Dive Brief:

• The Oklahoma State Board of Education pushed back its selection of a vendor for this winter's "end of instruction" exams, leaving educators worried about what this will mean for the state's 50,000 high school students.  
• In order to graduate from high school, students must pass various "end of instruction" exams, and there is currently no test in place.  
• The board wanted to find a new vendor after two years of testing glitches with CTB/McGraw-Hill, but given the time crunch, State Superintendent Janet Barresi has suggested rehiring CTB/McGraw Hill — at least for the winter.  

Dive Insight:

Steven Crawford, the executive director of the Cooperative Council for Oklahoma School Administration, told the Associated Press that the situation is "a big mess," adding, "Testing should not be up in the air at this time of the year."

This is not good. Oklahoma reported the testing glitch issues with CTB/McGraw-Hill last April, which should have given the state plenty of time to find a new vendor. It doesn't make sense that this was not settled during the summer — unless the delay and current "crisis" was an easy way to sign back on to a $2.8 million contract with CTB/McGraw Hill.