-tier sub-contracts and sub-grants reported under FFATA) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov (reports filed in SAM.gov, formerly FSRS)), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · Subawards loaded from FY2021.

Teaming partners

Companies this company reported paying, primes that reported paying it, from FFATA subaward reports.

Companies it pays

No subawards reported to other companies.

Primes that pay it

12 companies · $6M reported

  1. UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS$2.6M
    URBANA, IL · 4 subawards
  2. AMERICAN INSTITUTES FOR RESEARCH IN THE BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES$984.8K
    ARLINGTON, VA · 3 subawards · Scientific research and development services
  3. RESEARCH TRIANGLE INSTITUTE$763.5K
    DURHAM, NC · 6 subawards · Accounting, tax preparation, bookkeeping, and payroll services

Showing the top 3 of each list. Open the profile for potential partners and the full lists.

Primes report first-tier subawards of $30,000 or more themselves, and many go unreported (GAO-24-106214). Reporting moved from FSRS to SAM.gov in March 2025 and fewer sub-contracts have been reported since. Amounts are what primes reported; they are never added to prime award totals.

Source: Subawards (first-tier sub-contracts and sub-grants reported under FFATA) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov (reports filed in SAM.gov, formerly FSRS)), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · Subawards loaded from 2021.

Competitors

Companies that win from the same buyers in the same markets: obligations by agency and industry compared over the last three fiscal years.

Compared on 3 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. AMERICAN INSTITUTES FOR RESEARCH IN THE BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES$321.9M+84% in FY2026
    ARLINGTON, VA · 2 entities · 45% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveEducation · Scientific research and development servicesEducation · Management, scientific, and technical consulting services
  2. WESTAT, INC.$881M+36% in FY2026
    ROCKVILLE, MD · 3 entities · 95% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveEducation · Scientific research and development servicesEducation · Management, scientific, and technical consulting services
  3. NCS PEARSON INC$51.5M+41% in FY2026
    CEDAR RAPIDS, IA · 3 entities · 14% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveEducation · Scientific research and development services

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Who sells to the same buyers in the same markets, not who wins against whom on a given contract. Prime contract obligations by the agency and NAICS code of each award; subawards are never added. A company is a family of legal entities, joined by parent UEI or, in part, by an AI reading of names.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · FY2024–FY2026.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.