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Cengage Previews Digital Scholastic Offers PreK On Volume 52, Number 12 | June 4, 2021 Growth in Fiscal 2021 My Way in Print and Digital CONTENTS The take-away from preliminary Scholastic (New York) in May 1 Cengage Previews Digital Growth in financial results for fiscal 2021, ended launched PreK On My Way, a com- Fiscal 2021 March 31, at Cengage (Boston) was prehensive PreK program, with print 1 Scholastic Offers PreK On My Way in improving revenue momentum and and digital resources available in both Print and Digital strong digital growth. English and Spanish. At the heart of 1 Pell Grant Increase Headlines Higher ed Budget Growth the program is the Mind Builder skill- Companywide preliminary adjusted 3 Test Proctoring Needs Humans to building methodology, developed Check AI cash revenue of $1.26 billion in fiscal with the Yale Child Study Center to 4 Ed Department Flexes Oversight 2021 was off -6% from $1.34 billion in support social-emotional learning, Muscles fiscal 2020. executive function skills, motivation, 7 Executive Additions at Scholastic and creativity. 7 In Schools, On Campus Digital net sales companywide of $917 EM DATABANK million increased 6% from $863 mil- PreK On My Way also incorporates lion in fiscal 2020. In fiscal 2021, digi- 3 Selected Higher Education Programs UTHealth’s Children’s Learning in President Biden’s Department of tal accounted for 72.7% of net sales Institute’s Developing Talkers/ Education Budget Request compared to 64.5% in fiscal 2020. Hablemos Juntos research model, 4 New Proctoring Implementation Trends by Enrollment Size specifically to expand children’s Overall, the company is seeing a tran- 6 Cengage U.S. Higher Education by receptive and expressive vocabulary sition to digital across all of its busi- the Numbers, FY 2021 skills. ness segments with a significant 10% uplift in weighting of digital sales in PreK On My Way supports social- international higher education and emotional learning and language EM Pulse

See ‘Cengage’ on p. 5 See ‘Scholastic’ on p. 6 Work To Do in Science • 36% of 4th-graders scored at or above Pell Grant Increase Headlines Higher ed Budget Growth proficient, down 2 points from 2015; up 2 points from 2009; 27% scored below U.S. Senate leaders at the end of May reached agreement on a proposal to basic, up 3 points from 2015; no change expand Pell Grants to apply to cover short-term job training programs, or voca- from 2009. tional training programs as part of a package of last-minute revisions to the U.S. • 35% of 8th-graders scored at or above proficient, up 1 point from 2015; up Innovation and Competition Act. 4 points from 2009; one-third scored below basic, no change from 2015; The legislation, which would amend the act, would allow students enrolled lower than in 2009. in career training programs as short as eight weeks long to be eligible for Pell • 22% of 12th-graders scored at or above proficient, not measurably different Grants, which are currently generally limited to programs that run for at least from 2015 or 2009; 41% scored below 15 weeks. basic, also not different than in 2015 or 2009. Source: Nation’s Report Card; National The idea is not new, but it is newly hot. The proposal as it stands would expand Center for Education Statistics; May 25, 2021. Pell Grants to vocational training programs only at nonprofit and public insti-

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Department/Program FY2022P FY2021 % Chg. FY‘22/FY’21 Community College Infrastructure (New) $2,400,000 0 -- Free Community College (New) $18,953,225 0 -- Pell Grants $40,672,352 $29,029,352 40.1% Maximum Pell Grant $8,370 $6,495 28.9% Supplemental Ed. Opportunity Grants $880,000 $880,000 0.0% Federal Work-Study $1,190,000 $1,190,000 0.0% Student Assistance (TRIO, GEAR UP, child-care access) $1,800,761 $1,520,000 18.5% Perkins Career/Technical Education $2,470,269 $1,342,269 84.0%

