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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 internationally. Many of the assessments they develop are associated with entry to US Tertiary (undergraduate) and Quaternary Education (graduate) institutions. ETS is a US-registered 501(c)(3) Non-profit Organization with an international headquarters located on an 376-acre estate outside of Princeton, New Jersey in Lawrence Township, Mercer County, New Jersey 123; processing, shipping, customer service and test security is in nearby Ewing . ETS Europe is headquartered in Utrecht in the Netherlands .4 ETS employs about 2,700 individuals,5 including 240 with doctorates and an additional 350 others with "higher degrees." 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. ETS CRITICISM ETS has been criticized for being a “highly competitive business operation that is as much multinational monopoly as nonprofit institution”. 6 Due to its legal status as non-profit organization, ETS is exempt from paying federal income tax. Furthermore, it does not need to report financial information to the Securities And Exchange Commission . 7 In response to growing criticism of its monopolistic power, New York state passed the Educational Testing Act, a disclosure law which required ETS to make available certain test questions and graded answer sheets to students. 8 TESTS ADMINISTERED BY ETS
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