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Advancing English Proficiency Worldwide
Advancing English Proficiency Worldwide
A Strategic Growth Plan for ETS's TOEFL Primary
Overview
This brief outlines a strategic growth initiative for ETS to enhance and expand their TOEFL Primary product offering. Leveraging market research, buyer personas, competitive advantages, and new solution ideation, it provides a roadmap to increase TOEFL Primary's global reach and revenue.
The Problem
Young English language learners lack access to universally recognized and scalable English proficiency assessment tools and guidance, hindering effective language learning and teaching globally.
Our Goals
At its core, the problem is enabling equitable access to quality English learning for young students worldwide.
The top goals focus on accessibility, localized relevance, and personalized, data-driven instruction.
By expanding the TOEFL Primary suite, ETS can become an authoritative platform for customized, standards-aligned English proficiency development globally.
The key is balancing scale and automation with cultural sensitivity and human guidance. Our solutions seeks to optimize content for engagement while maintaining educational rigor.
Market Landscape
English learning is a $54.8B market growing at 12.5% annually. Key demographics include 125M learners in India, 400M in China, and high growth in Latin America and Southeast Asia. Europe also sees strong demand with business adoption of English.
Top trends are blended learning, speech recognition, educational gaming, and AI-enabled personalized instruction. Market forces highlight the need for customized solutions catering to regional nuances.
Buyer Personas
Parents: Tech-savvy, Time-Pressed, Achievement-Focused, Budget-Conscious, Early Introducer.
Motivations range from casual exposure to intensive fluency. Key pain points are cost, time limitations, and finding age-appropriate resources.
Educators: Innovators, Traditionalists, Resource-Limited, Inclusivity-Focused, Standards-Aligned.
Seek technology integration, curriculum alignment, and customized solutions. Pain points include limited budgets, balancing varied needs, and outdated resources.
Kids: Cosmopolitans, Upward Movers, Migrants, Achievers, Traditionalists.
Motivated by opportunities, belonging, and navigating a global landscape. Challenges include access limitations, high expectations, and cultural biases.
Solutions to Enhance TOEFL Primary
ETS Competitive Advantages
Our Solution: API Integration Strategy
An API allows integrating TOEFL assessments into diverse platforms, expanding access and reach while creating strategic partnerships. Key features would enable diagnostic placement, benchmark mapping, adaptive question sets, and rich analytics. Core benefits are increased standardization, continuous improvement through data insights, and new licensing revenue streams.
Careful change management and rigorous quality control are essential for successful adoption. The risks of reputation impact, loss of differentiation, and security need clear mitigation plans. But the approach leverages ETS's strengths while achieving scalability through an assessment ecosystem.
Implementation Roadmap
Sep 2023 - Jun 2024
Automatic
Market Research & Needs Analysis
Technology & Tools Assessment
Stakeholder Engagement & Feedback
Drafting Preliminary Documentation
Core API Development
User Interface Design for Analytics Dashboard
Preliminary Testing & Debugging
Beta Release
Gather Beta Feedback & Iterate
Enhancement of Documentation & Support Material
Final Testing & Debugging
Official Product Launch
Marketing & Outreach
Sep 2023
Nov 2023
Jan 2024
Mar 2024
May 2024
Market Research & Needs Analysis
Technology & Tools Assessment
Stakeholder Engagement & Feedback
Drafting Preliminary Documentation
Core API Development
User Interface Design for Analytics Dashboard
Preliminary Testing & Debugging
Beta Release
Gather Beta Feedback & Iterate
Enhancement of Documentation & Support Material
Final Testing & Debugging
Official Product Launch
Marketing & Outreach
Metrics and KPIs
Risks and Mitigations
Summary
This strategic plan for TOEFL Primary leverages ETS's core capabilities in assessment while expanding offerings to provide a more comprehensive English learning solution tailored to modern demands. The phased implementation approach focuses on high-impact partnerships, validated integrations, and continuous improvement based on market feedback and data insights. With meticulous change management, this plan can strengthen ETS's leadership in English language learning worldwide.
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