Description
The State of Maine Department of Education seeks a vendor to design, develop, host, and maintain a statewide, computer‑based, adaptive reading and mathematics assessment platform for grades 3‑8 and high school. The contract includes item development, multilingual and accessibility accommodations, extensive reporting, training, project management, and long‑term system support over an initial four‑year period with two optional five‑year renewals.
• Provide a cloud‑hosted, adaptive assessment system (≈95,000 students) with three annual administrations (fall, winter, spring).
• Deliver full accessibility (UDL, paper‑based options, text‑to‑speech, bilingual glossaries) and meet all state, federal (ESSA), and security (SOC 2, NIST) requirements.
• Supply role‑based reporting, individual student reports (including translations), data exports, and a dynamic online dashboard within 72 hours of test completion.
• Conduct comprehensive training, professional development, and ongoing help‑desk support (tiered SLA, 99.5 % uptime).
• Manage the project from implementation (Nov 2026) through the initial term (Nov 2026‑Jun 2030) and possible renewals, including annual audits and performance reporting.