Utah will cancel its $44 million contract with a standardized testing company after repeated glitches and outages

(Al Hartmann | The Salt Lake Tribune) Sixth graders at Fox Hollow Elementary School in Lehi take their end-of-year tests on Friday, April 3, 2014.

(Al Hartmann | The Salt Lake Tribune) Sixth graders at Fox Hollow Elementary School in Lehi take their end-of-year tests on Friday, April 3, 2014.

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