Nevada to pick new vendor after Common Core testing debacle

LAS VEGAS — Nevada is ending ties with the test-maker it blames for a debacle in the handling of Common Core assessments that halted the mandatory online exams this year. For the last decade, the state had used New Hampshire-based Measured Progress to implement federally mandated standardized testing. But the relationship soured this spring, as a widespread computer system outage crippled testing and derailed what was supposed to be a major shift in standardized testing. This was the first ye