

Pearson owns Cogmed, a brain fitness and working memory training program founded in 1999 by Swedish researcher Torkel Klingberg. In 2015 Pearson's Family Education Network, along with Poptropica, were sold to the London-based investment group Sandbox Partners. In 2007 the company developed the youth-oriented online quest game Poptropica, through its Family Education Network. In 2015, Pearson sold PowerSchool to Vista Equity Partners for $350 million cash. In 2014, it generated $97 million in revenue and $20 million in operating income. PowerSchool was a profitable product for Pearson. In 2006, Pearson acquired PowerSchool, a student information system, from Apple. Pearson's products include MyMathLab and Mastering Platform.
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In May 2015, British comedian John Oliver analysed problems with Pearson's standardized tests and the company's greater lack of accountability on his HBO series Last Week Tonight. Other errors included a miscalculated question on the 8th Grade Mathematics test regarding astronomical units, a 4th grade math question with two correct answers, errors in the 6th grade ELA scoring guide, and over twenty errors on foreign-language math tests. After public outcry, the NYSED announced it would not count the questions in scoring. One of the most prominent featured a passage about a talking pineapple on the 8th Grade ELA test (revealed to be based on Daniel Pinkwater's The Story of the Rabbit and the Eggplant, with the eggplant changed into a pineapple). In the spring of 2012, tests that Pearson designed for the NYSED were found to contain over 30 errors, which caused controversy.

The series, which includes My iPad For Seniors, and My Social Media for Seniors, are large-print and colourful. Que Publishing, a publishing imprint of Pearson-based out of Seattle, partnered with AARP to develop and add to a series of technology books for seniors. Gre圜ampus partnered with Pearson for higher-education teaching-learning solutions under the Learningware brand. In 2010, Pearson agreed to a 5-year, $32 million, contract with the New York State Department of Education to design tests for students in grades 4–8. Pearson has partnered with five other higher-education publishers to create CourseSmart, a company developed to sell college textbooks in eTextbook format on a common platform. Pearson's logo is the unconventional symbol known as the interrobang (‽), a combination of a question mark and an exclamation point, meant to convey "the excitement and fun of learning." Partnerships Wharton School Publishing, with Wharton School.
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