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Notably absent from the budget is any cancellation of Biden proposed $177.55 million for the National student loan debt, which Biden had touted shortly after Endowment for the Humanities, a 6% increase over fis- winning the 2020 presidential election. cal 2021. Most of the funding, or $122.9 million, would support NEH grant programs for humanities projects. The Biden budget proposal also proposes increases for Funding is crucial for humanities professors. ■ science, technology and the humanities that would ben- efit students and educators. Test Proctoring Needs Humans to Check Biden proposed $52 billion for the National Institutes AI of Health for fiscal 2022, a 21% increase over what ProctorU (Hoover, AL), the academic division of Congress allocated for 2021. The agency would use the Meazure Learning and a provider of remote proctoring additional funding on its spending on research related and integrity safeguards for online testing and assess- to COVID-19. ments, in May said it no longer will offer services that do To aid in mental health recovery from the COVID-19 not include trained human test proctors. pandemic, $25 million is requested to increase research ProctorU will not offer test proctoring services that are on the impact of the pandemic on mental health. fully automated and that only record a test session and Biden requested $10.2 billion for the National Science use AI or similar analytics tools to “flag” potential viola- Foundation, up 20% from fiscal 2021 funding. The request tions of test rules for review by the school or test pro- includes $100 million, up about 50%, for programs to vider. The decision takes effect immediately. increase participation in science and engineering pro- ProctorU will transition its education and test partners that grams by individuals from racial and ethnic groups currently use fully automated, record-only services to pro- underrepresented in these fields. Funding will support fessional, human review proctoring and aims to complete curriculum design, research on successful recruitment those migrations by the 2021-2022 academic year. and retention methods, development of outreach or mentorship programs, fellowships, and building sci- “We believe that only a human can best determine ence and engineering research and education capacity whether test-taker behavior is suspicious or violates test at historically Black colleges and universities, and other rules,” ProctorU CEO Scott McFarland said in a state- minority-serving institutions. ment announcing the decision. “Depending exclusively

©2021 Simba Information, Stamford, CT 06902 ■ www.simbainformation.com ■ 203-325-8193. Copying Prohibited. Educational Marketer 4 June 4, 2021 on AI and outside review can lead to mistakes or incor- ProctorU’s own data showed that only about 11% of test rect conclusions as well as create other problems.” sessions tagged for suspicious activity by AI tools are reviewed by the school or testing authority. An unrelat- Increased Use ed audit of proctoring at the University of Iowa showed Use of online proctoring systems has escalated in recent similar findings, that just 14% of test sessions flagged for years. About 54% of institutions use online or remote possible rules violations such as cheating were reviewed proctoring services and another 23% were considering by faculty. or planning to use them, according to an Educause poll in April 2021. ProctorU’s analysis also revealed that AI-only proctoring systems could return anomalies that trained ProctorU has about 1,500 clients, a mix of institutions humans would easily recognize as meaningless. For and individual academic divisions. example, AI could flag a test session inappropriately if a student repeatedly rubbed their eyes or if there was COVID accelerated remote learning and use of remote an unusual background noise, like a dog barking. And proctoring of exams, a review by LISTedTECH found in while this should not result in a finding of misconduct, March. Criticism of remote proctoring intensified with human proctors are trained to discern and dismiss such increased use as well. University administrators cited innocuous actions or sounds. concerns about accessibility, privacy, data security and equity. A group of parents pressured McGraw Hill in late ProctorU said its new policy will cut down on false posi- 2020 to end its partnership with another remote proctor- tives for cheating and will build support among faculty ing provider Proctorio (Phoenix). members. ■

The Electronic Privacy Information Center in December 2020 filed a complaint with the Office of the Attorney New Proctoring Implementation Trends General for the District of Columbia alleging unfair by Enrollment Size, 2010, 2015, 2020 and deceptive trade practices by five major providers of online test proctoring services: Respondus (Redmond, % of Implementations WA), Proctorio (Scottsdale, AZ), Examity )Newton, MA), Enrollment 2010 2015 2020 Honorlock (Boca Raton, FL) and ProctorU. 1 - 5,999 27% 28% 33%

Missing the Human Touch 6,000 - 24,999 46% 43% 40% 25,000+ 27% 29% 27% ProctorU said it did not use AI-only review systems to determine misconduct, saying only the school or test # of New Implementations provider could reach those conclusions. The company 1 - 5,999 26 66 127 nonetheless determined that using technology alone, 6,000 - 24,999 26 100 157 without trained human proctors, has three main defi- 25,000+ 26 68 104 ciencies and side effects that significantly undercut its Source: LISTedTECH, March 8, 2021. effectiveness:

• a failure to consistently review test sessions. Ed Department Flexes Oversight Muscles • increased opportunity to unfairly implicate test-tak- ers in misconduct. The Department of Education has begun to move on overhauling rules that govern higher education. Among • increased workload for instructors. the recent actions, the department in June accepted the During a review of its own data and service offerings, recommendation of the National Advisory Committee ProctorU found that school or instructor reviews of on Institutional Quality and Integrity to terminate rec- AI-flagged test sessions largely were not happening, ognition of the Accrediting Council for Independent which means those methods fail even the most mini- Colleges and Schools. mum standards.

