NDERFI260504-NOTIFICATION OF APPROVED PROVIDERS.pdf

This is a Notification of Approved Providers letter issued by the Nebraska Department of Education, Office of Literacy, on August 12, 2014, formally announcing the establishment of the Comprehensive Literacy State Development (CLSD) Grant Approved Providers List in response to Request for Information NDERFI260504. The RFI sought to identify qualified Professional Learning and Material Implementation Providers whose offerings are grounded in the Science of Reading and evidence-based reading instruction aligned with the Structured Literacy framework endorsed by the International Dyslexia Association. Approved providers must deliver professional learning addressing six core components of reading instruction: How Children Learn to Read, Phonological and Phonemic Awareness, Phonics, Fluency, Vocabulary, and Comprehension, with interactive, in-person, or synchronous components that include checks for understanding and explicit explanations of systematic instruction. The approved providers list was established to inform future Request for Proposal issuances, with no direct contract awards made from the RFI itself.

The letter identifies thirteen approved providers across two Educational Service Units: Educational Service Unit 03 (A+ Education Consulting, Amplify, Teaching Strategies, Compass PD, AIM Institute, Solution Tree, and The Reading League) and Educational Service Unit 07 (SBSEC, EDU National, Kids First Education, Just Right Reader, and Comprehensive Training Center). Respondents were required to submit Form A (Professional Learning Rubric with self-scoring), Form B (Vendor Contact Sheet), and Form C (Contractual Agreement Form), with submissions evaluated using a 42-point framework allocating points across the six core reading components. The evaluation period ran from July 15-28, 2014, with the approved provider list revision occurring July 28-August 4, 2014, and publication of Appendix D scheduled for August 11, 2014.