The cost of certification - part 3

I just signed up to take the basic skills test. It's a test that all prospective teachers must take as a first step towards certification.

The cost was a by-now-unsurprising $86. That's $60 to take the test, plus a $26 "registration processing fee".

For reference, a person making $55,000 per year makes about $26 per hour. And I simply can't believe that an actual human being had much to do with my online registration.

I wonder where that $26 goes... ...and how many people are taking this test every year...