Description
New Mexico Public Education Department, via Region 9 Education Cooperative, is seeking a vendor to design, develop, administer, score, report, and support statewide K‑8 English‑language‑arts and Mathematics assessments (NM‑MSSA). The contract includes creation of culturally and linguistically relevant items, Spanish accommodations, a secure online testing platform, paper‑based forms, a non‑secure classroom “Knowledge Checks” item bank, and up‑to‑three predictive interim assessments each year. The vendor must preserve the existing score scale, meet rigorous accessibility (WCAG 2.2 AA) and data‑interoperability (Ed‑Fi/REST) requirements, and manage a multi‑year transition from the incumbent vendor.
• Design and maintain summative assessments (grades 3‑8) with CLR framework and adaptive options while preserving the current scale.
• Build a 1,200‑item classroom item bank (Knowledge Checks) and interim predictive assessments, all delivered in QTI format.
• Provide a secure, scalable web‑based testing platform, extensive reporting dashboards, and full support services (training, help‑desk, transition plan, forensic analysis).
• Ensure compliance with federal (ESSA, IDEA, FERPA, COPPA) and state statutes, accessibility standards, and strict data‑privacy/security protocols.
• Contract spans four years (with up to three optional one‑year renewals) and requires fixed‑price per‑student pricing for components A (summative), B (knowledge checks), and C (interim assessments).