Posted Date : June 30,2020
Product (RFP/RFQ/RFI/Solicitation/Tender/Bid Etc.) ID : EDUCATION-0986
Government Authority located in Jackson, Mississippi; USA based organization looking for expert vendor for English language proficiency test.
[A] Budget: Looking for proposal
[B] Scope of Service:
(1) Vendor needs to provide English language proficiency test to the government authority located in Jackson, MS.
- The MDE will require one Online English Language Proficiency Test (ELPT) per year for each English learner at each individual grade (K−12) or each grade band (e.g. K, 1, 2−3, 4−5, 6−8, 9−12).
- Offeror must provide an online and paper version of the screener/placement test for each grade/grade band for the four domains of Listening, Speaking, Reading, and Writing. Optimally, the online screener/placement test should be adaptive.
- Offeror must produce an online and paper ELP assessment in Braille in the four domains of Listening, Speaking, Reading, and Writing for students with visual disabilities who require a braille assessment. Optimally, an online, refreshable braille ELPT is preferred for students who require a braille assessment.
- Offeror must produce an online and paper ELP assessment in large print in the four domains of Listening, Speaking, Reading, and Writing for students with disabilities who are sight impaired and require a large print assessment.
- The agency will require one alternate English language proficiency test per year for each English learner with significant cognitive disability at each individual grade (K−12) or each grade band (e.g. K, 1, 2−3, 4−5, 6−8, 9−12). Mississippi has approximately 175 English learners with Significant Cognitive Disability across grades K−12.
- Offeror must produce an online and paper ELP assessment in the four domains of Listening, Speaking, Reading, and Writing for students with disabilities who are hearing impaired.
- Offeror must provide an online and paper version of the alternate screener/placement test for each grade/grade band for the four domains of Listening, Speaking, Reading, and Writing for students with significant cognitive disabilities. Optimally, the online screener/placement test should be adaptive.
- If an Alternate ELPT and/or an Alternate ELPT screener/placement test are/is not available, describe in detail the plan (with timeline) for its development, field testing, and implementation.
- Offeror must provide documentation of test blueprints that provide detail of technical quality, measure the depth and breadth of the WIDA ELD Standards, and that would support the interpretations and uses of the language proficiency results.
- Offeror must provide documentation that the ELP assessments are tailored to the knowledge and skills included in the WIDA ELD Standards and reflect inclusion of the range of complexity in the standards.
- Offeror must provide documentation that reasonable and technically sound procedures are used to develop test items.
- Offeror must provide Proficiency Level Descriptors by grade level and proficiency level for both the ELPT and the Alternate ELPT. If Alternate PLDs are not available, describe in detail the plan (with timeline) for its development and implementation.
(2) All the questions must be submitted no later than July 10, 2020
[C] Eligibility:
Onshore (US organization Only)
[D] Work Performance:
Not Applicable
Budget :
Deadline to Submit Proposals: July 21,2020
Cost to Download This RFP/RFQ/RFI/Solicitation/Tender/Bid Document : 5 US$
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Product (RFP/RFQ/RFI/Solicitation/Tender/Bid Etc.) ID : EDUCATION-0986
Government Authority located in Jackson, Mississippi; USA based organization looking for expert vendor for English language proficiency test.
[A] Budget: Looking for proposal
[B] Scope of Service:
(1) Vendor needs to provide English language proficiency test to the government authority located in Jackson, MS.
- The MDE will require one Online English Language Proficiency Test (ELPT) per year for each English learner at each individual grade (K−12) or each grade band (e.g. K, 1, 2−3, 4−5, 6−8, 9−12).
- Offeror must provide an online and paper version of the screener/placement test for each grade/grade band for the four domains of Listening, Speaking, Reading, and Writing. Optimally, the online screener/placement test should be adaptive.
- Offeror must produce an online and paper ELP assessment in Braille in the four domains of Listening, Speaking, Reading, and Writing for students with visual disabilities who require a braille assessment. Optimally, an online, refreshable braille ELPT is preferred for students who require a braille assessment.
- Offeror must produce an online and paper ELP assessment in large print in the four domains of Listening, Speaking, Reading, and Writing for students with disabilities who are sight impaired and require a large print assessment.
- The agency will require one alternate English language proficiency test per year for each English learner with significant cognitive disability at each individual grade (K−12) or each grade band (e.g. K, 1, 2−3, 4−5, 6−8, 9−12). Mississippi has approximately 175 English learners with Significant Cognitive Disability across grades K−12.
- Offeror must produce an online and paper ELP assessment in the four domains of Listening, Speaking, Reading, and Writing for students with disabilities who are hearing impaired.
- Offeror must provide an online and paper version of the alternate screener/placement test for each grade/grade band for the four domains of Listening, Speaking, Reading, and Writing for students with significant cognitive disabilities. Optimally, the online screener/placement test should be adaptive.
- If an Alternate ELPT and/or an Alternate ELPT screener/placement test are/is not available, describe in detail the plan (with timeline) for its development, field testing, and implementation.
- Offeror must provide documentation of test blueprints that provide detail of technical quality, measure the depth and breadth of the WIDA ELD Standards, and that would support the interpretations and uses of the language proficiency results.
- Offeror must provide documentation that the ELP assessments are tailored to the knowledge and skills included in the WIDA ELD Standards and reflect inclusion of the range of complexity in the standards.
- Offeror must provide documentation that reasonable and technically sound procedures are used to develop test items.
- Offeror must provide Proficiency Level Descriptors by grade level and proficiency level for both the ELPT and the Alternate ELPT. If Alternate PLDs are not available, describe in detail the plan (with timeline) for its development and implementation.
(2) All the questions must be submitted no later than July 10, 2020
[C] Eligibility:
Onshore (US organization Only)
[D] Work Performance:
Not Applicable
Budget :
Deadline to Submit Proposals: July 21,2020
Cost to Download This RFP/RFQ/RFI/Solicitation/Tender/Bid Document : 5 US$
