0538100003S
A: ONGOING SUPPORT TO HSTS PROJECT OFFICER RTI WILL PROVIDE: Â ¢ SUPPORT TO MANAGE THE PROJECT AND FACILITATE MONTHLY PROJECT TEAM MEETINGS; Â ¢ SUPPORT IN THE TECHNICAL REVIEW OF HSTS INITIAL RELEASE REPORT AND RELATED MATERIALS; Â ¢ TECHNICAL ADVICE TO NCES RELATED TO TRANSCRIPT STUDIES; AND Â ¢ SUPPORT IN RESPONDING TO AD HOC REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION RELATED TO THE NAEP HSTS. B. TECHNICAL REVIEW PANEL RTI WILL PROVIDE SUPPORT TO NCES FOR THE HSTS TECHNICAL REVIEW PANEL. ACTIVITIES INCLUDE: Â ¢ AGENDA DEVELOPMENT; Â ¢ DRAFTING AN ATTENDEE LIST AND WORKING WITH NCES TO FINALIZE; Â ¢ COMMUNICATION WITH THE ATTENDEES; Â ¢ COORDINATING MATERIAL DEVELOPMENT AMONG THE HSTS TEAM; 14 NEGOTIATED - SUBCONTRACTOR SERVICES AGREEMENT 5/2/2022 (FOR SMALL PURCHASES) Â ¢ DRAFTING, CREATING, AND DELIVERING UP TO TWO PRESENTATIONS DURING THE MEETING; Â ¢ DOCUMENTING THE MEETING (I.E., MEETING MINUTES); Â ¢ SUMMARIZING KEY ISSUES AND FOLLOW UP ACTION ITEMS IN A MEMO. C. HSTS PUBLICATIONS RTI WILL PREPARE ONE BLOG POST, INCLUDING COORDINATING INPUTS AND REVIEW OF OTHER HSTS TEAM MEMBERS AND ANY REQUIRED NCES REVIEWS AND REVISIONS, AND SET UP SCHEDULE FOR PUBLISHING THE BLOG. RTI WILL PREPARE ONE DATA POINT PUBLICATION USING HSTS 2019 DATA, INCLUDING PROVIDING A LIST OF TOPICS, OUTLINING SELECTED TOPIC, PROVIDING TABLE SHELLS, CONDUCTING THE ANALYSIS AND POPULATING UP TO TWO TABLES OR FIGURES, DRAFTING THE TEXT, PROVIDING STATISTICAL TESTING DOCUMENTATION, AND RESPONDING TO NCES REVIEWS (PROGRAM REVIEW, BRANCH CHIEF REVIEW, COMMISSIONER REVIEW, AND IES REVIEW, AND ANY OTHER REVIEW STAGES REQUIRED).
Research Triangle Institute International, LLC
Definitive Contract 91990022C0053
$174.9k 7/12/23 0538100002S
MacroSys, LLC will provide one fullâ time staff, QingShu Xie, for 12 months (June 1, 2022 â May 31, 2023) to work with the project team on a dayâ toâ day basis in support of the full range of project activities including tasks within research, assessment operations, and reporting. Under research, the contractor will support the following activities: conduct research studies, disseminate the results of such studies, attend research meetings, support NCES in checking the quality of research conducted by several contractors, and support NCES with analyzing existing NAEP data. Within assessment operation (AO), the contractor will provide support for the review for research reports and memos related to Data Analysis and Reporting activities as well as AO related memos and reports related to NAEP Assessment and Operation. Within reporting, the contractor will provide support for the review for all NAEP reports and shall support specified research activities related to NAEP reporting. Vincent Fang will provide oversight
Macrosys LLC
Definitive Contract 91990022C0053
$1.8m 6/20/23 0538100001S
AVAR CONSULTING WILL PROVIDE ONE FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT ANALYST, XIAOYING FENG, TO WORK DIRECTLY WITH THE PROJECT TEAM IN SUPPORT OF THE FULL RANGE OF PROJECT ACTIVITIES INCLUDING TASKS WITHIN RESEARCH, REVIEW, AND REPORTING. UNDER RESEARCH, AVAR WILL SUPPORT THE FOLLOWING ACTIVITIES: CONDUCT RESEARCH STUDIES, DISSEMINATE THE RESULTS OF SUCH STUDIES, ATTEND RESEARCH MEETINGS, SUPPORT NCES IN CHECKING THE QUALITY OF RESEARCH CONDUCTED BY SEVERAL CONTRACTORS, AND SUPPORT NCES WITH ANALYZING EXISTING NAEP DATA. WITHIN REVIEW AND REPORTING, AVAR WILL PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR THE REVIEW FOR ALL NAEP REPORTS AND DATA FILES AND SHALL SUPPORT SPECIFIED RESEARCH RELATED TO NAEP REPORTING.
Avar Consulting Inc.
