Idaho will pay $12.1 million to the vendors who have struggled to grade the state’s new standardized student test, reports Idaho Education News. The vendor group, headed by American Institutes for Research, has released statewide test results, but district-by-district scores will not be released until October. Students took the SBAC test between March 30 and May 22, writes Kevin Richert of Idaho EdNews. The vendors were supposed to provide test results within 10 days, but that deadline came and went without results, and schools closed for the summer without knowing how their students fared on the exams. State superintendent Sherri Ybarra – who inherited the AIR contract from her successor, Tom Luna – has declined to seek penalties over the delays/Betsy Russell, Eye on Boise. More here.