Perhaps I'm being overly cynical, but why is a private company even been allowed to test kids? In a nutshell: because a profound ideological shift has occurred

Perhaps I'm being overly cynical, but why is a private company even been allowed to test kids? In a nutshell: because a profound ideological shift has occurred in the last 40 years, which dictates that nearly all aspects of public life should ultimately be privatized -- real effectiveness, hidden costs (and nefarious side effects) be damned. cf. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neoliberalism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neoliberalism