Adaptive Reading

Henry County Schools in Georgia is requesting qualifications for an Adaptive Reading Support program using artificial intelligence to deliver tier 1 reading instruction to all students in grades K–5, with print and digital samples due October 22, 2021 at 11:00 a.m. EST under RFQu 2022-170000-0907.

The scope requires a digital tool that recognizes and supports pre-reading skills including phonics and fluent reading of connected text (sentences, paragraphs, and short stories), delivers 1:1 real-time feedback, correction, and coaching, and personalizes student learning pathways based on progress and performance. The program must include comprehensive progress monitoring capabilities: administering and recording running records, automated recorded assessment responses on program-specific reading records, ability to upload custom running records for assessment, and assessment of oral reading fluency, segmentation, letter recognition, letter sounds, phonemic awareness, decoding, sight word recognition, and vocabulary. An embedded dyslexia screener is required.

Evaluation allocates 40 points to Phase 1 Technical Scored Responses (20 points for Offeror Experience & References, 20 points for Offeror Strategy and Composite) and 60 points to Phase 2 Offeror Presentation and Questionnaire, for a grand total of 100 points. Responses to Mandatory Requirements are scored pass/fail. The evaluation team will short-list proposers achieving at least 80 percent (32 points out of 40 possible) in Phase 1. Samples should be submitted to Hannah Titman, Henry County Schools Board of Education, 33 North Zack Hinton Parkway, McDonough, Georgia 30253. Digital components are available for review from October 4 through October 29, 2021.