The rationale for the withdrawal of recognition is that Cengage, cont’d. from p. 1 ACICS did not meet department criteria for recognition English language teaching, where historically there has because it failed to properly oversee institutions and has been a higher dependency on print and in-classroom inadequate administrative capability. ACICS attracted instruction. Among the company’s digital statistics: critics for its lax oversight of the for-profit industry, par- ticularly the failed Corinthian Colleges. • International higher education: 31% of sales were digital in fiscal 2021 vs. 21% in fiscal 2020. ACICS president Michelle Edwards said ACICS would appeal the decision to Education Secretary Miguel • Workforce skills sales continue to be 100% digital. Cardona. ACICS has 30 days to appeal the decision. The • Secondary school education: 61% of sales were digital 59 colleges that ACICS oversees will have 18 months to in fiscal 2021 vs. 58% in fiscal 2020. apply for and receive accreditation from a new accreditor. • ELT: 44% of sales were digital in fiscal 2021 vs. 31% in ACICS first lost accreditation in 2016 during the Obama fiscal 2020. Administration. Accreditation was restored in 2018, • Research: 86% of sales were digital in fiscal 2021 vs. during a period of more favorable support for for-profit 84% in fiscal 2020. institutions. Cengage said the strong digitally driven sales growth in U.S. higher education and high growth in workforce Also on the Docket skills, the segment that comprises the Online Skills and • The Department of Education in June reversed a policy ed2Go businesses, reduced the impact of COVID-19 on from the Trump administration that blocked state and the company’s other businesses. federal regulators from accessing records they needed to investigate and oversee some of the largest student U.S. Higher Education loan companies. In the full year, Cengage U.S. higher education net sales • The Office of Civil Rights plans to begin hearings on increased 4.1% to $679 million from $652 million in fis- making changes to the Title IX regulations governing cal 2020; digital sales of $562 million were up 10.9% from misconduct, including sexual assault, at schools and $507 million, overcoming mid-single-digit enrollment colleges. declines. • The Education Department is seeking input on poli- Cengage said it outperformed industry peers in fis- cies related to the federal civil rights of transgender cal 2021 with 1% net share gain to an estimated 26.1% students in schools. share and a 5% net sales advantage compared to the • Hearings are slated to begin later in June on several rest of industry--or those companies that feed into AAP policies including higher education accountability higher education sales statistics: Pearson (London/ policies aimed at the for-profit career college industry, Hoboken, NJ), McGraw Hill (New York), John Wiley & including gainful employment and borrower defense, Sons (Hoboken, NJ), Macmillan (New York) and Oxford procedures for converting from for-profit to non-profit University Press (Oxford, England). status and the 90/10 rule on federal aid. The company said its strategic focus on digital and • The administration plans to look at ways to promote affordability was delivering sustainable growth through college completion and address racial as well as gen- increased digital penetration. der inequalities in the higher education system. • The department is ready to write regulations to carry Cengage Unlimited subscriptions of 1.8 million out the expansion of Pell Grants to cover incarcerated increased 20% from 1.5 million in fiscal 2020 and con- students, which was signed into law in December 2020. tinued to drive adoption share gains. • New rules are in the works to govern a path for stu- The $215 million in Cengage Unlimited net sales dents without a high school diploma of GED to receive increased 14% in the year. Institutional net sales of federal aid to go to college. ■ $98 million increased 40% from $70 million last year

