P&C On the Streets Edition 11

Wednesday morning, students across Northeast Ohio found themselves unable to log into the states online testing interface Cambium Assessment, leading to widespread exam delays and cancellations. The Ohio Department of Education (ODE) has confirmed that the states testing vendor experienced an outage, forcing school districts from Cleveland to Youngstown to abruptly reschedule exams planed for the day. With standardized test season underway, administrators now face the headache of finding new dates to test students before critical scoring deadlines pass. The situation =underscores concerns of relying on tech systems for high-stakes assessments.