The New York State Education Department (NYSED) is seeking proposals for the ongoing development, administration, scoring, research, and printing of materials for an alternate assessment for students with severe cognitive disabilities. The assessment known as the New York State Alternate Assessment (NYSAA) is administered in Grades 3 through 8 and high school in English Language Arts (ELA) and Mathematics and once each for students at the elementary, middle, and high school levels in Science and Social Studies.
REQUIREMENTS:
The vendor must agree to adhere to all of the referenced Mandatory Requirements in the RFP. If the vendor fails to meet any of the mandatory requirements, their proposal will be disqualified and removed from further consideration.
Questions regarding the RFP must be submitted by e-mail to EMSCNYSAAINFO@mail.nysed.gov no later than close of business on June 19, 2009. Questions should be identified as either Program or Fiscal. A Questions and Answers Summary is now posted.
The New York State Education Department (NYSED) is seeking proposals to conduct field testing, the scoring of these field tests, yearly operational test form preparation, all research and preparation of scoring materials for two years of field testing, and two years of operational tests for Grades 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8 English Language Arts (ELA) and Mathematics as defined within this RFP. Test development will start in November 2009 with the creation of field tests to be administered in January–April 2010 and operational tests beginning in the 2010–11 school year.
REQUIREMENTS:
The vendor must agree to adhere to all of the requirements referenced in the RFP Announcement under the section titled "Mandatory Requirements." If the vendor fails to meet any of these mandatory requirements, their proposal will be disqualified and removed from further consideration.
Eight (8) copies of each technical proposal (one bearing an original signature in blue ink) AND three (3) copies of each cost proposal (one bearing an original signature in blue ink) AND one (1) electronic version in Microsoft Word (CD format) of both the technical and cost proposal must be received no later than: July 28, 2009 at 3:00 p.m.