(representing inclusive access and Cengage Unlimited education. institutional). Institutional sales represented about 15% of segment sales in fiscal 2021. More than 160 customers Company adjusted cash revenue in the fourth quarter are now on the CU-Institutional SaaS model. of $316 million increased 1%; U.S. higher education revenue increased 11%, driven by 25% net growth in digital U.S. higher education courseware activations of 5.7 mil- sales. lion increased 15% from 4.9 million last year. Cengage Unlimited activations increased from 45% of all digital Businesses other than higher education and workforce activations to 48% of all activations. skills continued to stabilize in the fourth quarter as the impact of COVID-19 moderated. In terms of the importance of the move to digital in U.S. higher education, at Cengage in fiscal 2021: Cengage ended the fiscal year with strong liquidity, with $458 million in year-end cash and $100 million of avail- • 83% of net sales were from digital. ability on an undrawn ABL facility. • 8.9 million digital units were sold, up 16%. The company said it was in a strong financial position at • 85% of net sales are recurring, up 5 points. year’s end with good growth momentum in U.S. higher Workforce Skills education and workforce skills. Other businesses were well positioned for post-COVID recovery, the company said. ■ Cengage’s Ed2Go holds a substantial and rapidly grow- ing profitable position in workforce skills market. Scholastic, cont’d. from p. 1 The unit’s fiscal 2021 adjusted cash revenue of $49 mil- development with an equitable, developmentally- lion was up 46%. appropriate model incorporating evidence-based assessments and daily read-alouds. The program is Outlook structured for large groups, small group activities, Throughout the fourth quarter, Cengage saw improved and independent learning centers. The program also revenue momentum driven by U.S. higher educa- provides access to a collection of authentic, culturally tion. Cengage said strong digital growth was main- relevant books, in addition to fun and engaging songs tained through the fiscal 2021 spring season in higher and games that foster critical thinking and reasoning. Primary components of the program include:

Cengage U.S. Higher Education by the • Literature with a selection of more than 350 print and Numbers, FY 2021 digital books. ($ in 000,000) • Hands-on learning with small-group activities and purposeful play in independent centers connected to Numbers Chg. from Category % Chg. FY 2021 FY 2020 the weekly concept question. Net Sales $679 4.1% 32.5% • A digital Family Exchange portal so caregivers can Print $117 -18.8% 23.1% gain access to original bilingual activities including Digital $562 10.9% 51.9% play ideas, songs and writing or question prompts. Cengage Unlimited $215 14.0% NM • Teacher support that includes best practices, manage- CU subscriptions 1.8 M 20.0% 300.7% ment tools and family engagement tools embedded Institutional Net Sales $98 40.0% NM throughout the program. Courseware Activations 5.7 M 16.3% NM The program was available for purchase beginning June 1. 3 % CU activations 48% percentage 419.4% Increasing investment in expanding the reach of its points education content is one of seven key priorities for the Source: Cengage. company that Scholastic chairman and CEO Richard

Robinson outlined in March when discussing com- research. A main reason: many parents could not afford pany financial results for the nine-month period ended it, according to the institute. February 28, as it seeks to seize the opportunity afforded by the significant infusion of federal stimulus funds into Proponents of boosting preschool enrollment are work- K-12 schools. ing to get Congress to pass President Biden’s proposal to spend $200 billion for universal preschool. ■ Texas Opportunity English and Spanish-language versions of PreK On My Way are among the programs from 13 publishers Executive Additions at Scholastic approved for adoption in the 2021 Texas PreK program Scholastic (New York) in May named two leaders for adoption, which schools have begun reviewing and the company’s technology and operational teams. ordering this spring. Raghushri Sankaran was named senior vice president and chief information officer, leading Scholastic tech- The Texas Education Agency opened its EMAT order- nology solutions. Kevin Conklin was named senior ing platform to districts in early May. As of May 13, 11 vice president of corporate operations. Sankaran and Conklin join the Scholastic Management Executive publishers had signed contracts with the TEA and their Committee and report directly to Scholastic chairman programs were available for ordering. Contracts with and CEO Richard Robinson. Scholastic and CLI@The University of Texas Health The two men are charged with the direction and imple- Science Center at Houston were pending as of May 13. mentation of the future vision of technology and operations for the company or “ensuring we are able to bring PreK Attracts Attention print and digital resources directly to our customers, in Growth in PreK enrollment of 3- and 4-year-olds in the a customized way,” Robinson said. U.S. has been slow, up only slightly to 1.6 million in Sankaran, who came to Scholastic in 2015, has led sev- 2019-2020, according to the most recent research from eral digital, security, and infrastructure transformation the National Institute for Early Education Research at efforts at the company. More recently, he led the compa- Rutgers University. The number of states that offer state- ny’s enterprise resource planning project for the support of enterprise technology platforms across all divisions at supported prekindergarten has remained steady at 44. Scholastic globally. In his expanded role, Sankaran will continue to serve as chief information security officer, Prekindergarten and kindergarten enrollment were hit managing the company’s global information security. hard by the COVID-19 pandemic. Missing kindergart- With more than 25 years of operations and distribution ners in California, for instance, were driving the state’s logistics experience, Conklin joins Scholastic to lead largest enrollment decline in 20 years, according to the end-to-end, global supply chain activities, including Center on Reinventing Public Education. procurement, planning, manufacturing, inventory, logistics, order processing, distribution, and customer As of late May, the center said that 49 of the 100 largest service. In this role, he leads a centralized vision for districts in the country had communicated strategies or operations and solutions to deliver quality customer plans to re-engage PreK and kindergarten families in the service consistent with the company’s mission to promote literacy and a love of reading for children around coming school year in an effort to increase enrollment. the world. The Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District in Prior to joining Scholastic, Mr. Conklin held executive Houston said lower PreK and kindergarten enrollment roles in operations and logistics at several companies, including Pandora Jewelry, the Clorox Company, and was the biggest reason for reduced district enrollment Office Depot. his year, and it is trying to recruit families for the coming school year through outreach including in-person visits to homes. In Schools, On Campus … Even in 2019, nearly half of all 3-year-olds and one-third ▶▶ Marion (IN) Community Schools elementary of 4-year-olds in the U.S. were not enrolled in preschool, students will begin using Houghton Mifflin’s according to the National Institute for Early Childhood (Boston) Into Reading program in the fall, fol-

