M&A Deal Summary

ETS Acquires Questar Assessment

On January 27, 2017, ETS acquired education company Questar Assessment for 128M USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is ETS’s 1st transaction in the Education sector.
  • This is ETS’s largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is ETS’s 3rd transaction in the United States.
  • This is ETS’s 1st transaction in New York.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2017-01-27
Target Questar Assessment
Sector Education
Buyer(s) ETS
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 128M USD
Advisor(s) BMO Capital Markets (Financial)
Vedder Price P.C. (Legal)

Target

Questar Assessment

Brewster, New York, United States
Questar Assessment is a K–12 assessment solutions provider focused on providing a bridge between accountability and student learning.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

ETS

Princeton, New Jersey, United States
Category Company
Founded 1947
Sector Education
DESCRIPTION

ETS serves learners, educators and government agencies by providing measurement solutions, and conducting research, analysis and policy studies. ETS develops, administers and scores millions of tests annually, including the TOEFL and TOEIC tests, the GRE tests and The Praxis Series. ETS is based in Princeton, New Jersey.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 3 of 4
Sector (Education) 1 of 1
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 3 of 4
State (New York) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 3 of 4
Year (2017) 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2006-03-08 ETS Assessment Training Institute

Portland, Oregon, United States

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2024-01-26 PSI

Olathe, Kansas, United States

PSI focuses on delivering frictionless and fair test-taker experiences through valid test content, authorized test centers, secure remote testing with online proctoring, multi-modal test delivery, testing windows, or continuous testing on demand. It partners with certification test sponsors covering the breadth of professional specialisms from healthcare, architecture, finance, and IT to numerous highly specialized sectors. PSI is based in Olathe, Kansas.

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Mergr

Product

Company

Legal