Cost

Test cost is another important factor in test selection. Behavior Data Systems, Ltd. (BDS) and its subsidiaries Risk & Needs Assessment, Inc. (Risk & Needs) and Professional Online Testing Solutions, Inc. (Online Testing) have the same price structure. The test unit fee is $9.95 per test.

By acting now you lock-in this low $9.95 rate for the entire term of your test usage - even if the price of BDS tests should go up. In other words, you will enjoy absolutely guaranteed ironclad rate protection. Volume discounts are available.

Some testing companies employ á la carte billing which can be misleading. In these instances a test's cost is kept deceptively low. Then, when testing materials, test updates, research, accountability and support services are added, the test is much more expensive than originally quoted. Another stratagem for keeping a test’s cost low (e.g., very inexpensive or free testing) is not to provide many (or any) test-related services (e.g., lack of accountability, nobody standing behind or supporting the test if challenged, no ongoing research or upgrades). In other words, no support services are provided. In contrast, BDS and its subsidiaries charge one low and all-inclusive test fee of $9.95 per test, which includes everything listed below.

One Low All Inclusive Fee

BDS and its subsidiaries (Risk & Needs and Online Testing) charge $9.95 per test and this fee incorporates all of the following free test-related items and services. Volume discounts are also available.

Individuals, agencies, departments, groups, corporations and high volume providers that purchase a block of 300 or more tests a year are entitled to volume discounts. And, statewide testing programs qualify for an additional discount.

Treatment effectiveness (or outcome) tests involve two test administrations of the same test (pretest and posttest). Treatment effectiveness or outcome tests cost $7.95 per test administration. In other words the pretest costs $7.95, and separately posttests cost $7.95. These reduced prices are a professional courtesy acknowledging the two test administrations and cost.