Gehrke: It’s baffling how Utah schools ended up with such a disastrous standardized test

Q: Maria has hired a company to administer tests to a million students. The company performed fine and even made her an extra $15 million. What should Maria do?A. Stick with the original company.B. Hire a different company that has a spotty record that includes botched tests and data breaches.C. The answer is absolutely, definitely NOT B.The Utah State Office of Education was faced with basically that very question back in 2017. It chose B, signing a contract with a company called Questar Assess