Definitive Contract 91990022C0053
$1.9m 6/5/23 0538100007S
THE RESEARCHER (IA GRIVA CONSULTING LLC) WILL DEVELOP A PROTOTYPE FOR A REAL-TIME ONLINE INTELLIGENT SYSTEM THAT STUDENTS CAN EXPLORE TO PREDICT AND INFORM THEIR PREPAREDNESS FOR COLLEGE AND MEETING OTHER METRICS OF SUCCESS. WHILE ESTIMATING PREPAREDNESS, THE TOOL WILL CONSIDER A STUDENTÂ S INDIVIDUAL SITUATION. THE INTELLIGENCE SYSTEM WILL EMPLOY THE MACHINE LEARNING METHODOLOGY RUNNING ON THE BACKGROUND. IN ITS CURRENT VERSION THE TOOL WILL EMPLOY THE PUBLICLY AVAILABLE REDUCED VERSION OF HSLS09 DATA, WHILE IF NEEDED WILL BE ABLE TO HANDLE THE DATA WITH MORE STUDENTSÂ DESCRIPTORS. PREDICTIVE MODELS WILL BE BASED ON MACHINE LEARNING METHODS OF CLASSIFICATION AND REGRESSION, WHILE INTERPRETATION ANALYSIS OF PREPAREDNESS WILL BE BASED ON SHAPLEY VALUES. THE TOOL WILL OFFER STUDENTS A CHOICE OF SEVERAL STANDARD METRICS OF SUCCESS AVAILABLE IN HSLS09 SUCH AS COLLEGE ADMITTANCE OR VARIOUS TYPES OF EMPLOYMENT. IN THE EFFORT TO LAY GROUNDS FOR FUTURE RESEARCH, THE TOOL WILL ALSO GATHER STUDENTSÂ FEEDBACK ON THEIR DEFINITION OF SUCCESS. AS A RESULT, NCES WILL HAVE A PROTOTYPE OF AN ONLINE, OPERATIONAL TOOL OPEN FOR PUBLIC USE AND CAPABLE OF PREDICTING AND INFORMING STUDENT PREPAREDNESS. IN ADDITION, THE ONLINE SYSTEM WILL BE CAPABLE OF COLLECTING STUDENTS' FEEDBACK AND SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER IMPROVEMENT OF THE TOOL. TO DEVELOP THE PROPOSED INTELLIGENT SYSTEM IN THE PROPOSED PERFORMANCE PERIOD, WE NEED A TEAM OF FOUR PEOPLE. 1) A USER EXPERIENCE AND GRAPHIC DESIGNER IS REQUIRED TO USE BEST PRACTICES OF HCD (HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION) AND DESIGN. 2) A FRONT-END DEVELOPER, WHO WILL IMPLEMENT THE DESIGNED GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE, AND WHO HELPS THE PROJECT MANAGER TO GUARANTEE A PROPER WORK OF WHOLE INTELLIGENT SYSTEM AND ENSURES QUALITY CONTROL. 3) A BACK-END DEVELOPER AND DATA SCIENTIST, WHO WILL PROGRAM AN INTERFACE THAT LINKS A USER INPUT AND MACHINE LEARNING ENGINES AND ENSURES THAT MACHINE LEARNING ALGORITHMS RUN PROPERLY. 4) THE PROJECT MANAGER AND PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR, WHO SUPERVISE ALL THE TASKS OF THE PROJECT AND RESPONSIBLE FOR COMPLETING THE PROJECT BY THE DEADLINE. SPECIFIC TASKS ARE: A) DEVELOPING UX AND GRAPHIC DESIGN TO DISCOVER, IDEATE, PROTOTYPE, AND ITERATE ON THE USER INTERFACE OF THE WEB APPLICATION. B) DEVELOPING THE FRONT-END OF THE TOOL THAT INTERACTS WITH USERS. C) DEVELOPING THE BACK-END OF THE TOOL THAT CONTROLS MACHINE LEARNING ENGINES. D) QUALITY CONTROL AND DIGITAL PRODUCT MANAGEMENT OF THE WHOLE ONLINE INTELLIGENT SYSTEM.
IA Griva Consulting LLC
Definitive Contract 91990022C0053
$984.0k 5/9/23 0538100004S
ADC WILL ACT AS THE CENTRAL HUB OF INFORMATION TO INTERCONNECT ALL TASKS VITALUS TECHNOLOGIES WILL INITIATE FRAMEWORKS BUILDOUT FOR THE FOLLOWING THREE IMPORTANT FEATURES: O U.S. MAP CENSUS (GEO DATA) O SIMULATED DATA ACCORDING TO SPECIFICATIONS ON MATH, ENGLISH O EMPLOY APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACE (API) CALLS TO VARIOUS DATA ANALYTICAL METHODS AND TOOLS SUCH AS STATISTICAL ANALYSIS, HIGH PERFORMANCE DATA SEARCH, ETL, DATA MINING, AND PREDICTIVE ANALYSES. PHASE 1B WILL USE A 3-STEP APPROACH FRAMEWORK PER THE AGREED UPON FEATURES: ANALYZE, DATA GOVERNANCE, SYSTEM CONFIGURATION. VITALUS TECHNOLOGIES WILL ANALYZE THE INPUT DATA, DESIGN THE DATA PULLS, CLEAN DATA WITH STEP-BY-STEP WORKFLOW AND MAP OUT THE HIGH-LEVEL CONCEPTUAL DATA CORRELATION WITH OTHER DATASETS. VITALUS TECHNOLOGIES WILL THEN CONFIGURE THE PRESENTATION LAYER TO PRESENT THE OUTPUT DATA. Â ¢ VITALUS TECHNOLOGIES WILL MAINTAIN DOMAIN KNOWLEDGE AND INTERFACE WITH THE USERSÂ GROUPS TO MEET ENTERPRISE-WIDE OBJECTIVES. TO ILLUSTRATE, WE QUERY AND LEARN FROM THE DOMAIN EXPERTS FOR EACH NCES DEPARTMENT IMPLEMENTING THE PROJECT TO PROVIDE A GENERIC ENTERPRISE WIDE SOLUTION WHILE CUSTOMIZING SPECIFIC DELIVERABLES FOR THE DEPARTMENT THAT SETS OUT TO USE AUTOMATED DATA ANALYTICS (ADA) AND ITS ANALYTICAL TOOLS.
Vitalus Technologies Inc.
Definitive Contract 91990022C0053
$539.6m 5/4/23