Contract Fight Halts Oregon’s Online Testing
State sues after vendor shuts down access to assessments on Web.
The state of Oregon last week sued Vantage Learning, an online-testing company, for allegedly failing to deliver to thousands of Oregon students the tests needed to meet the state’s obligations under the federal No Child Left Behind Act.
The lawsuit, filed March 13, alleges that the company broke its contract by switching off the state’s testing system on March 9—weeks before its contract expired on April 27—and leaving the state in the lurch as its public schools try to complete their mandated testing this spring.
Vantage, which is registered in Delaware but has headquarters in Newtown, Pa., vigorously denies that it has not lived up to its obligations. Robert Patrylak, a lawyer for Vantage, said last week that the state owes the company several million dollars for...
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