Software - Career & College Readiness Program / WPS

Worcester Public Schools is procuring a cloud‑based, software‑as‑a‑service digital‑portfolio platform to support K‑12 career and college readiness across the district. The solution must enable students to build, store, and share portfolio artifacts, provide career planning tools aligned with state guidelines, integrate with existing SIS (Infinite Campus) and Google Apps, meet stringent FERPA, COPPA, and state data‑privacy requirements, and be fully WCAG 2.1 AA accessible. The contract is structured in three implementation phases (Phase I 2026, Phase II 2026‑27, Phase III 2027‑28) with payments tied to successful rollout of licenses at designated schools. Schoolinks was selected as the most advantageous vendor. The district requires robust training, ongoing support, data portability, and optional AI feature controls. • SaaS digital‑portfolio platform for K‑12, with analytics, family portal, and multilingual support. • Mandatory integration with Infinite Campus, Google Apps, Clever via SSO/API. • Three‑phase rollout covering all elementary, middle, and high schools, with equal‑payment milestones. • Compliance with FERPA, COPPA, MA Student Data Privacy Law, NDPA, and WCAG 2.1 AA.