lowing a teacher-led selection process and vider of education technology and services, board approval in May of the $360,270 pro- to provide online support and services for the gram to be used over the next six years. With Master of Science in Integrated Marketing the adoption, the district will be using HMH Communications Professional program at reading and literature programs through K-12. Northwestern University Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing The district committee of educators and parents Communications. The engagement covers a queried publishers about what percentages of wide range of services to enable Medill to deliv- their texts featured cultures that were differ- er the IMC program in a hybrid and fully online ent than others and looked into how an African environment. Everspring will deliver 18 courses American character, for instance, is perceived online using IMC faculty’s academic content. and treated in the texts. The online program has physical reading books in a readers/writers ▶▶ Earlier this year in March, Everspring formed a notebook style, and each child will be able to partnership with Pennsylvania’s State System keep the books at the end of the school year. of Higher Education (Harrisburg, PA) to provide market research, instructional design support, ▶▶ Houghton Mifflin Harcourt’s International outreach, enrollment services and student sup- Center for Leadership in Education in April port to PASSHE in its current System Redesign, began working with the Jasper County (SC) a three-phase, multi-year initiative to digitally School District to implement meaningful prac- transform the network of 14 universities. tices and support all learners and teachers in the district 0f 2,700 students. The district focus is on ▶▶ 2U, Inc. (Lanham, MD) and Keypath Education fostering transformational change to strength- (Chicago) since April have been working en teaching and learning and will prioritize on a joint initiative to power Pepperdine creating a comprehensive K-12 curriculum to University’s (Malibu, CA) new online Master support instructional delivery and re-examine of Public Policy and Leadership degree. This lesson design and instructional delivery. The program marks 2U’s first partnership with the collaboration will continue through the 2021- Pepperdine School of Public Policy and the 11th 2022 school year. online degree offering that 2U powers across four schools at Pepperdine University. The ini- ▶▶ TheUniversity of Tennessee, Knoxville in May tiative is the second 2U-Keypath joint initiative said it is collaborating with Noodle (New York) since the two companies announced a strategic to provide an online Master of Science degree in partnership in February 2019. Computer Science. The university and Noodle in 2021 also collaborated on the Bachelor of ▶▶ The University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire in Arts in Interdisciplinary Programs, with con- May said it contracted with Follett Corp. centrations both in Cultures and Societies (Westchester, IL) to operate the University and in Public Policy and Administration, and Bookstore and provide course materials the Master of Public Health in the College of and general merchandise to University of Education, Health, and Human Sciences. Since Wisconsin-Eau Claire students, faculty and launching its online Master of Science in Supply staff. The transition process to Follett is under Chain Management program in 2019, the uni- way with an official contractual start date of July versity has committed to creating a total of ten 19. Follett replaces Barnes & Noble Education new online programs through its partnership (Basking Ridge, NJ), which has operated the with Noodle. bookstore since 2001.

▶▶ Northwestern University (Evanston, IL) in May selected Everspring (Chicago), a pro-